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Backup Reminder Calendar Tool

Never forget to backup your website or data locally again with our free backup reminder calendar tool.

  • Free Backup Reminder Tool
  • Multiple frequency options
  • Export to various calendar formats
  • Customisable alerts
  • Works with all major calendar apps
Your reminder downloads as a universal .ics calendar file that opens in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, Outlook and every other major calendar app.

Build a backup habit that sticks

A reminder in the calendar you already check every day is the simplest way to make sure backups actually happen, rather than being the job you always mean to get round to.

Pick the right cadence

Match the frequency to how often your site changes: daily for a busy shop or forum, weekly for a regularly updated blog, monthly for a brochure site that rarely moves.

Keep an off-server copy

Always store at least one backup away from your hosting account, on your local machine or in separate cloud storage, so a server problem can never take out your only copy.

We back you up too

Host Media hosting plans include automatic backups as standard, so your own downloads become an extra layer of defence rather than your only safety net.

Frequently Asked Questions

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It creates a recurring calendar event to prompt you to back up your website or data, and downloads it as a standard .ics file you can import into Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar or any calendar app.

It depends on how often your site changes. A brochure site may need only a monthly backup, while a busy shop or blog benefits from daily. Set the reminder to match your update frequency, and always keep a copy off the server.

Yes. Our hosting includes automated backups, so this tool is about keeping your own local copies as an extra safety net. See cloud hosting for how backups are handled on our platform.

The file follows the iCalendar (.ics) standard, which every major calendar app supports. Import it once and your chosen reminder schedule, with an optional alert, is set up automatically.

Backups you never have to remember.

On our platform, backups are handled for you: every plan takes automatic copies of your site and database, ready to restore in a couple of clicks whenever you need them.

See cloud hosting How we protect your data