Backups are an essential part of any active website. Not making regular backups can be a disaster waiting to happen
Making a backup of your Joomla database using cPanel is just like backing up any other database
1) Scroll down to Files
2) Click Backups
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3) Scroll down until you see a list of your MySQL databases
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4) Click on your Joomla database
5) Save the file to your computer
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That's all there is to it! Your Joomla database has been backed up to your computer