# Restoring a Cloudways backup file to Local

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/restoring-a-cloudways-backup-file-to-local/26478>\
**Category:** WordPress Questions\
**Created:** [July 12, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/restoring-a-cloudways-backup-file-to-local/26478 "2021-07-12T14:12:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 12, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/restoring-a-cloudways-backup-file-to-local/26478/1 "2021-07-12T14:12:47Z")

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I have a site on Cloudways that I’m trying to make a local copy of.  
WPVivid gives errors about file size and does not work. Instead I’ve used the Cloudways backup system to create a zipped backup file of the “application”. According to their support staff all I need to do is unzip this file into the public.html folder using FTP and I should be good to go. However Local does not allow access using ftp  
Any ideas?