How to keep a copy of a Squarespace site, what Squarespace does and does not keep for you, and how the alternatives compare.
Squarespace exports one blog as XML and keeps deleted posts for 30 days. Neither is a full copy. How to keep posts, images, and layout outside Squarespace.
Squarespace's update tool moves a 7.0 site to 7.1 in place, with no way back. What it changes, what it drops, and the copy to make before you publish.
Expired and canceled sites can be reactivated for 30 days, deleted ones sometimes. What Squarespace can restore, what you can recover, and what to save.
A backup that only stores a copy answers one question. A backup that compares this month with last month answers the useful one: what changed, and did you mean it?
No. Squarespace keeps the live site but gives you no copy, has no version history, and cannot undo a saved edit. What it keeps and how to get a backup.
Wix has no export and Site History only works inside your account. Here is how to get a real copy of a Wix site, from saving pages by hand to a monthly backup of every public page with screenshots.
Squarespace has no HTML export. Its export is XML for WordPress. Three ways to save the public pages as HTML, and what an HTML copy can and cannot do.
Deleted a page by mistake? Check the Pages panel trash first, then fall back to a backup. Here is the order to try, and what to do when the trash is empty.
HTTrack and SiteSucker can copy a public site to disk. Wayback snapshots what it happened to crawl. A monthly emailed backup is the copy you actually open next year.
The site goes offline when the paid period ends, visitors see a Website expired page, and after 30 days the content may be deleted. What to save first.
Squarespace lets you undo while editing and recover deleted pages for a while, but there is no version history you can roll a page back to. Here is what exists and how to get the missing piece.
Wix keeps your live site and a Site History you can roll back to inside the editor. That covers a bad edit. It does not give you a copy you own. What Site History does, its limits, and what to add.
Squarespace has no downloadable copy of your site. The export is XML of posts, and a duplicate expires in 14 days. How to save every public page as HTML.
Wix has no site export. You can download contacts, orders, and blog posts as files, and copy the public pages yourself. What each option gives you, and how to move a Wix site to another platform.
Three quick checks that show whether a site runs on Squarespace, plus a free tool that reports the version, template hints, fonts, and colors from any public address.
GoDaddy Website Builder has no export and no version history. The way to keep a copy is to save the public pages: by hand, with a crawler, or with a monthly backup that includes screenshots and images.
Why the version matters for templates, editing, and backups, three ways to check which one you have, and what changes when you move from 7.0 to 7.1.
No. GoDaddy Website Builder has no export of pages, design, or images. What you can take out, how to copy the public pages, and how to move to another builder without starting from zero.
The site and the domain are two different things. When the domain lapses the site goes dark at that address, and after a grace period anyone can register the name. What to check today.
The site goes offline and there is nothing to download afterward. The domain, if it is yours, keeps working. What to expect, how to reactivate, and what to save before it lapses.
The site is live, the designer is gone, and nobody has the password. Here is how to regain control of the account, and how to protect the content while you do.
Showit has no export, and its designed pages do not translate to other builders. How to keep a copy of a Showit site, why full-page screenshots matter more here than anywhere, and what a monthly backup includes.
Squarespace has no "download all images" button. Here are the ways that work, from saving a few by hand to getting every image on every page in one zip.
No. Showit has no site export, and its canvas designs do not translate into other builders. Blog posts can be exported from the WordPress blog. How to copy the rest and how to move platforms.
Squarespace's built-in export is made for moving blog posts to WordPress. It skips products, galleries, most page layouts, styles, and images. Here is the full list and what to use instead.
The site goes offline, the blog with it, and there is no download afterward. What Showit keeps for a while, what your designer may hold, and what to save before the subscription ends.
Closing a business, retiring a campaign site, or consolidating domains? A checklist for keeping a complete, openable copy of a Squarespace site before you cancel it.
Restaurant websites are built and hosted by the ordering or marketing vendor, and none of them export. How to keep a copy of your menus, photos, hours, and pages that belongs to the business.
The export gets your posts across. Everything else, from page layouts to images and styles, needs a copy of the live site to rebuild from. The order that keeps nothing behind.
The website comes down with the contract, and there is nothing to download. What each vendor keeps, what you should save first, and how to switch without losing your menus, photos, and search rankings.
Neither Webflow nor Framer imports a Squarespace site. You rebuild, and the quality of the rebuild depends on the copy you work from. What to save first and how to work through it.
The menu text, the photos you paid for, and the hours and details on your site live only on your vendor's servers. A ten-minute habit that keeps a copy with the business, whatever happens to the site.
Rewind backs up Shopify and BigCommerce stores. UpdraftPlus and BlogVault are WordPress plugins. None of them run on Squarespace. What a Squarespace backup can and cannot be, and what to use.
HTTrack is free desktop software that copies a website to your disk. It works, when you run it. A side-by-side on setup, screenshots, scheduling, and what each is for.
SiteSucker is a well-liked Mac app that downloads a website to a folder. It is a fine one-time copier. What it does not do is remember to run, or show you how the pages looked.
The Wayback Machine is a public archive of pages it happened to crawl. It is a last resort, not a backup you control. How the two differ on coverage, completeness, privacy, and timing.
Duplicating a site inside Squarespace is a good way to fork a design before a redesign. It is not a backup, because the copy lives in the same account and has no history. When to use each.
The export is a WordPress-flavored XML of your posts. A backup is a copy of your site as visitors saw it. They answer different needs, and most people moving or protecting a site want both.
Ten minutes a month that cover the site, the domain, the forms, and the accounts around them. Built for owners who do not want to think about this more than once a month.
HTML files tell you what a page contained. A full-page screenshot tells you what it looked like, which is what people need when they rebuild, dispute, or remember. Why we take both.
A calm sequence for a locked or compromised Squarespace account: secure what you can, copy the live site before anything changes, work the recovery process, and close the holes afterward.
Moving off Squarespace? Save a visual archive first, then content, redirects, and DNS. This is not a one-click restore.
Find a Squarespace template, fonts, and colors from the public HTML, or paste the URL into Dead Simple Backups.