Title: How to back up database without phpMyAdmin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# How to back up database without phpMyAdmin

 *  [Danine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danine/)
 * (@danine)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-back-up-database-without-phpmyadmin/)
 * I am moving my blog from Yahoo to JustHost. I knew I had to back up the blog 
   so I downloaded all the files to my computer via FTP. I didn’t know I needed 
   to back up the database with phpMyAdmin or any of the plugins.
 * I accessed WordPress through Yahoo and now that the domain transfer has gone 
   through I cannot access the WP control panel. Therefore, I can’t go back in and
   create a backup of the database in order to transfer it over to JustHost.
 * I am running out of ideas for what to do. Can anybody help? I would be happy 
   to provide more information; I’m just not sure what else is needed.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-back-up-database-without-phpmyadmin/#post-1496382)
 * phpMyAdmin is usually offered through your hosting provider’s control panel, 
   so you should be able to get to it at Yahoo, even though the domain transfer 
   has gone through (assuming that you haven’t closed your Yahoo hosting account).
 * If you still can’t get to phpMyAdmin, there are a few alternative backup options
   detailed here, including an option that uses the MySQL command line:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database](http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database)
 *  Thread Starter [Danine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danine/)
 * (@danine)
 * [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-back-up-database-without-phpmyadmin/#post-1496406)
 * Yahoo wants me to use my domain name to access phpMyAdmin (i.e., [http://widget.com/phpmyadmin/](http://widget.com/phpmyadmin/))
   so I still can’t access the app even though I’ve got it installed. Also, it’s
   been years since I last had to do any SQL coding. I’m not sure if that part of
   my brain still works! 😛
 * In any case, I emailed justHost to see if I can temporarily point the domain 
   back to Yahoo so I can access these services. We’ll see.

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 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [phpmyadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/phpmyadmin/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Danine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danine/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-back-up-database-without-phpmyadmin/#post-1496406)
 * Status: not resolved

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