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# Creating a clone or staging site from a backup

There are several options for making copies of your sites. This guide covers cloning from a site backup - making a completely separate copy of a site that'll run on a different URL.

We have other guides on [creating a clone from a live site](https://help.krystal.uk/onyx-staging-and-cloning/creating-a-clone-of-a-live-site) or [creating a staging site](https://help.krystal.uk/onyx-staging-and-cloning/creating-a-staging-site) (where any changes you make can be pushed back to the live site).

Visit **Backups** from the left hand menu and then click the **Details** button for the backup from which you'd like to create the clone or staging site.

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Click the **Create a staging site or clone from this backup** link.

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Enter the required details:

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**Please choose a name for your cloned site?** - Give the site a suitable name

**Please choose a subdomain for your cloned site?** - this will appear at the start of your new sites URL

**Would you like to restrict access to this clone?** - choose either **No - Make the cloned site public** or **Yes - Require a password to view the site**.

|| If you selected Yes - Require a password to view the site you'll need to follow our guide to create authorised users.

**Would you like to clone to a new site?** - choose either **No - clone to staging** or **Yes - Clone to a brand new site**

|| Clone copies count towards your Onyx site limit, staging sites do not. You can have up to two staging sites per live site.

Click **Create from backup** when you've entered all the details and your new site will be created.

We have a separate guide on [accessing and working with your staging sites](https://help.krystal.uk/onyx-staging-and-cloning/accessing-and-working-with-staging-sites).

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