How to Backup and Restore your Blogger Blog

HOW TO BACKUP YOUR BLOG

Its very easy to do, just follow this steps:
1. Sign into your Blogger Dashboard
2. Scroll down to settings and Click Other
3. You will see 3 links: Import blog, Export blog, and Delete blog.
4. Click Export blog and Blogger will generate an xml file for you to save into your computer or gadget. Kindly save the file name to a word(s) you can easily remember. Its important you do this because the backup file and your blogger template are saved in the same format. And also for easy location when its needed.

WHY YOU MUST BACKUP YOUR BLOG?

Like they say,"You dont know the value of something until you lose it". Many bloggers dont know the value of "backup blog" feature in blogger.
Here are the 3 best reasons why you must backup your blog:
1. So you can have a backup of all your post,links,embedded content and photos on your computer or gadgets in case blogger, Hosting companies, Hackers deleted your blog.
2. Maybe you incidentally deleted your blog, restoring your blog backup file will be the best option.
3. In case you want to transfer your blog either from blogger to wordpress or any other blog platforms that support xml file as backup.

HOW TO IMPORT YOUR BLOG

Just follow the same steps as stated above on How to backup your blog but when you get to step 4 you click import blog and browse to your exported xml file, complete the captcha(word verification), select whether to automatically publish all imported posts or not, then click import blog.
That all.
NOTE: You can use this method to export your old blogger blog to other blogging platform like wordpress,etc. OR to import from wordpress or other blogging platform to a blogger blog.