How to Download a Whole Website for Offline Browsing

Offline · July 6, 2026 · 5 min read

One rule before you start: only back up sites you own or are explicitly authorized to archive — your own server, a client site you manage, or content you have written permission to copy. Downloading a site you don't control can violate copyright, terms of service, or computer-misuse law. EZ Website Backup asks you to confirm this before every new domain, and ties each job to your account.

The magic of an offline copy is that it doesn't just save the files — it makes them clickable. Open the homepage, click a link, and you land on the next saved page, exactly as if you were online. Here's how to build one.

The 60-second walkthrough

Sign in and open the app. Go to the app. Every backup is tied to your account — that's how we keep the tool honest and abuse-free.
Paste the URL. Drop the address of the site (or the exact section) you want into the big URL bar and hit Analyze & back up.
Confirm you own it. A one-time modal asks you to confirm you own — or are authorized to archive — that domain. Tick it and continue.
Watch the crawl. The live counters fill in: pages crawled, files found, and total size. You can pause, resume or stop at any point.
Browse the file tree. When it finishes, every page, image, stylesheet, script and document appears in a searchable, collapsible tree.
Download what you need. Filter by type, tick the files you want (or hit Download all), and get a ready-to-browse .zip.

Why the links just work

As it saves each page, EZ Website Backup rewrites the internal links and asset references to point at the local files instead of the live server. That's the difference between a pile of HTML files and a browsable mirror. Open index.html from the ZIP and the whole thing navigates offline.

Get the depth right

Offline browsing is only as complete as your crawl. If you set depth too shallow, you'll click a link and hit a dead end. A couple of guidelines:

Depth 2–3 covers most blogs and brochure sites.
Raise Max pages to match — depth is pointless if the page cap stops the crawl early.
Keep scope on the host so you don't accidentally start downloading the entire internet through outbound links.

Tip: after the crawl, sort the tree by the Pages filter to confirm the sections you care about are all there before you download.

What doesn't survive offline

Anything that needs a live server won't work offline — search boxes, login forms, comment submission, live prices. That's expected: you're capturing the readable site, not its back end. For pages built entirely by JavaScript, turn on Render JavaScript so the saved page contains the real content and not an empty shell.

Back up your site in the next minute

Point EZ Website Backup at a URL you own, watch the file tree fill in, and download exactly what you need.

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