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Rebuilding VPS

Last reviewed: October 19, 2026

What does rebuilding your VPS mean?

  • Rebuilding your VPS wipes all of the data that was hosted on the server. You start completely anew, even without an Operating System.
  • You only retain your assigned IP.

Why rebuild your VPS?

  • You were hacked,
  • There is an issue with your OS/OS image,
  • You wanted to change operating systems, or,
  • You want to start fresh and wipe the server clean.

There are other reasons, but lets keep it simple!

How to rebuild your VPS

Create a backup of your data​

Save all data that you feel is safe (not corrupted or a backdoor for a hacker).

Save the data OFFSITE, we cannot stress this enough, once the rebuild process is complete ALL data is wiped from the server, if you do not have a backup you will lose everything.

Offsite meaning not on the VPS, like: your personal PC, a cloud service like Google Drive or One Drive, etc.

DO NOT use the Backup feature on the VPS Dashboard (Premium VPS feature), this will not work because it saves the VPS entirely as is (like a snapshot); including the Operating System image, settings, data, etc.

If there is an issue and you use this backup after rebuilding instead of reimporting all safe data that you would have stored offsite, then all the issues you had will simply return, why? Because technically nothing changed.

Request a rebuild from 1of1 Servers​

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Rebuilds can now only be performed by 1of1 Servers. You can no longer rebuild your VPS yourself from the dashboard.

Once your data is safely backed up offsite, contact us to request the rebuild:

  • Open a support ticket from the Billing Portal by clicking Open Ticket.
  • Let us know which VPS you would like rebuilt and which operating system you would like installed.

Our team will process the rebuild request for you.

New credentials​

Once the VPS is rebuilt your new credentials will be sent via email "Your VPS Server is Ready at 1of1 Servers!".

Reimport all your data (backup from step #1)​

If you were hacked, it is your responsibility to ensure that the data you are hosting on the server is safe.

We recommend starting fresh and only downloading vetted, trusted, scripts/assets/resources.