{"id":1224,"date":"2025-05-27T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/download-raw-access-logs\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:01:11","slug":"download-raw-access-logs","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/download-raw-access-logs\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Download Raw Access Logs in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin:1.35rem 0 1.75rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-raw-access-main-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-raw-access-main-1.png\" alt=\"Raw Access screen in cPanel\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>Open Raw Access<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Metrics &gt; Raw Access<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Review the available log downloads.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Download the Current Raw Access Log<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Find the domain.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Click the domain name or download link.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Save the compressed log file to your computer.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Extract the file before opening it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Download Archived Logs<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Scroll to the archived logs section.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Click the archive you want.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Save the file to your computer.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Change Raw Access Log Settings<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Choose whether cPanel should archive logs at the end of each month.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Choose whether cPanel should remove the previous month&#8217;s archived logs.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Click <strong>Save<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Raw logs are useful for deeper traffic checks.<\/li>\n<li>Log files can be large.<\/li>\n<li>Use Visitors or AWStats if you only need a quick summary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Raw Access Go to Metrics &gt; Raw Access. Review the available log downloads. Download the Current Raw Access Log Find the domain. Click&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[24],"class_list":["post-1224","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-cpanel-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1326,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1224\/revisions\/1326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=1224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}