Wayback Machine Downloader – Download Archived Websites

Wayback Machine Downloader – Download Archived Websites

A website went offline, the domain expired, or the pre-relaunch version is gone? The Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) stores billions of snapshots — and with Website Downloader you can save an archived version as a ZIP file, right in your browser, no installation required.

Restore an archived website

Enter the domain. We look the capture up in the Internet Archive for you — no snapshot URL to hunt down.

Empty takes the most recent capture, otherwise the closest one to your date.

Connecting to the download service…

Free: the first 100 subpages, with a small link back to us inside the archive.

Complete restore: up to 5,000 subpages, no badge, kept for 30 days — 14.99 € once.

How to download an archived website

  1. Enter the domain: the address the site used to have, for example example.com. No snapshot URL required.
  2. Pick a date, or don’t: leave it empty for the most recent capture, or name a date and we take the capture closest to it.
  3. Start the download: you get a ZIP with the pages and their assets — without the Wayback toolbar, and with links between downloaded pages pointing at each other instead of at archive.org.

Honest limitations

The Wayback Machine does not archive every site completely: subpages, images or stylesheets it never captured will be missing from your download too, and no restore can put back what was never saved. What we do take care of is the archive’s own furniture — the playback toolbar is removed and links between downloaded pages point at each other rather than at archive.org. Links to pages that were not downloaded keep their original address, which will be dead if the site is gone.

Common use cases

  • Rescue your own content when backup and hosting are gone
  • Preserve old company or club websites before they vanish for good
  • Check expired domains: see what used to run on a domain
  • Research & documentation: capture sources in their original state

Frequently asked questions

Can I recover a deleted website?

If the Wayback Machine (web.archive.org) has snapshots of the site, yes: you can download the archived version as a ZIP. How complete the result is depends on how well the site was archived.

How much does it cost?

Up to 100 subpages are free, with a small badge inside the archive. A complete restore — up to 5,000 subpages, no badge, kept for 30 days — costs 14.99 € as a one-time payment. It is a separate product: the monthly plans cover live websites and do not include restores.

Do I get an exact copy of the original website?

You get the pages as they were captured, with the archive toolbar removed and links between downloaded pages rewritten to point at each other. What the Wayback Machine never captured cannot be restored, and links to those pages keep their original addresses.

Am I allowed to restore an archived website?

For your own websites and private archives: yes. Re-publishing someone else’s content requires the rights to that content — even if the domain has since expired.