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A rebuild wipes your server and installs a fresh operating system. Protect blocks rebuilds until you turn it off, so a wrong click can’t erase your data.

Difficulty

Beginner

Time

1 minute

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Turn protection on

1

Open your server

Go to Servers and click Manage next to the server.
2

Click the padlock icon

On the Overview tab, click the Protect (padlock) icon under the server’s name.
3

Confirm

Click Protect.
Protect Server window: Enabling protection prevents this server from being rebuilt accidentally, with Cancel and Protect buttons

Confirm protection

The padlock turns yellow and the Rebuild button is greyed out. Your server can’t be rebuilt while protection is on.
Server card with a yellow padlock icon, and the power buttons with a greyed-out Rebuild button

A protected server

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Turn protection off

When you really do want to reinstall the server:
  1. Click the yellow padlock icon.
  2. In the orange Disable Protection window, click Disable. The padlock turns white and Rebuild works again.
  3. Reinstall the server, then turn protection back on.
Orange Disable Protection window asking Are you sure you want to disable protection? with Cancel and Disable buttons

Turn protection off

Protection only blocks Rebuild. You can still boot, restart, shut down, back up and restore the server as normal.
Turn on protection as soon as your server is set up the way you want, and keep backups as well.

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Last Updated: October 2026