I zipped all the files and folders that were in a public_html folder and placed them in the folder above the public_html folder. Then I removed everything in public_html.
Later I used Softaculous to create a new WP site.
When I returned to the file manager to retrieve several zip files I had saved above the public_html folder, they were gone.
Question:
Why did Softaculous remove my zipped files above the public_html folder?
I wish I had been given a warning - I would have downloaded them to my PC had known they would disappear.