# Add backup to existing Discourse instance **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-backup-to-existing-discourse-instance/70664 **Category:** Support **Created:** [September 24, 2017, 7:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-backup-to-existing-discourse-instance/70664 "2017-09-24T07:37:12Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei) #### Post date: [September 24, 2017, 8:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-backup-to-existing-discourse-instance/70664/2 "2017-09-24T08:23:34Z")
The best I can think of: Restore the backup to a temporary instance, then use this guide to export the topics you want and import them on your main install: > [@Move topics from one Discourse instance to another](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-and-category-export-import/38930): > > Need to move some stuff from one instance of Discourse to another? There is a command line tool to export a topic, a set of topics, or an entire category, and another to import them in at the other end. Topic Export/Import one or more topics and their replies the users who posted in the topic Category Export/Import the category and all its subcategories its security settings custom groups mentioned in the security settingswarning if any of the groups have ‘membership requests’ enable… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-backup-to-existing-discourse-instance/70664)._