# Back up only the settings

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-up-only-the-settings/395448
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 7, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-up-only-the-settings/395448 "2026-02-07T21:24:11Z")
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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2026, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/back-up-only-the-settings/395448/2 "2026-02-07T23:50:25Z")

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Hmm… did you see the solution @pfaffman posted?

> [@Backup only Site Settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-only-site-settings/78150/5):
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> Save [https://yoursite/admin/site\_settings.json](https://yoursite/admin/site_settings.json). Use [GitHub - pfaffman/discourse-settings-uploader: Install a Discourse settings JSON file to a site · GitHub](https://github.com/pfaffman/discourse-settings-uploader) to upload them. To install these settings to another site Do this: ./discourse-settings-uploader HOSTURL API\_KEY API\_USER SETTINGS\_FILE For example: ./discourse-settings-uploader https://discourse.example.com d35989078a system site\_settings.json One caveat: It uploads only settings that are marked as changed. This means that if there’s…

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