# Backup site settings only (without any user content)?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-site-settings-only-without-any-user-content/21513
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [26 Ottobre 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-site-settings-only-without-any-user-content/21513 "2014-10-26T19:29:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@JSey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JSey)
#### Post date: [26 Ottobre 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-site-settings-only-without-any-user-content/21513/1 "2014-10-26T19:29:46Z")
Maybe I’m missing something, but here’s a thought that occurred to me while fiddling with my import scripts: wouldn’t it be nice if we had a backup feature that deals **only** with the site’s settings, but **not** the contents (posts, categories, uploads etc. should be left out)?
This would be a) somewhat reassuring if you had a staff of more than one who are allowed in the admin section. Plus b) it would ease my (admittedly somehow unstructured 😊) import efforts, since I run an import (lengthy operation), leave it online for a while for my team to explore, change some things in the admin settings while it’s there, and then before my next importer run, when I want to revert to my pre-flight backup with only the basic settings, I’m pulling my hair trying to figure out which settings to write down in order not to lose them…
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [27 Ottobre 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-site-settings-only-without-any-user-content/21513/2 "2014-10-27T01:53:19Z")
Try checking “Show overridden only” then “All” and write down all of those.
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### Author:  [@JSey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JSey)
#### Post date: [27 Ottobre 2014, 10:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-site-settings-only-without-any-user-content/21513/3 "2014-10-27T10:53:54Z")
😆 I know that - but we’re still talking about 24ish pages of settigns - writing them all down and putting them back is a bit a PITA…
I was rather thinking towards “there must be a settings table in the DB” - which can easily be dumped and restored?
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [27 Ottobre 2014, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-site-settings-only-without-any-user-content/21513/4 "2014-10-27T10:55:13Z")
> [@JSey](#):
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> I was rather thinking towards “there must be a settings table in the DB” - which can easily be dumped and restored?
There is and it’s called `site_settings` 😉
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [4 Dicembre 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/backup-site-settings-only-without-any-user-content/21513/5 "2025-12-04T11:32:47Z")