# Enhancement request to phpBB3 import script

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/enhancement-request-to-phpbb3-import-script/393476>\
**Category:** Migration\
**Tags:** phpbb\
**Created:** [January 14, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enhancement-request-to-phpbb3-import-script/393476 "2026-01-14T20:04:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![italo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/italo/32/315833_2.png) [@italo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/italo)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 8:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enhancement-request-to-phpbb3-import-script/393476/25 "2026-01-15T20:15:12Z")

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Forget my first instructions 🥲

1. Docker cp your latest backup out of the container. Backups live inside `/shared/backups/default`.
2. Delete the shared folder from your installation directory (the place where you call ./launcher from): `rm -rf /var/discourse/shared`
3. Rebuild the container using `./launcher rebuild <container-name>`.

This should do the trick, but be careful not to lose your backup. I was trying to avoid to suggest it so you don’t accidentally delete your backup, but seems to be the only path forward.

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