# Exporting data for a new server
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-data-for-a-new-server/294487
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [February 7, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-data-for-a-new-server/294487 "2024-02-07T03:20:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@what](https://meta.discourse.org/u/what)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-data-for-a-new-server/294487/1 "2024-02-07T03:20:28Z")
I am planning on exporting my data for a new server, but how could I do that and how would I import the data?
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### Author:  [@what](https://meta.discourse.org/u/what)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2024, 3:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-data-for-a-new-server/294487/2 "2024-02-07T03:21:10Z")
Would backups do the trick?
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### Author:  [@jericson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jericson)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-data-for-a-new-server/294487/3 "2024-02-07T05:32:02Z")
Yes. If you check the box to save uploads, that should have everything you need to copy Discourse to a new server that uses the [standard install](https://meta.discourse.org/t/142537?silent=true). (You might need to carry over other configuration if, for instance, you have a proxy server or somesuch.)
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2024, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/exporting-data-for-a-new-server/294487/4 "2024-03-08T05:32:56Z")
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