# How to backup Discourse + Database from Console?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-backup-discourse-database-from-console/54169>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 13, 2016, 9:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-backup-discourse-database-from-console/54169 "2016-12-13T09:24:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-backup-discourse-database-from-console/54169/2 "2016-12-13T20:41:50Z")

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It is generally not possible to downgrade to older Discourse versions.

However taking a full backup before the upgrade should work.

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