# Migrating uploads from S3 to local

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-uploads-from-s3-to-local/163903>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** s3\
**Created:** [September 13, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-uploads-from-s3-to-local/163903 "2020-09-13T22:41:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![hosna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hosna/32/99969_2.png) [@hosna](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hosna)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2020, 9:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-uploads-from-s3-to-local/163903/4 "2020-09-20T21:16:42Z")

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> [@Stephen](#):
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> `rake uploads:migrate_from_s3`

I tried this and after it was done, I didnt see any change in uploads. Still uploads are served from s3. btw the rake task was wierd to me. It ended so fast while I have thousnds of s3 uploads. It shouldve taked a while.

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