# Restore specific discourse backup version

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-specific-discourse-backup-version/380574>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** backups\
**Created:** [August 27, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-specific-discourse-backup-version/380574 "2025-08-27T20:16:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sailormoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sailormoon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sailormoon)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restore-specific-discourse-backup-version/380574/1 "2025-08-27T20:16:43Z")

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I had a small discourse forum for a few years and it works well. I set up autobackups, but didn’t update discourse version for a long time.

Server died, but I have backup. Backup is from the old discourse version, about a 2 years ago. When I’m trying to install the newest version and restore from backup, it doesn’t work. When I’m trying to install old version, it isn’t possible: setup script automatically pulls new commits and latest docker image, I even found these lines in launcher script and deleted, but some internal code in docker image also checks and updates git to latest version.

What should I do? How can I run old discourse version or restore old backup on a new version?

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