# Transfering inbox group messages to another instance?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfering-inbox-group-messages-to-another-instance/398971
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** personal-messages
**Created:** [21 maart 2026 om 16:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfering-inbox-group-messages-to-another-instance/398971 "2026-03-21T16:10:16Z")
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### Author: ![Wall-E](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wall-e/32/184438_2.png) [@Wall-E](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wall-E)
#### Post date: [21 maart 2026 om 16:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/transfering-inbox-group-messages-to-another-instance/398971/1 "2026-03-21T16:10:16Z")

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My discourse site has a group that needs to migrate to a different self-hosted Discourse instance, under a different domain. Only the users of that group will go to the new instance. Is it possible to transfer only the private group messages that are in our inbox to the new instance?

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