# Exporting and importing settings from one Mautic Install to another?

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/exporting-and-importing-settings-from-one-mautic-install-to-another/16554>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [October 14, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/exporting-and-importing-settings-from-one-mautic-install-to-another/16554 "2020-10-14T06:27:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![concise.ac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/concise.ac/32/3603_2.png) [@concise.ac](https://forum.mautic.org/u/concise.ac)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/exporting-and-importing-settings-from-one-mautic-install-to-another/16554/1 "2020-10-14T06:27:06Z")

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I’m assuming that I can export all settings (contacts, tags, etc) from one install to another (as long as the versions of Mautic are the same?)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![mikew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mikew/32/5156_2.png) [@mikew](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mikew)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/exporting-and-importing-settings-from-one-mautic-install-to-another/16554/2 "2020-10-14T10:51:10Z")

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that is correct. simple with mysqldump

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**Author:** ![EJL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/ejl/32/12155_2.png) [@EJL](https://forum.mautic.org/u/EJL)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/exporting-and-importing-settings-from-one-mautic-install-to-another/16554/3 "2020-10-14T12:27:11Z")

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Make sure to save a copy of your local.php file for the new install as well.

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**Author:** ![joeyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/joeyk/32/11164_2.png) [@joeyk](https://forum.mautic.org/u/joeyk)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/exporting-and-importing-settings-from-one-mautic-install-to-another/16554/4 "2020-10-14T14:13:43Z")

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Yes, just make sure you have the same DB version and path 🙂