# Re-install mautic with Composer but use same database?

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/re-install-mautic-with-composer-but-use-same-database/22911>\
**Category:** Mautic 4 Install/Upgrade Support\
**Created:** [March 3, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/re-install-mautic-with-composer-but-use-same-database/22911 "2022-03-03T18:12:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![techbill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/techbill/32/8325_2.png) [@techbill](https://forum.mautic.org/u/techbill)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/re-install-mautic-with-composer-but-use-same-database/22911/1 "2022-03-03T18:12:00Z")

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Not a “problem” but a question

I installed Mautic from zip but I am wondering if I can reinstall Mautic using composer and connect it to the same database that was installed via zip?

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**Author:** ![techbill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/techbill/32/8325_2.png) [@techbill](https://forum.mautic.org/u/techbill)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/re-install-mautic-with-composer-but-use-same-database/22911/2 "2022-03-03T19:09:05Z")

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Got my answer!

It wiped database and start blank …

Blah … Oh well … At least our Mautic wasn’t in production yet and only had fake practice contacts in it but got to rebuilt the forms which shouldn’t take too long to do.

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**Author:** ![silavapi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/silavapi/32/7424_2.png) [@silavapi](https://forum.mautic.org/u/silavapi)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/re-install-mautic-with-composer-but-use-same-database/22911/3 "2022-03-03T19:09:52Z")

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Hi there, please refer to the documentation:

> **[How to switch to Composer](https://docs.mautic.org/en/setup/switch-to-composer)**
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> . Up until Mautic 4, users could download Mautic as a ZIP file and install it on any PHP server. However, many users were running into installation and update errors, many of which caused considerable frustration and in some cases, significant...