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How to move your account between servers
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* [Home](help)
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! **This is an experimental feature**
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* Go to "Settings" -> "[Export personal data](uexport)"
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* Click on "Export account" to save your account data.
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* **Save the file in a secure place!** It contains your details, your contacts, groups, and personal settings. It also contains your secret keys to authenticate yourself to your contacts.
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* Go to your new server, and open *http://newserver.com/uimport* (there is not a direct link to this page at the moment).
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* Do NOT create a new account prior to importing your old settings - uimport should be used *instead* of register.
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* Load your saved account file and click "Import".
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* After the move, the account on the old server will not work reliably anymore, and should be not used.
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Friendica contacts
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Friendica will recreate your account on the new server, with your contacts and groups.
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A message is sent to Friendica contacts, to inform them about your move:
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If your contacts are runnning on an updated server, your details on their side will be automatically updated.
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GNU Social contacts
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Contacts on GNU Social will be archived, as we can't inform them about your move.
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You should ask them to remove your contact from their lists and re-add you, and you should do the same with their contact.
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Diaspora contacts
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Newer Diaspora servers are able to process "account migration" messages.
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