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