Migrating your mastodon account from one server to another
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. Over time, though, you may want to start a server for yourself or move to a more specialized server. Here we talk through the best way to move your account.
Preferences
page on the server you’re moving to, so make sure you’re using it from the web instead of an app.
Preferences
page, click on the Account
tabMoving from a different account
and click the create an account alias
linkCreate alias
Preferences
page on your old server and use it to export some other data.
Preferences
page, click on the Import and export
tabCSV
links listed in the table to download files (you can skip any files where the total is zero)Preferences
page, click on the Account
tabMove to a different account
and click Configure it here
Preferences
page, click on the Import and export
tabCSV exports
step above - be sure to choose the import type from the list; it’s probably best to use Merge
instead of Overwrite
.