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# Group Import/Export
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> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/epics/2888) in GitLab 13.0 as an experimental feature. May change in future releases.
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Existing groups running on any GitLab instance or GitLab.com can be exported with all their related data and moved to a
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new GitLab instance.
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The **GitLab import/export** button is displayed if the group import option in enabled.
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See also:
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- [Group Import/Export API](../../../api/group_import_export.md)
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- [Project Import/Export](../../project/settings/import_export.md)
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- [Project Import/Export API](../../../api/project_import_export.md)
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To enable GitLab import/export:
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1. Navigate to **{admin}** **Admin Area >** **{settings}** **Settings > Visibility and access controls**.
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1. Scroll to **Import sources**
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1. Enable desired **Import sources**
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## Important Notes
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Note the following:
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- Exports are stored in a temporary [shared directory](../../../development/shared_files.md) and are deleted every 24 hours by a specific worker.
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- To preserve group-level relationships from imported projects, run the Group Import/Export first, to allow projects to
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be imported into the desired group structure.
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- Imported groups are given a `private` visibility level, unless imported into a parent group.
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- If imported into a parent group, subgroups will inherit the same level of visibility unless otherwise restricted.
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- To preserve the member list and their respective permissions on imported groups, review the users in these groups. Make
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sure these users exist before importing the desired groups.
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### Exported Contents
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The following items will be exported:
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- Milestones
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- Labels
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- Boards and Board Lists
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- Badges
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- Subgroups (including all the aforementioned data)
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- Epics
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- Events
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The following items will NOT be exported:
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- Projects
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- Runners token
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- SAML discovery tokens
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NOTE: **Note:**
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For more details on the specific data persisted in a group export, see the
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[`import_export.yml`](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/blob/master/lib/gitlab/import_export/group/import_export.yml) file.
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## Exporting a Group
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1. Navigate to your group's homepage.
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1. Click **{settings}** **Settings** in the sidebar.
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1. In the **Advanced** section, click the **Export Group** button.
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1. Once the export is generated, you should receive an e-mail with a link to the [exported contents](#exported-contents)
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in a compressed tar archive, with contents in JSON format.
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1. Alternatively, you can come back to the project settings and download the
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file from there by clicking **Download export**, or generate a new file by clicking **Regenerate export**.
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### Between CE and EE
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You can export groups from the [Community Edition to the Enterprise Edition](https://about.gitlab.com/install/ce-or-ee/) and vice versa.
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If you're exporting a group from the Enterprise Edition to the Community Edition, you may lose data that is retained only in the Enterprise Edition. For more information, see [downgrading from EE to CE](../../../README.md).
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## Version history
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GitLab can import bundles that were exported from a different GitLab deployment.
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This ability is limited to two previous GitLab [minor](../../../policy/maintenance.md#versioning)
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releases, which is similar to our process for [Security Releases](../../../policy/maintenance.md#security-releases).
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For example:
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| Current version | Can import bundles exported from |
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|-----------------|----------------------------------|
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| 13.0 | 13.0, 12.10, 12.9 |
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| 13.1 | 13.1, 13.0, 12.10 |
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## Rate Limits
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To help avoid abuse, users are rate limited to:
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| Request Type | Limit |
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| ---------------- | ------------------------------ |
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| Export | 1 group every 5 minutes |
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| Download export | 10 downloads every 10 minutes |
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