# Dumping in Community edition

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/dumping-in-community-edition/21335>\
**Category:** Neo4j Graph Platform\
**Tags:** backup, community\
**Created:** [July 9, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/dumping-in-community-edition/21335 "2020-07-09T09:36:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ariyan.eghbal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/ariyan.eghbal/32/10816_2.png) [@ariyan.eghbal](https://community.neo4j.com/u/ariyan.eghbal)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 9:36am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/dumping-in-community-edition/21335/1 "2020-07-09T09:36:03Z")

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I'm using community edition of neo4j and trying to export my db using `dump` command of neo4j-admin:

```
neo4j-admin dump --database=neo4j --to=/export/00001.dump

```

but neo4j says:

```
The database is in use. Stop database 'neo4j' and try again.

```

I tried to stop DB using `STOP DATABASE` administrative command but this command only exists in enterprise edition!  
So How can I dump my DB into a file?!

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**Author:** ![webtic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/webtic/32/7612_2.png) [@webtic](https://community.neo4j.com/u/webtic)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 10:41am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/dumping-in-community-edition/21335/2 "2020-07-09T10:41:43Z")

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It is depending on the server platform, on Linux it is `service neo4j stop`  
Either that or `neo4j stop` will stop the database.  
Replace stop with start to start it again.

On windows I assume neo4j stop will work as well.