Moving a graph from one Project to another

Neo4j Graph Platform Desktop
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Hi,
I started experimenting and working in Neo4j Desktop and before I realised it I had 10 local graphs.
Now I want to organise them a bit, I created some new Projects and want to move some graphs from one project to another.

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What version(s) are the databases?

Are they all the same version?

Elaine

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Yes, they all are at 3.5.14

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Do you use the same password for all of them?

One thing that you could do is physically copy the "graph.db" folders and their sub-folders to the same directory as the project. (of course the database must be stopped!) You would need to rename them so that each one has a unique name.

Another option would be to use neo4j-admin dump/load to dump each database to a file and then load it with a different name to the same location of the project that you want to hold the databases.

Elaine

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I don't get the "physically copy the graph.db folders ......".
In "C:\Users[myUser].Neo4jDesktop" folder I have a folder called "projects" where in there I have other subfolders (the same number as my projects) but they are all empty.
Besides "projects" I also have "neo4jDatabases" folder where in there I have many other subfolders (the same number of all my graphs combined). My point is that these folders (projects vs graphs) are not connected in any way so I don't understand where you advice to copy things. It's not as the graphs data are in their respective project folder.
Visually:
C:\Users[myUser].Neo4jDesktop
C:\Users[myUser].Neo4jDesktop\projects
C:\Users[myUser].Neo4jDesktop\projects[project 1]
C:\Users[myUser].Neo4jDesktop\projects[project 2]
C:\Users[myUser].Neo4jDesktop\projects[project 3]
C:\Users[myUser].Neo4jDesktop\neo4jDatabases[graph 1]
C:\Users[myUser].Neo4jDesktop\neo4jDatabases[graph ...]
C:\Users[myUser].Neo4jDesktop\neo4jDatabases[graph 25]

I will try and use dump/load option for now

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Thanks Elaine! Just what I was wondering too.