# Moving a graph from one Project to another

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/moving-a-graph-from-one-project-to-another/16050>\
**Category:** Desktop\
**Created:** [March 20, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/moving-a-graph-from-one-project-to-another/16050 "2020-03-20T07:33:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![admin3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/admin3/32/10591_2.png) [@admin3](https://community.neo4j.com/u/admin3)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/moving-a-graph-from-one-project-to-another/16050/1 "2020-03-20T07:33:26Z")

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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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**Author:** ![elaine\_rosenber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/elaine_rosenber/32/27409_2.png) [@elaine\_rosenber](https://community.neo4j.com/u/elaine_rosenber)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 11:52am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/moving-a-graph-from-one-project-to-another/16050/2 "2020-03-20T11:52:17Z")

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What version(s) are the databases?

Are they all the same version?

Elaine

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**Author:** ![admin3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/admin3/32/10591_2.png) [@admin3](https://community.neo4j.com/u/admin3)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/moving-a-graph-from-one-project-to-another/16050/3 "2020-03-20T12:01:28Z")

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Yes, they all are at 3.5.14

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**Author:** ![elaine\_rosenber](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/elaine_rosenber/32/27409_2.png) [@elaine\_rosenber](https://community.neo4j.com/u/elaine_rosenber)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/moving-a-graph-from-one-project-to-another/16050/4 "2020-03-20T12:06:48Z")

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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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**Author:** ![admin3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/admin3/32/10591_2.png) [@admin3](https://community.neo4j.com/u/admin3)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 8:07am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/moving-a-graph-from-one-project-to-another/16050/5 "2020-03-24T08:07:41Z")

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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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**Author:** ![jamesmthornton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/jamesmthornton/32/7214_2.png) [@jamesmthornton](https://community.neo4j.com/u/jamesmthornton)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/moving-a-graph-from-one-project-to-another/16050/6 "2021-04-10T11:53:06Z")

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Thanks Elaine! Just what I was wondering too.