# Does bitwarden\_rs convert existing db?

**URL:** <https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/does-bitwarden-rs-convert-existing-db/202>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [July 17, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/does-bitwarden-rs-convert-existing-db/202 "2020-07-17T18:41:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![q7joey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/q7joey/32/124_2.png) [@q7joey](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/q7joey)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/does-bitwarden-rs-convert-existing-db/202/1 "2020-07-17T18:41:22Z")

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It isn’t obvious if this will convert an existing bitwarden database. Or do I need to do an export/import for each user?

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**Author:** ![dani](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/dani/32/2_2.png) [@dani](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/dani)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/does-bitwarden-rs-convert-existing-db/202/2 "2020-07-17T22:16:36Z")

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If you mean a bitwarden database from the official service, no there’s no way to convert the data, the data structure is different enough that this would be quite hard to do bug-free.

Exporting each users data and downloading all attachments is the only way to migrate at the moment.

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**Author:** ![stangri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@stangri](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/stangri)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/does-bitwarden-rs-convert-existing-db/202/3 "2020-08-19T23:40:26Z")

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@dani, sorry, already asked a similar question here: [Migrate from official hosted and licensed bitwarden (docker) server to bitwarden\_rs](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/migrate-from-official-hosted-and-licensed-bitwarden-docker-server-to-bitwarden-rs/247).

Can you please advise what’s the best approach to migrate the logins linked to an organization in official bitwarden DB?

Should I move them all to an account, export account data, then import account data to bitwarden\_rs and then create/share with new organization?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![dani](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vaultwarden.discourse.group/dani/32/2_2.png) [@dani](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/u/dani)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://vaultwarden.discourse.group/t/does-bitwarden-rs-convert-existing-db/202/4 "2020-08-23T01:09:20Z")

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Organizations also support exporting all entries, it’s in the tools tab from inside the organization. You might need to be admin or the owner to do that though.