Conversation

Notices

1. switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Monday, 14-Jan-2019 14:30:16 UTC switching.social

   Best way to move instances on #Mastodon:

   On your OLD account:

   1. Export your follows, mutes and blocks: go to Settings, then Data Export, then download the CSV files (you do NOT need to request an archive to do this!)

   2. Set your old account to redirect to the new one: go to Settings, then Edit Profile, then "Move To A Different Account" (at bottom of screen)

   On your NEW account:

   3. Upload your follows, mutes and blocks: go to Settings, then Import, then upload the CSV files

   #MastoHints

   • Rafael Bonifaz (rbonifaz@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Jan-2019 15:47:51 UTC Rafael Bonifaz

     in reply to

     @switchingsocial what would happend with the followers? are they going to move to the new account?

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Monday, 14-Jan-2019 15:51:33 UTC switching.social

     in reply to

     • Rafael Bonifaz

     @rbonifaz

     No, not automatically.

     However, when they see you following them from the new account plus the redirect on the old one, they would know you had moved accounts and could follow you at the new one.

   • Rafael Bonifaz (rbonifaz@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Jan-2019 15:52:10 UTC Rafael Bonifaz

     in reply to

     @switchingsocial thanks for the quick answer