Title: lost users during export/import
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# lost users during export/import

 *  Resolved [capnturkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/capnturkey/)
 * (@capnturkey)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-users-during-exportimport/)
 * I am migrating from one host to another. I am running 2/6/1 on both. I exported
   from old and improted to new. I seems I have everything except my users. How 
   do I migrate my users?

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 *  [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/)
 * (@mercime)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-users-during-exportimport/#post-850218)
 * 1) If you exported XML from the old WP install, then I suggest you create the
   Users in your new install before you import the XML. That way, when the XML is
   imported, you can assign the posts to the respective users
    2) If you installed
   SQL from old WP install, and you cannot see the users, check your SQL for corrupted
   user files. Try to drop tables again from the old WP install.
 *  Thread Starter [capnturkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/capnturkey/)
 * (@capnturkey)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-users-during-exportimport/#post-850219)
 * I am perhaps out of my depth here. How do I ‘drop the tables’ from the old WP
   and load the data to the new WP. I do not know SQL.
 * Thx!
 *  [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/)
 * (@mercime)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-users-during-exportimport/#post-850225)
 * By your latest post, I assume that you imported XML in the first try.
    Here’s
   a great tutorial for SQL – [http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/restore/](http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/restore/)
 *  Thread Starter [capnturkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/capnturkey/)
 * (@capnturkey)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-users-during-exportimport/#post-850241)
 * tyvm. from this I was able to find the sql admin screens for both hosts, then
   export a file and import to new host. Excellent…

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-users-during-exportimport/#post-850241)
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