How do I move my account to another instance? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 hours ago by FrostyDog@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm still quite lost when it comes to the fediverse. I created an account on the main instance, however as I understood more how it works, it seems like certain instances that interest me are "defederated" from this instance, and vice versa. So now I want to move my account to be able to see those instances, however I want to keep my follows and my posts I have on this instance. Is that possible? I read that fediverse is resistant to censorship in this regard, so there must be something I'm missing here.

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[-] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 23 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Well, you can't. But you can transfere all your settings/subscribes/blocks etc.

Go to your account settings and hit "export" and save the file.

Make a new account on another instance

Go to that account's settings and import the file from your old account.

[-] FrostyDog@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Thank you! That explains a little. Follow up question: If the new instance has defederated or "blocked" some community that I am following on this instance, will I still be able to follow them if I import the saved file?

[-] safesyrup@lemmy.hogru.ch 7 points 3 hours ago

If it has defederated from an instance you will no be able to see any posts from this instance‘s community

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