Eugen Rochko in Elk: "How to migrate from one Mastodon serve..."

How to migrate from one Mastodon server to another without losing followers:

1. Sign up on new server
2. On NEW server: Go to Account -> Moving FROM another account
3. Enter old account's handle
4. On OLD server: Go to Account -> Moving TO another account
5. Enter new account's handle and submit

December 29, 2019 at 11:58:03 PM

Web

do we migrate ours toots, too?

so we will post all we wrote here?

The old account won't disappear (although you can delete it if you want)

Replying to someone

@Gargron @Nynaeve Will it link your old account to your new one, so that people reading your old posts are sent to your new account when they click your profile?

@colemankane @Gargron @Nynaeve

yes, it will.

@geppiegep @colemankane @Gargron @Nynaeve

Thank you for clarifying.

Replying to someone

@Nynaeve @Gargron

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/06/how-to-migrate-from-one-server-to-another/

The full instructions on how to migrate and import your content and following list.