# How to recover users from pre-1.0 version

**URL:** <https://forum.mattermost.com/t/how-to-recover-users-from-pre-1-0-version/432>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Created:** [October 27, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/how-to-recover-users-from-pre-1-0-version/432 "2015-10-27T14:33:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![benoitc](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/benoitc/32/71_2.png) [@benoitc](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/benoitc)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/how-to-recover-users-from-pre-1-0-version/432/1 "2015-10-27T14:33:51Z")

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Is there a simple way to get dump the list of users from the pre-1.0 to re-add them to a stable version?

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**Author:** ![it33](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mattermost.com/it33/32/3_2.png) [@it33](https://forum.mattermost.com/u/it33)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.mattermost.com/t/how-to-recover-users-from-pre-1-0-version/432/2 "2015-10-27T23:49:42Z")

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hi @benoitc,

You should be able to upgrade the database of each version by running the next released version, and skip from v0.7 to v1.1.1 using these instructions: [https://github.com/mattermost/platform/blob/master/doc/install/Upgrade-Guide.md#upgrading-mattermost-v071-beta-to-v111](https://github.com/mattermost/platform/blob/master/doc/install/Upgrade-Guide.md#upgrading-mattermost-v071-beta-to-v111)

We had started work on an export function, but priorities changed before it was done, so there is not an easy way in the pre-released version to export a user list (or import one)

Future releases should be easier to migrate than pre-release.