# Looking for an old post to create new data directory keeping account data

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/looking-for-an-old-post-to-create-new-data-directory-keeping-account-data/7459>\
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**Created:** [April 20, 2019, 11:28am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/looking-for-an-old-post-to-create-new-data-directory-keeping-account-data/7459 "2019-04-20T11:28:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Izzytdi](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/izzytdi/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Izzytdi](https://bisq.community/u/Izzytdi)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 11:28am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/looking-for-an-old-post-to-create-new-data-directory-keeping-account-data/7459/1 "2019-04-20T11:28:50Z")

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I bookmarked an old post on here how to make a new data directory while keeping your account status but it seems to have been removed ([https://bisq.community/t/how-to-switch-to-a-new-data-directory/6753](https://bisq.community/t/how-to-switch-to-a-new-data-directory/6753)). I need to do this again but don’t remember how. Deleting the old one is the easy part but what do i do next?

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**Author:** ![huey](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/huey/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@huey](https://bisq.community/u/huey)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/looking-for-an-old-post-to-create-new-data-directory-keeping-account-data/7459/2 "2019-04-20T12:37:37Z")

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Run it with 'Bisq --appName=“something other than Bisq”  
This will create a new folder with your new “Identity”.

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**Author:** ![Izzytdi](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/izzytdi/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Izzytdi](https://bisq.community/u/Izzytdi)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/looking-for-an-old-post-to-create-new-data-directory-keeping-account-data/7459/3 "2019-04-20T14:11:49Z")

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I dont want a new identity, what im looking for is how to copy over my old identity and accounts to a new lighter data folder. @ManfredKarrer I think it might have been a post of yours if I remember right.

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**Author:** ![Homard](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/homard/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Homard](https://bisq.community/u/Homard)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/looking-for-an-old-post-to-create-new-data-directory-keeping-account-data/7459/4 "2019-04-20T14:45:44Z")

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If you want lighter, just erase the old logfiles at first.

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**Author:** ![Izzytdi](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/izzytdi/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Izzytdi](https://bisq.community/u/Izzytdi)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/looking-for-an-old-post-to-create-new-data-directory-keeping-account-data/7459/5 "2019-04-20T16:17:13Z")

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It was an updated version of this post:  
[Switching to a new data directory](https://bisq.community/t/switching-to-a-new-data-directory/1697)

reason #3 is what im looking for, after quite some trades it gets slower and there is an increase in trade errors so it is good to clean up once in a while. The newer post Im looking for had an additional section how you can keep your onion address and reputation which i would hate to lose

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**Author:** ![huey](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/huey/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@huey](https://bisq.community/u/huey)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 5:37pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/looking-for-an-old-post-to-create-new-data-directory-keeping-account-data/7459/6 "2019-04-20T17:37:08Z")

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I think this is what you’re looking for

> [@Carry over account age witness to new data directory](https://bisq.community/t/carry-over-account-age-witness-to-new-data-directory/5605):
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> If you move to a new data directory you need to export your account data and re-import it again. That will copy over the salt used for the account age witness which determines your trade limit (1 month 0.0625 BTC, 2. month 0.125 BTC, afterwards 0.25 BTC). Unfortunately I overlooked another important part when I implemented that feature: The signature pubKey is also used in the hash for the account age witness. So to successfully transfer your account without starting with the 1 month limit aga…

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**Author:** ![Izzytdi](https://bisq.community/letter_avatar/izzytdi/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Izzytdi](https://bisq.community/u/Izzytdi)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/looking-for-an-old-post-to-create-new-data-directory-keeping-account-data/7459/7 "2019-04-20T19:01:53Z")

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Indeed, that did the trick. Cheers