# Backup dashboard in Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-dashboard-in-kibana/240580>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 9, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-dashboard-in-kibana/240580 "2020-07-09T17:46:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-dashboard-in-kibana/240580/2 "2020-07-10T00:07:18Z")

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There's a few options.

1. In the UI, management -\> saved objects -\> export everything. This will get searches, visualizations, and dashboards. Index patterns will have to be re-added
2. There's a newer API for exporting dashboards, although it's still undocumented. [Kibana import/export dashboard api](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-import-export-dashboard-api/108180) offers some pointers on how to use it.
3. At a low level, saving the .kibana index. All kibana state is saved in the .kibana index, so you can snapshot/restore, or use another tool to dump all the documents.

hope this helps  
Rashmi

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