# Best way to backup Kibana Dashboards

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-backup-kibana-dashboards/274718>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [June 2, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-backup-kibana-dashboards/274718 "2021-06-02T08:38:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![kibanaquery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@kibanaquery](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kibanaquery)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-backup-kibana-dashboards/274718/1 "2021-06-02T08:38:59Z")

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Hi,

Just wondered what the current suggestion is to back up Dashboards, the indices seem straightforward but they dont include Dashboards?

I'm looking for an automated way to get them backed up rather than anything too manual if thats possible.

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**Author:** ![flash1293](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/flash1293/32/41227_2.png) [@flash1293](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flash1293)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 8:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-backup-kibana-dashboards/274718/2 "2021-06-02T08:50:35Z")

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Dashboards are stored in indices starting with `.kibana`. Creating an Elasticsearch snapshot of these will essentially backup everything in your Kibana instance.

For more control, in Stack management \> Saved objects you can also export/import saved objects (like dashboards) via the UI ([Saved Objects | Kibana Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-saved-objects.html)). The same thing is also possible by using the saved objects API ([Saved objects APIs | Kibana Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.13/saved-objects-api.html))

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**Author:** ![kibanaquery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@kibanaquery](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kibanaquery)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-backup-kibana-dashboards/274718/3 "2021-06-02T09:27:44Z")

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Thanks very much!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-backup-kibana-dashboards/274718/4 "2021-06-30T09:28:19Z")

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