# How to import Kibana 3 dashboard into Kibana 4

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-import-kibana-3-dashboard-into-kibana-4/28245
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [August 28, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-import-kibana-3-dashboard-into-kibana-4/28245 "2015-08-28T13:40:07Z")
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### Author: ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-import-kibana-3-dashboard-into-kibana-4/28245/2 "2015-08-28T13:42:43Z")

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There's no automated way of doing this. You will, I afraid, have to recreate your dashboards. See the thread below.

> [@Migrate dashboards from Kibana3 to Kibana4](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/migrate-dashboards-from-kibana3-to-kibana4/837):
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> Hi, We are currently using Kibana 3 in my company. We plan to migrate to Kibana4 to benefit new improvements when building dashboards. My question is : How to migrate my old Kibana 3 dashboards to Kibana 4 ? Vincent

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