# Database export

### 📦 How to export your database (HeidiSQL / phpMyAdmin)

Database export is required when:

* we ask you to **send a database dump** for debugging
* you are **moving your server**
* you want to **create a backup before changes**

Below are two supported methods.

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### ✅ Method 1: Export using phpMyAdmin

#### Steps

1. Open **phpMyAdmin**
2. Select your **database** from the left sidebar
3. Click the **Export** tab
4. Choose **Quick** export method
5. Format: **SQL**
6. Click **Export** and download the `.sql` file

📺 Video tutorial:

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmlyhiqoUtk>" %}

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### ✅ Method 2: Export using HeidiSQL (recommended)

#### Steps

1. Open **HeidiSQL** and connect to your database
2. Right-click your **database name**
3. Click **Export database as SQL**
4. Select:
   * Output: **SQL file**
   * Structure + Data
5. Start the export and save the `.sql` file

📺 Video tutorial:

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_DwadCOUno>" %}

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### ⚠️ Important notes

* **Do not modify** the exported `.sql` file
* **Do not send screenshots** — always send the `.sql` file
* If the database is large, **compress it to `.zip`** before uploading
* Never share database files publicly — send them **only in tickets**

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### 📩 Sending the file to support

Upload the exported `.sql` (or `.zip`) file **directly in your ticket** so we can analyze the issue properly.