Back Up OpenRefine Data

How to back up all Google Refine / OpenRefine's data

You may wish a quick way to quickly backup all your projects, particularly if you are upgrading to a new version of OpenRefine. It is possible to backup each project individually by opening the project, then going to the export dropdown menu and selecting export project. However, there is a faster way to back up all your data.

This can be done by manually making a copy of the Refine workspace directory. Do not move that directory, just copy. You can quickly get to this directory from the OpenRefine start page by clicking on the Browse workspace directory link at the bottom left of the page.

The location of the OpenRefine workspace directory varies between operating systems, as listed below:

• MacOSX: ~/Library/Application Support/OpenRefine
• Windows: depending on the Windows version, the data is in one of these directories
  • C:\Documents and Settings\(user id)\Local Settings\Application Data\OpenRefine
  • C:\Users\(user id)\AppData\Roaming\OpenRefine
  • C:\Users\(user id)\AppData\Local\OpenRefine
  • C:\Users\(user id)\OpenRefine
• Linux: ~/.local/share/openrefine/ (the folder local is hidden, you can view it using the command ls -al)