# Best way to update Ignition 8.0.14 to 8.1.9

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [August 26, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-way-to-update-ignition-8-0-14-to-8-1-9/50321 "2021-08-26T10:40:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![informatica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ab097/32.png) [@informatica](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/informatica)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-way-to-update-ignition-8-0-14-to-8-1-9/50321/1 "2021-08-26T10:40:01Z")

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Good Morning.

I would like to update Ignition from version **8.0.14 to 8.1.9**.

Which of these options is the best?

a) Make backup, uninstall Ignition 8.0.14, install 8.19 and recover backup.

b) Simply install 8.1.9 over 8.0.14

Kind regards.

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-way-to-update-ignition-8-0-14-to-8-1-9/50321/2 "2021-08-26T10:53:49Z")

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c) make backup, install 8.1.9 over 8.0.14.

Going from 8.0 to 8.1 should be pretty painless. The backup is in case-- for whatever reason-- you need to go back to 8.0.x

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**Author:** ![informatica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3ab097/32.png) [@informatica](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/informatica)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-way-to-update-ignition-8-0-14-to-8-1-9/50321/3 "2021-08-26T10:56:52Z")

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ok thanks, but option a) should work without problems or is it not convenient to do so?

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 11:04am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-way-to-update-ignition-8-0-14-to-8-1-9/50321/4 "2021-08-26T11:04:20Z")

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it goes faster if you just install over it^^  
also you might need to update a lincence i have heard somewhere, but idk much about that

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-way-to-update-ignition-8-0-14-to-8-1-9/50321/5 "2021-08-26T11:05:06Z")

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> [@informatica](#):
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> option a) should work without problems or is it not convenient to do so?

You can, but IMO, it's not really necessary. 7.9 to 8.0, though was a different story. 😆