# Convert a full gateway backup into zip files you can import in the designer

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/convert-a-full-gateway-backup-into-zip-files-you-can-import-in-the-designer/117796>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** designer\
**Created:** [November 10, 2026, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/convert-a-full-gateway-backup-into-zip-files-you-can-import-in-the-designer/117796 "2026-11-10T08:09:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![BVTV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@BVTV](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BVTV)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/convert-a-full-gateway-backup-into-zip-files-you-can-import-in-the-designer/117796/1 "2026-11-10T08:09:51Z")

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I have created a solution to an annoying problem that others might find useful too:

**The problem:**  
You are working in the designer, and need to import a specific view you made earlier. But it only exists in a full gateway backup from a different project. So you have to restore that project in order to extract that resource. That is too much work.

**The solution:**  
I made a little webpage that lets you load the gateway backup, and download only the parts you need. Then you import it directly in the designer. Test it here: [GWBK Extract · BV Lab](https://bvlab.no/apps/ignition-gwbk-extract). It works for many types of resources.

And of course this does not leak your data to a server. Everything happens locally in the browser, so the data never leaves the computer.

[![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/3/d30bf5f9b2286f8dc5d5260614ca29acf808482f.png)](https://bvlab.no/apps/ignition-gwbk-extract)