# Gateway version downgrading **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81\ **Created:** [December 5, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-version-downgrading/99482 "2024-12-05T15:53:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Felipe\_CRM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Felipe\_CRM](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Felipe_CRM)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-version-downgrading/99482/3 "2024-12-05T16:26:38Z")
It can break a lot of things so the only reason to do it is a major issue (which usually has a patch released quickly anyway). That said, pretty much the only way to do it is to **take a backup of your gateway** and then do a fresh install, then attempt to load the backup again: > [@Ignition Downgrade Procedure](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-downgrade-procedure/7139/2): > > The downgrade process isn’t exactly the smoothest: Make (or have on hand already) a gateway backup. Run the uninstaller. Run the installer for the version you want to downgrade to. Ideally you have a gateway backup taken from the version you want to revert to since we don’t promise forward-compatibility, but in this case I’m not sure if anything will prevent a 7.5.10 backup from being restored onto 7.5.4 if you don’t have one already. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-version-downgrading/99482)._