# Reinstalling Ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reinstalling-ignition/109684>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [August 13, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reinstalling-ignition/109684 "2025-08-13T11:29:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![blocus2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@blocus2014](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blocus2014)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reinstalling-ignition/109684/1 "2025-08-13T11:29:45Z")

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Hello everyone,

The binding issue I mentioned earlier is still persisting. I followed the previous suggestions, and internal property bindings work fine, but tag bindings still do not function.

At this point, I am considering reinstalling Ignition to see if this resolves the problem.

Before I proceed, do you have any recommendations or precautions I should take before uninstalling and reinstalling the software? For example, how to best back up my projects and settings?

Thank you for your help.

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**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reinstalling-ignition/109684/2 "2025-08-13T12:07:14Z")

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In the gateway settings page (web browser), go to config/backup/restore and create a backup there first.

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**Author:** ![blocus2014](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@blocus2014](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/blocus2014)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reinstalling-ignition/109684/3 "2025-08-13T13:19:19Z")

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Ok thanks dear.

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**Author:** ![hunterdg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/hunterdg/32/67774_2.png) [@hunterdg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hunterdg)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/reinstalling-ignition/109684/4 "2025-08-13T22:46:47Z")

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Copy/zip the current directory for reference. Uninstall/reinstall will likely break all certificate-related functionality.