Linear to Linear importer
Before you import
Sign in with the same account in both workspaces. You must be an owner or admin in the source workspace and have permission to import data and create teams in the destination workspace. If the source workspace is on Enterprise, including an Enterprise trial, a workspace owner must run the import.
If your account does not belong to both workspaces, invite it to the other workspace with the required permissions before starting.
Running the import
- Navigate to Settings > Administration > Import/Export. You must be an admin in Linear to access this page.
- Click on the “Linear to Linear import” button.
- Select the workspace you would like to import. We will only show workspaces under the same email address where you are an admin member.
- Select the teams you would like to import from this workspace.
- Choose how to map members from the workspace you are importing from to your current workspace.
- Review a summary of the import.
- Click “Start import”.
What transfers
The import includes the following data from the teams you select and their associated work.
- Issues, including archived issues, titles, descriptions, assignees, priorities, estimates, labels, due dates, statuses, comments, and issue history.
- Sub-issues and issue relationships, including blocking, related, and duplicate relationships.
- Cycles and their issue assignments.
- Projects and initiatives, including project milestones, updates, comments, and project associations.
- Team templates, custom views, and dashboards.
- Documents, including their content, revision history, and comments.
- Uploaded files and images referenced by imported content, provided the source files are still available.
Import limitations
Teams and relationships
Imported teams are created as new teams in the destination workspace. Team names or identifiers may change to avoid conflicts.
If you import only some teams, relationships to issues outside the import are not carried over.
Private content
Personal documents do not transfer. Private custom views and dashboards transfer only when their owner is mapped to the same account in the destination workspace.
Member roles and settings
Newly imported owners and admins become members. Newly imported guests retain the guest role. People mapped to existing destination members keep their destination roles.
Team configuration carries over, but references to data excluded from the import may be adjusted. User settings are copied for newly created members; existing members keep their destination settings.
Data that stays behind
The following data does not transfer.
- Personal preferences and activity, including favorites, reminders, issue and project drafts, inbox notifications, and saved display preferences for custom, project, and initiative views.
- Integrations and credentials, including integrations, webhooks, OAuth clients, and API keys. Reinstall integrations in the destination workspace. In most cases, notifications and automations for imported issues will not resume.
- Workspace-wide settings and the workspace URL. The destination workspace keeps its existing settings and URL.
- Billing and plans. Contact support@linear.app for help moving your subscription from one workspace to another.