How to back up all Google Refine / OpenRefine's data
You may wish a quick way to quickly backup all your projects, particularly if you are upgrading to a new version of OpenRefine. It is possible to backup each project individually by opening the project, then going to the export dropdown menu and selecting export project. However, there is a faster way to back up all your data.
This can be done by manually making a copy of the Refine workspace directory. Do not move that directory, just copy. The location of the OpenRefine workspace directory varies between operating systems, and these are listed below:
- MacOSX: {{{/Library/Application Support/OpenRefine }}}
- Windows: depending on the Windows version, the data is in one of these directories
- C:\Documents and Settings(user id)\Local Settings\Application Data\OpenRefine
- C:\Users(user id)\AppData\Roaming\OpenRefine
- C:\Users(user id)\AppData\Local\OpenRefine
- C:\Users(user id)\OpenRefine
- Linux: ~/.local/share/openrefine/ (the folder local is hidden, you can view it using the command ls -al)
You can quickly get to this directory from the OpenRefine start page by clicking on the Browse workspace directory link at the bottom left of the page.