# Copying Palette Folder

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/copying-palette-folder/100921>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [6 May 2026 08:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/copying-palette-folder/100921 "2026-05-06T08:36:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Technogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Technogeek](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Technogeek)\
**Post date:** [6 May 2026 08:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/copying-palette-folder/100921/1 "2026-05-06T08:36:49Z")

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I'm setting up a new Pi with Node Red and I would like to know if I can just copy a particular folder from my older system that contains all of my installed palette's to bypass manually installing every one. Will this work or is there going to be any problems trying to do this.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![E1cid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/e1cid/32/77971_2.png) [@E1cid](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/E1cid)\
**Post date:** [6 May 2026 09:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/copying-palette-folder/100921/2 "2026-05-06T09:17:05Z")

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You should be able to copy the package JSON file over to new installation, then run `npm install` from the .node-red root folder.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [6 May 2026 13:00 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/copying-palette-folder/100921/3 "2026-05-06T13:00:56Z")

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Just to clarify. You should copy everything from your userDir folder (usually `~/.node-red` for the user id running Node-RED) except the `node_modules` folder. Mostly because that folder can take an age to copy. But also, if you are migrating to a device with a different processor class, you have to re-install anyway.

Then, as already said, you simply run `npm install` from the new userDir folder.

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**Author:** ![Technogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Technogeek](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Technogeek)\
**Post date:** [7 May 2026 01:44 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/copying-palette-folder/100921/4 "2026-05-07T01:44:53Z")

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Thanks for the info, that makes sense and very much answers my question.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [21 May 2026 01:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/copying-palette-folder/100921/5 "2026-05-21T01:45:33Z")

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