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# Roll Back from an Upgrade
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If, for any reason, you need to roll back to the previous version of Harbor, perform the following steps.
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**NOTE**: To roll back from an upgrade, you must have backed up the previous version of Harbor. For information about backing up Harbor before an upgrade, see [Upgrade Harbor and Migrate Data ](upgrade_migrate_data.md ).
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1. Stop and remove the current Harbor service if it is still running.
```sh
cd harbor
docker-compose down
```
2. Remove current Harbor instance.
```sh
rm -rf harbor
```
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3. Restore the older version of Harbor.
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```sh
mv /my_backup_dir/harbor harbor
```
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4. To restore the database, copy the data files from the backup directory to your data volume, which by default is `/data/database` .
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5. Restart the Harbor service using the previous configuration.
If the previous version of Harbor was installed by a release build:
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```sh
cd harbor
./install.sh
```
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**NOTE**: While you can roll back an upgrade to the state before you started the upgrade, Harbor does not support downgrades.
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