Data Management

Export and import your Stellar 4.0 setup, understand the import choices, and check your data before running tasks.

Settings → Data Management helps you transfer your Stellar data to another computer, import from Stellar 3.0, and choose where exports are saved. For routine safety copies on this computer, use Settings → Backups.

Export means saving a copy of your setup into a file. Import means loading that file into Stellar. Your setup is stored locally; resetting your license does not transfer your data.

Choose the right tool

• Whole setup: use Data Management → Export Data to create a .stellar file, then Import Data to load it into Stellar. This is the option for moving tasks, profiles, proxies, accounts, and settings together.
• Profiles only: use the import/export controls in the Profiles tab for profile files such as CSVs. A profile CSV is not a whole-setup .stellar export.
• Restore an earlier setup on this computer: use Settings → Backups. These are local safety copies, separate from the export/import workflow.

For local safety copies, see Back Up & Restore Stellar

Move data to another computer

The source computer is the one with the setup you want to copy. The destination computer is the one receiving it. Keep access to the source until you have checked the imported setup.

• Update Stellar on both computers to the latest 4.0 version before exporting. Create a fresh export rather than relying on an older file.
• Stop tasks before exporting and keep them stopped during the move. Before importing, review Settings → General → Auto-Start Tasks on Restart because Stellar will restart.
• On the destination computer, back up any setup you want to keep before importing.

1. Export your setup

1. On the source computer, open Settings → Data Management and click Export Data.
2. Choose whether to set an export password. A password is recommended because the file contains your saved setup and personal details. Keep it somewhere safe; a forgotten export password cannot be recovered.
3. Click Export, choose a location you can find again, and save the .stellar file.
4. Confirm that the file is saved in the location you chose. Copy it to the destination computer using a private transfer method, such as your own USB drive. Keep the file and any password private.

Choose a password before exporting if you want to restrict who can import the file.

Exporting creates a copy; it does not move your license. Do not rename the file to config.json or change its extension. The .stellar file is meant to be imported by Stellar, not edited in a spreadsheet.

What is included?

The export includes tasks, profiles, proxies, accounts, and settings. It does not include your license key or task activity logs. Activate/sign in again on the new machine as needed.

The file is encrypted. Without an export password, it is unreadable outside Stellar, but anyone who has Stellar can import it. Use a password and keep the file private because it contains saved account and profile data.

2. Import your setup

1. Make sure Stellar is installed and activated on the destination computer, and that your .stellar file is saved there.
2. Open Settings → Data Management → Import Data.
3. Select the .stellar file and enter the export password if one was set. This is the password chosen when exporting the file.
4. Read the import choices and decide whether to add the incoming data or erase the existing data first. Use the examples below before confirming.
5. Allow Stellar to restart, then check the imported setup before starting tasks.

Add versus erase when importing

Add brings data into the existing installation. Erase first replaces what is already there. Your settings are changed only when you choose to erase first. Stellar restarts with either option.

Choose Add when you want to bring the exported data into an installation that already has data you intend to keep. The destination computer’s settings stay unchanged.

Example: Your desktop has the setup you exported, and your laptop already has its own setup. Adding the export brings data into the laptop’s existing installation while keeping the laptop’s settings. Review the resulting groups and records before running tasks; do not assume importing is a way to remove unwanted existing records.

Choose Erase first only when you intend to replace the destination setup with the exported one. This also applies the settings from the export. Back up the destination setup before choosing it.

Example: You want a new computer to use the setup and settings from your desktop, and you do not need the current setup on the new computer. Erase first replaces that destination setup. Anything you need from it should be backed up before you proceed.

Check the import before running tasks

• Check that the expected task groups, profiles, proxy groups, and accounts are present. Review task products, quantities, and modes before starting them.
• Check Settings. If you chose Add, the destination’s settings remain in place. If you chose Erase first, review the imported settings for this computer.
• Check computer-specific paths, such as browser and export-folder locations. A folder from the old computer may not exist on the new one.
• Check any services your tasks need, including proxies, IMAP, and captcha harvesters. Install Google Chrome if you use Captcha Harvesters.
• Keep the source data and export until you are satisfied the transfer worked. Then make a backup of the checked setup.

Import from Stellar 3.0

Import from 3.0 copies tasks, profiles, proxies, accounts, IMAP, and settings from the 3.0 installation on the same computer. First launch performs this automatically. Running it again picks up new or changed records without deleting records already in 4.0.

This button reads the older installation on the same computer. It is different from selecting a .stellar export from another computer. For a 4.0 computer-to-computer move, use Export Data and Import Data.

Folders and ordinary exports

Data Folder → Open Folder opens Stellar's local data location. Do not manually remove files while troubleshooting unless support directs you.

Default Export Path sets the default folder for CSV and other table exports. It is separate from the .stellar file used to transfer a whole setup between computers.

For example, changing Default Export Path can change where ordinary CSV exports are saved, but it does not choose where your whole-setup .stellar transfer file will be saved. Pay attention to the save location when you export that file.

If an import does not work

Some older Stellar 4.0 export files are no longer compatible with the current importer. If an older file is rejected, create a fresh export using the current Stellar version on the source computer.

• Wrong file: check that you selected a .stellar export rather than a profile CSV or another file. Renaming a file does not convert it.
• Password not accepted: use the password set for that export. If you have forgotten it and still have access to the source setup, create a new export and keep the new password safe.
• Missing settings after Add: this option keeps the destination settings. Do not erase data just to experiment; check your backup and decide which setup you want to keep.
• No access to the source computer or still getting an error: contact support with the Stellar versions and exact error message. Do not post your export, passwords, license key, or profile details in a public channel.

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