Answers.Body: <p>You'll need to take:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>/config</li>
  <li>/modules (if there are any custom modules, but no harm in taking it anyway)</li>
  <li>/web</li>
  <li>/storage/rebrand (if you have rebranded the control panel)</li>
  <li>/templates</li>
  <li>/translations (if you have added any <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/3.x/sites.html#static-message-translations" rel="nofollow noreferrer">static translations</a>)</li>
  <li>/vendor (unless you plan to run <code>composer install</code> on the new server)</li>
  <li>composer.json</li>
  <li>composer.lock</li>
  <li>craft (CLI)</li>
  </ul>
  <p>You can generally discard the whole contents of <code>storage</code> and <code>cpresources</code> as they'll get automatically recreated, unless you have put anything in <code>storage/rebrand</code>. However, you'll still need a <code>storage</code> directory, even if it's empty.</p>
  
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Body: <p>If I'm downloading a Craft 3 website one server in readiness to deploy onto a new server, which folders should I download aside from?:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>/templates</li>
  <li>/web</li>
  </ul>
  <p>Also, do I need to redownload the 'cpresources' folder again inside the /web directory if I already have a local copy of Craft CMS installed?</p>
  
Tags: <craft3>
Title: Folders required to download when moving a Craft 3 installation to another server?
ThreadText: # Folders required to download when moving a Craft 3 installation to another server?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-30)
  
  If I'm downloading a Craft 3 website one server in readiness to deploy onto a new server, which folders should I download aside from?:
  
  * /templates
  * /web
  
  Also, do I need to redownload the 'cpresources' folder again inside the /web directory if I already have a local copy of Craft CMS installed?
  
  **Tags:** craft3
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2020-09-30. Score: 3
  
  You'll need to take:
  
  * /config
  * /modules (if there are any custom modules, but no harm in taking it anyway)
  * /web
  * /storage/rebrand (if you have rebranded the control panel)
  * /templates
  * /translations (if you have added any [static translations](https://craftcms.com/docs/3.x/sites.html#static-message-translations))
  * /vendor (unless you plan to run `composer install` on the new server)
  * composer.json
  * composer.lock
  * craft (CLI)
  
  You can generally discard the whole contents of `storage` and `cpresources` as they'll get automatically recreated, unless you have put anything in `storage/rebrand`. However, you'll still need a `storage` directory, even if it's empty.
  
  
  ---
  
  