# Saving Customizer Settings(Import/Export)

Source: https://seventhqueen.com/docs/seeko/how-to-prevent-losing-customizer-settings-import-export/

If after performing an action such as the following:

	- Switching Themes

	- Renaming Theme

	- Activating Child Theme

You notice that **Customizer settings** are lost or changed.

This happens because Customizer settings are saved based on the active theme name. We recommend to **export customizer settings** and keep a backup just in case.

For example, if you have been **working with the main theme**, activating the child theme won't keep the Customizer settings, **you need to export them first** and then **import them on the child theme**.

### How to Export Customizer Settings:

	- Install & Activate: **[Customizer Export/Import](http://wordpress.org/plugins/customizer-export-import)**

![](https://cdn.seventhqueen.com/docs/media/2019/03/IMPORT_2.jpg)

	- Go to** Appearance - Themes** and make sure to have the **initial theme **active so we can export those settings.

	- Go to **Appearance - Customizer - Export / Import**

![](https://cdn.seventhqueen.com/docs/media/2019/03/customizer.jpg)

	- Click **EXPORT** to backup your Customizer settings.

	- Now you can switch to your theme, that one where you need the settings migrated, most probably the **child theme**.

	- Go to Customizer - Import/Export and  just add the** backup file** to the Import section.

That is it.