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Creating a PostgreSQL database dump file after uninstalling Qlik Sense
We recommend creating your database dump file before uninstalling Qlik Sense. Even if Sense was already uninstalled (as long as the database was not removed), a backup can still be taken.
If you uninstall Qlik Sense before creating the database dump file, do the following:
Copy the PostgreSQL folder from %ProgramData%\Qlik\Sense\Repository\PostgreSQL to a temporary location outside of the %ProgramData% folder.
Download and install PostgreSQL version 9.6 from the PostgreSQL website.
Open a Command Prompt in Microsoft Windows. The pg_ctl.exe command should not be run as an administrator.
Navigate to the location where the PostgreSQL repository database is installed, %ProgramFiles%\PostgreSQL\<database version>\bin, and run the following commands