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# Upgrading Flow

There will come a time when you need to upgrade an existing installation of Flow to the latest version.

Unless you know what you are doing we recommend that you perform an automatic upgrade. A manual upgrade is for experienced computer users willing to get their hands dirty - in return it can be much quicker to perform and you have control over which components of Flow are upgraded.

This section provides information to assist you with the upgrade process.