Lovable · You keep what you built
You made something real on Lovable. People can open the preview. Friends can try it. Now you want it on your side — your copy of the code, your place to run it, your passwords and keys. That is what this page is about. We help you move what you built so Lovable is no longer the only place it can live.
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Leaving Lovable means this: you get your own copy of the code, you run it somewhere that is not Lovable, you move your passwords and your data with a plan, and you prove it still works before you tell everyone the new address. You are done when your app starts without opening the Lovable project.
Where people get stuck
You do not always need every chat draft. You do need to know what still lives inside Lovable — and how people will sign in after the move.
People sign in with Google, email links, or a password. That sign-in needs its own plan. Copying a user list is not the same as someone opening the new site and getting in.
Get the new place working first. Do not put secret passwords in the part of the app everyone can see. Site certificates, sign-in links, and email must move together.
A real way back means the old data can take new work again without splitting into two messy copies. Freeze what Lovable holds at switch time, and set a clock for how long you can go back.
Also try an old account, a brand-new signup, odd roles, empty screens, file uploads, and old public links.
The calm order
We do not change your site address just to look fast. We change it after a short written check and a practiced way back.
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Decide what the Lovable data and files own versus throwaway demo seed. Missing labels surprise you when real people hit the new place.
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Sessions, Google or email sign-in, passwords, and “I agree” records each get a line. A user list alone is rarely enough.
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Keep a sealed list of old and new secret names. Lower how long name changes take to spread, check certificates and old automatic messages, then rotate secrets after the new place can take traffic.
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Name sample accounts, permissions, media, old links, and who can put Lovable back in charge. New work that only landed on the new place stays set aside to match later.
How to
Move your records, secrets, and public links off Lovable. Success is a short “it still works” note plus a practiced way back.
Step 01
Keep, copy, or toss. Sign-in sessions, Google or email sign-in, passwords, and consent each get a line.
Step 02
Keep old and new secret names in a sealed list. Secrets must not sit in the public part of the app. Plan sign-in allowlists, email, and return links as one set.
Step 03
Old account, new signup, odd roles, empty screens, uploads, and old public paths.
Step 04
Compare what people see and side effects (messages and automatic emails). Freeze the Lovable data shape at switch time. Keep new-place-only writes for later matching.
Step 05
Watch the first group on the new address. Support knows Lovable-era problems. Time-box going back so both sides do not create accounts at once.
Read next
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Shared guides and the rest of the Lovable pages.
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Move one part at a time if you are not switching this week.
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When wrapping the app in place is still the honest job.
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Bring what you built on Lovable. We will say what is missing before you change your site address.
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Studio page if you want a partner for the move.
Before you book
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Take the thing you built — the code, a list of what it needs to run, and a note of how it starts. Leave Lovable junk behind: preview caches, chat clutter, and one-off test screens. Save your data (or how to reach it) on its own so nothing invents that shape later. Scratch bits that never got saved need a clear keep-or-drop choice.
Write down the tools Lovable had ready for you. Lock that list so a new machine gets the same setup. Replace “it worked because Lovable already had it” with that real list. Put the start command somewhere clear. The check should fail if the app only installs inside the Lovable project.
Copy the names of your secrets from the Lovable project into a template. Make fresh values on the new place — never put a Lovable secret into your owned code. Point the app at the new data store and run the moves on a clean machine. Update sign-in return links that still point at the preview before you change your site address. Change old Lovable secret values after the switch.
A normal host is missing tools Lovable hid for you. Start paths assume Lovable’s folders. The publish button is gone. Passwords arrive empty. Sign-in and live links still expect Lovable names. Fix install, how it starts, and secrets first — then move. Green inside Lovable does not mean portable.
Bring your Lovable list, how people sign in, and a few test accounts. We put your site address last — and we name the Lovable path you can roll back to.
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