# Is there a simple Julia upgrade command?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-simple-julia-upgrade-command/45691
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [August 27, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-simple-julia-upgrade-command/45691 "2020-08-27T08:23:09Z")
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### Author: ![chakravala](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/chakravala/32/6832_2.png) [@chakravala](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/chakravala)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-simple-julia-upgrade-command/45691/37 "2020-08-27T23:48:59Z")

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This discussion has happened many times before

> [@Julia v1.4.0 has been released](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-4-0-has-been-released/36324/20):
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> Instead of rm -rf ~/.jullia it’s better to recommend mv ~/.julia ~/.julia.bak, which is safer. I’m just pointing this out because I don’t want people to accidentally delete their work.

Instead of deleting, it’s always been sufficient for me to transfer the `environments` folder to upgrade.

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