# Passphrase cannot be changed for an existing backup

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/passphrase-cannot-be-changed-for-an-existing-backup/8866
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 14, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/passphrase-cannot-be-changed-for-an-existing-backup/8866 "2020-01-14T09:09:15Z")
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### Author: ![Wim\_Jansen](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/wim_jansen/32/1439_2.png) [@Wim\_Jansen](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/Wim_Jansen)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/passphrase-cannot-be-changed-for-an-existing-backup/8866/3 "2020-01-14T11:28:50Z")

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You can, but it will download all data, decrypt and reencrypt your data, and upload it again.  
I did it succesfully while moving away from AES and towards GPG encryption. It should also work when just changing the password.

> **[duplicati/duplicati](https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati/wiki/Re-encrypt-remote-back-end-files)**
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Use at own risk…

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