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# Migrating from Assets

If you are using the Assets module to manage files, and want to switch to ExpressionEngine's native File Manager by changing the Upload, Save, and Preview folder settings in an Ansel field you will need to run a migration command, which will update the file IDs in the `exp_ansel_images` table.

**Please backup your database prior to running this command.**

In this example change `4` to whatever upload directory ID that Assets and Ansel are using. Run the command for each directory you need to update.

```bash
php system/ee/eecli.php ansel:migrate-assets --dir=4
```


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