--- title: Import Data When Moving Sensors description: There are some good practice steps you can take to help you keep your data organized when you want to move a sensor's location. --- [Skip to content](https://support.conserv.io/knowledge/import-data-when-moving-sensors#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [Contact us](https://support.conserv.io/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) [![Cnsrv\_wmM\_mix\_rgb - MEDIUM-1.png\]](https://support.conserv.io/hs-fs/hubfs/Cnsrv_wmM_mix_rgb%20-%20MEDIUM-1.png?height=40&name=Cnsrv_wmM_mix_rgb%20-%20MEDIUM-1.png)](https://conserv.io/) - [Support](https://support.conserv.io/knowledge) - [Blog](https://support.conserv.io/blog) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Support](https://support.conserv.io/knowledge) - [Blog](https://support.conserv.io/blog) - English Show submenu for translations - [Contact us](https://support.conserv.io/knowledge/kb-tickets/new) - [Contact Us](https://support.conserv.io/knowledge/kb-tickets/new) [Contact Us](https://support.conserv.io/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) How can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help center](https://support.conserv.io/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [Configure Conserv Cloud](https://support.conserv.io/knowledge/configure-conserv-cloud?hsLang=en) 3. [Import Data](https://support.conserv.io/knowledge/configure-conserv-cloud?hsLang=en#import-data) # Import Data When Moving Sensors ## There are some good practice steps you can take to help you keep your data organized. **Good news:** it's very easy to move your sensors as they will still connect to the gateway (so long as they're in range).  **However,** you may be wondering what to do about the data once you move the sensors. The data is only relevant to a specific space but when you view the data for the sensor it shows you all of the historic data. There are some steps you can take to keep this data clean and separate. ### 1. Download the data Download the data from the sensor for the dates that it's in a certain location (past data). See this article for step by step instructions on how to download raw data: [Export a CSV of your Environmental Data](https://support.conserv.io/knowledge/export-csv-environmental-data?hsLang=en) ### 2. Import the data as an imported sensor Once the dataset is downloaded, you can **re-import it into Conserv** and assign it to that sensor's original space and location. Here is [a video that walks you through that](https://www.loom.com/share/98de98a90c3344fcb35b3dc1fc0415ce?sid=34d4c3b6-d5bf-4276-bd10-69928728535a). **Move the sensor** into the new location. Once it's moved into the new location you can **drag the sensor into its new location** in the hierarchy view on the sensor tab. This creates a "note" in the metadata that the sensor was moved. ### 3. Document your update **Make an "observation"** on that sensor for the time that you moved it to "ignore data before this date" so that you have an internal record for when you moved the sensor.    **NOTE**: Unfortunately, there is not a way to remove past data from a live sensor (unless you ask the [Support Team](https://support.conserv.io/knowledge/kb-tickets/new?hsLang=en) to wipe it for you) but you can separate out old data (as this article describes). 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