# Ldap user : revert back to local, how to?

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ldap-user-revert-back-to-local-how-to/91897>\
**Category:** 🏷️ General\
**Tags:** authentication, ldap\
**Created:** [September 10, 2020, 6:06am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ldap-user-revert-back-to-local-how-to/91897 "2020-09-10T06:06:35Z")\
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Yep that’s an annoying thing in nextcloud. I’m also searching for a convenient solution to switch from ldap to local auth.  
Maybe this will help you: [Import LDAP users & get rid of LDAP](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/import-ldap-users-get-rid-of-ldap/56629/11)  
I haven’t tried it yet but I surely will sometime…!

I think there’s no way without loosing passwords…  
But yea there’s no easy way at the moment. I wish we had a functionality like in Gitea, where you could just switch the auth backend as I like.

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