# Merge local users to ldap account **URL:** \ **Category:** ℹ️ Support\ **Created:** [September 10, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/merge-local-users-to-ldap-account/36555 "2018-09-10T10:02:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tuxnet](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/tuxnet/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@tuxnet](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/tuxnet)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/merge-local-users-to-ldap-account/36555/1 "2018-09-10T10:02:32Z")
Hi everyone, first of all: Sorry for my horrible english, but I hope, I can explane in the right way, what my problem is. :-/ We plan to use openLDAP in the future for user authentication. At the moment, we have local user accounts in Nextcloud. Is there a way, to merge or transfer all the data from the local nc-user to the user, stored in the LDAP backend? For example: We have local user John Doe with userid john and we have the identically user (userid: john, with no data in nextcloud) stored in ldap. When I activate the LDAP-backend for authentication, i have 2 users called john. How can I merge all the data from both (local and ldap user). ---
**Author:** ![jospoortvliet](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/jospoortvliet/32/3_2.png) [@jospoortvliet](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/jospoortvliet)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/merge-local-users-to-ldap-account/36555/2 "2018-09-10T12:41:20Z")
There isn’t really a easy way. If you have a support contract, you can ask the support team if they can help you with this, see [https://portal.nextcloud.com](https://portal.nextcloud.com) to reach them. ---
**Author:** ![twinkybot](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/twinkybot/32/7658_2.png) [@twinkybot](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/twinkybot)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/merge-local-users-to-ldap-account/36555/3 "2019-08-26T20:47:40Z")
Did anything come up? I would be interested too. ---
**Author:** ![twinkybot](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/twinkybot/32/7658_2.png) [@twinkybot](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/twinkybot)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/merge-local-users-to-ldap-account/36555/4 "2019-12-25T18:07:13Z")
Anyone any ideas on how to do this manually to merge ldap and local account? ---
**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/merge-local-users-to-ldap-account/36555/5 "2024-12-04T07:41:00Z")
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**Author:** ![wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/wwe/32/72963_2.png) [@wwe](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/wwe)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 8:24am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/merge-local-users-to-ldap-account/36555/6 "2025-01-24T08:24:19Z")