Import your data from Claude for Government Web changedgovernment/desktop/import
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1111<video controls preload="metadata" playsInline src="https://mintcdn.com/claude-ai/gGFKuNSbKYs4JMmK/images/government/videos/user-01-signing-in-for-the-first-time.mp4?fit=max&auto=format&n=gGFKuNSbKYs4JMmK&q=85&s=fcfdbcaa5f3ee9e9496e6014ed516b65" aria-label="Video walkthrough: Signing in for the first time" />
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13Video: Signing in for the first time (1 min 32 s). Narrated with an AI-generated voice, with on-screen captions.
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1315> **Transcript**
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1517> Claude Desktop is installed and connected for you by your agency. You sign in with your work account. No separate Claude account is needed.
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3537* **You have an account on the web app.** It must use the same work email address as your account in Claude Desktop.
3638* **You are signed in to the web app in your default browser.** The import opens a browser tab there and asks for a one-time code, which expires after a few minutes.
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38> **For administrators:** Anthropic enables the import for each organization. If a member's **Import & export** page says import is not enabled and their app is up to date, contact your Anthropic representative. The import needs Claude Desktop to download a component, so on a network that blocks `downloads.claude.ai`, deploy the offline installer described under [Installer and packaging](/docs/government/deploy-desktop/windows-checklist#installer-and-packaging) in the Windows fleet checklist. To remind members to run the import, turn on the [**Show the Claude for Government Web import banner**](/docs/government/config/settings#show-the-claude-for-government-web-import-banner) switch on the **Config** page.
40> **For administrators:** Anthropic enables the import for each organization. If a member's **Import & export** page says import is not enabled and their app is up to date, contact your Anthropic representative. The import needs Claude Desktop to download a component, so on a network that blocks `downloads.claude.ai`, deploy the offline installer described under [Installer and packaging](/docs/government/deploy-desktop/windows-checklist.md#installer-and-packaging) in the Windows fleet checklist. To remind members to run the import, turn on the [**Show the Claude for Government Web import banner**](/docs/government/config/settings.md#show-the-claude-for-government-web-import-banner) switch on the **Config** page.
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4042## Run the import
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4244<video controls preload="metadata" playsInline src="https://mintcdn.com/claude-ai/gGFKuNSbKYs4JMmK/images/government/videos/user-02-bringing-your-chats-and-projects-over.mp4?fit=max&auto=format&n=gGFKuNSbKYs4JMmK&q=85&s=b7860d7dd7807b95aecc486b1aaf26f7" aria-label="Video walkthrough: Bringing your chats and projects over from Claude for Government Web" />
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46Video: Bringing your chats and projects over from Claude for Government Web (2 min 10 s). Narrated with an AI-generated voice, with on-screen captions.
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4448> **Transcript**
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4650> If you used Claude for Government - Web, you can copy your chats and projects into Claude Desktop. First, sign in to the web app in your browser with the same work email you use in Claude Desktop.
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114118## Things to know
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116120* **You can run the import again.** Conversations you already imported are skipped.
117* **Conversations can arrive as Cowork tasks.** If **Chat in Claude Desktop** is turned off for your organization under [Product availability](/docs/government/config/settings#product-availability) when you run the import, your conversations are imported as Cowork tasks instead and open only on computers where Cowork is available.
121* **Conversations can arrive as Cowork tasks.** If **Chat in Claude Desktop** is turned off for your organization under [Product availability](/docs/government/config/settings.md#product-availability) when you run the import, your conversations are imported as Cowork tasks instead and open only on computers where Cowork is available.
118122* **Projects other people shared with you are not imported.** Only the projects you created come over, with their files and instructions.
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