topic Re: Migrating notebooks from Old databricks community instance in Administration & Architecture

Migrating notebooks from Old databricks community instance

RichardWanjohi — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:03:54 GMT

I didn't migrate my notebooks from the old community instance. Now I can not login. How can I access the old instance or the materials therein? Please help, I had tons of notebooks in there

Re: Migrating notebooks from Old databricks community instance

szymon_dybczak — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 06:31:14 GMT

Hi @RichardWanjohi ,

Unfortunately, Databricks Community Editon has been shutdown at January 1, 2026. So there's no way to restore your content. From now on you should use Free Edition.

This was announced several times and they asked every user to backup their notebooks from old community edition.

PSA: Community Edition retires on January 1, 2026.... - Databricks Community - 141888

Re: Migrating notebooks from Old databricks community instance

RichardWanjohi — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:05:49 GMT

Hi @szymon_dybczak

Thanks for the update. Yes, i remember the notification, however I was out of the country that period of time with limited access to systems. Is there a way I can access those files? I would greatly appreciate.

Thank you

Richard

Re: Migrating notebooks from Old databricks community instance

Advika — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:44:07 GMT

Hello @RichardWanjohi, I’ve sent you a DM regarding this.