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+# possible values: blog video podcast
+category: blog
+layout:   blog
+title: "Portmaster v1.6"
+date: 2023-12-11
+author: Raphael
+summary: Import and Export Settings and App Profiles 
+custom_thumbnail_name: release_1.6
+portmaster_plug: true
+portmaster_update: true
+---
+
+### Backup and Restore - Hit the Ground Running
+
+With Portmaster 1.6 you can now import and export all your configurations. So the next time your windows needs a reinstall or you want to try another linux distro you can easily take your Configurations from one Portmaster to the other. 
+
+<img src="{{ site.img_url }}blog/release-1.6/exportProfile.png" alt="Export App Profile" style="margin: 0;">
+
+<div class="flex space-x-2 max-w-max mx-auto mt-10">
+  <div class="flex items-center" style="margin-left: -19px;">
+    <div class="flex items-center">
+      <span class="block">Portmaster:</span>
+      <img src="{{ site.img_shields_io_release_url }}" style="filter: invert(1); width: 80px; height: 38px; margin-left: -8px;">
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+<div class="flex space-x-2 max-w-max mx-auto mt-5 mb-20">
+  <div class="flex items-center" style="margin-left: -19px;">
+    <div class="flex items-center">
+      {% include download_button.html unique_id="1" %}
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+### Share App Profiles, Help the Community!
+
+We also created a new GitHub repository where the community can share profiles: [Portmaster-Community/apps](https://github.com/Portmaster-Community/apps)  
+Contributions are super welcome, and some profiles are already there. If this gains a lot of traction we will think about how to integrate this into Portmaster directly - then you won't have to go looking for the profile but Portmaster tells you that you can apply a community profile automatically.
+
+So, if you have a super neat configuration for an application please share it with the community!
+
+<img src="{{ site.img_url }}blog/release-1.6/importProfile.png" alt="Import App Profile" style="margin: 0;">
+
+### Manage Multiple App Profiles
+
+With this update you can merge multiple app profiles into one or remove them.
+
+<img src="{{ site.img_url }}blog/release-1.6/multiEdit.png" alt="Menu and Example of Selection" style="margin: 0;">
+
+### Other Changes
+
+The complete list of technical changes can always be found in [Portmaster's GitHub Releases](https://github.com/safing/portmaster/releases).
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