# Local DB - Will App Updates/New Releases Overwrite This Table?
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-db-will-app-updates-new-releases-overwrite-this-table/805099
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [September 9, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-db-will-app-updates-new-releases-overwrite-this-table/805099 "2020-09-09T20:42:26Z")
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### Author:  [@knownkeep](https://community.thunkable.com/u/knownkeep)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-db-will-app-updates-new-releases-overwrite-this-table/805099/1 "2020-09-09T20:42:26Z")
1. I have an app that has default settings stored in a Local DB. We will call it “Local\_DB\_1”.
2. User installs v1 of app and changes default settings stored in Local\_DB\_1.
3. User updates to v2 of same app. Does updating app OVERWRITE Local\_DB\_1 with defaults or will users settings still be there?
This question ONLY has to do with what happens to Local\_DB\_1. I’m not looking for registration suggestions and storing in another offline table. I ONLY want to know what happens to Local\_DB\_1 with the scenario described above.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-db-will-app-updates-new-releases-overwrite-this-table/805099/2 "2020-09-09T21:58:01Z")
Thanks for the clear questions @knownkeep!
As long as you’re working from the exact same Thunkable project (not a copy) and you’re incrementing the build number (or doing it automatically) then the data will be fine.
You can even build a simple sample app to test this out too.
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### Author:  [@knownkeep](https://community.thunkable.com/u/knownkeep)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-db-will-app-updates-new-releases-overwrite-this-table/805099/3 "2020-09-09T22:22:01Z")
Thank you @domhnallohanlon.
I think the piece I may have missed in testing was incrementing the build number. I’ll do some further testing. Thank you.
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### Author:  [@Deluxe](https://community.thunkable.com/u/Deluxe)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-db-will-app-updates-new-releases-overwrite-this-table/805099/4 "2020-09-09T23:11:02Z")
…or something unexpected happens. And no, we did not clone our projects to create a new ID for them. Instead, it was at the time Thunkable updated something in its backend:
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> After releasing a new update to my app, the local storage that was in users app before the update seems to...
We hope it was the last time it happened.
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/local-db-will-app-updates-new-releases-overwrite-this-table/805099/5 "2024-11-08T12:24:12Z")