---
title: influxd downgrade
description: The influxd downgrade command downgrades the metadata schema used by influxd to match the schema of an older release.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v2/reference/cli/influxd/downgrade/
estimated_tokens: 863
product: InfluxDB OSS v2
version: v2
---

# influxd downgrade

This page documents an earlier version of InfluxDB OSS. [InfluxDB 3 Core](/influxdb3/core/) is the latest stable version.

#### API token hashing is enabled by default in InfluxDB OSS 2.9.0

Stronger token security: tokens are stored as hashes on disk, so a copy of the database file doesn’t expose usable tokens. Existing tokens are hashed on first startup and the original strings can’t be recovered afterward — **capture any plaintext tokens you still need before you upgrade**.

For more information, see [Token hashing](/influxdb/v2/admin/tokens/#token-hashing).

Use the `influxd downgrade` command to downgrade the metadata schema used by `influxd` to match the metadata schema of a older release.

InfluxDB does not guarantee backwards-compatibility with earlier releases. Attempting to start an older `influxd` binary with a BoltDB or SQLite file that has been migrated to a newer schema will result in a startup error. This command downgrades metadata schemas to match the schemas of an older release and allows the older `influxd` binary to boot successfully.

Run this command **prior** to downgrading the `influxd` binary.

## Usage

```sh
influxd downgrade [flags] <target-version>
```

## Flags

| Flag |  | Description | Input type |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | --bolt-path | Path to BoltDB database (default is ~/.influxdbv2/influxd.bolt) | string |
| -h | --help | Help for downgrade |  |
|  | --log-level | Log level (debug, info (default), warn or error) | string |
|  | --sqlite-path | Path to SQLite database (default is influxd.sqlite in the bolt path directory) | string |

## Examples

##### Downgrade to InfluxDB 2.0

```sh
influxd downgrade 2.0
```

#### Related

-   [Downgrade InfluxDB](/influxdb/v2/install/upgrade/downgrade/)