Bulk transfer of project ownership - Ayakaleaf Pro

# email based
toolkit$ bin/run-script modules/server-ce-scripts/scripts/transfer-all-projects-to-user.mjs --from-user=alice@example.com --to-user=bob@example.com

# user-id based
tookit$ bin/run-script modules/server-ce-scripts/scripts/transfer-all-projects-to-user.mjs --from-user=68880f000000000000000000 --to-user=68880f000000000000000001

# Legacy docker-compose.yml setup:
$ docker exec sharelatex /bin/bash -c "source /etc/overleaf/env.sh && source /etc/container_environment.sh && cd /overleaf/services/web && node ./modules/server-ce-scripts/scripts/transfer-all-projects-to-user.mjs --from-user=alice@example.com --to-user=bob@example.com"

Flags

Name	Description
`--from-user`	Email or user-id of current project owner
`--to-user`	Email or user-id of the new project owner

Completion

If the script terminates prematurely due to an error, it will print the error and exit with code 1 to denote that it was unsuccessful. If the migration is completed successfully it will print “Done” and exit with code 0.

Last modified on October 4, 2026