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  Downgrade
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  7.0
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  to
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  6.0
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  <h2 class="leafygreen-ui-1ac4g5h">
   Important
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   <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
    Starting in MongoDB 7.0, binary downgrades are no longer supported for
MongoDB Community Edition.
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 <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
  Starting in MongoDB 7.0, you cannot downgrade your Enterprise deployment's
binary version without assistance from support.
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 <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
  To downgrade from
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  7.0
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  to
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  6.0
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  ,
  <a class="lg-ui-0001 leafygreen-ui-fgcsv5" href="https://support.mongodb.com/" target="_self">
   <span>
    submit a support request
   </span>
  </a>
  or contact your technical support
representative.
 </p>
 <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
  MongoDB only supports single-version downgrades. You cannot downgrade to a
release that is multiple versions behind your current release.
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 <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
  For example, you may downgrade a
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  7.0-series
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  to a
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  6.0-series
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  deployment.
However, further downgrading that
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  6.0-series
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  deployment to a
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  5.0-series
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  deployment is not supported.
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   Tip
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   <strong>
    See also:
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     <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
      <a class="leafygreen-ui-tqgtui" href="/docs/manual/release-notes/7.0/#std-label-7.0-downgrade-considerations">
       Downgrade Considerations
      </a>
     </p>
    </li>
   </ul>
  </div>
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