You can finally export your data and remove Lovable Cloud, it just launched
Fresh out of the oven, so heads up if you don't see it in your account yet. Thank you Lovable team for shipping this one.
Some context on why I'm excited: over the last months I've been creating guides, skills and workflows to help builders migrate from Lovable Cloud to their own Supabase, because until today there was no official way out. Your data was basically locked in, and every migration was a hand-crafted workaround. Now there's an official path, and it's simple.
Step 1: Export your database
Go to Stack > Lovable Cloud > Advanced settings > Export data, then select "Export" in the Database card (screenshots below). You'll get a temporary download link by email. Limits: 5 GB max, one export every 24 hours.
What's actually in the file
It's a full Postgres backup (.backup file, pg_dump custom format, ready for pg_restore). And it's surprisingly complete:
- Full schema: tables, indexes, sequences, extensions
- All your data
- All RLS policies
- Database functions and triggers
- Your users: the full auth schema, including password hashes, so your users won't need to reset passwords
One warning: because it includes password hashes and user PII, treat this file as sensitive.
Step 2: Remove Lovable Cloud
Before connecting your own Supabase, disconnect the old backend: Stack > Lovable Cloud > Advanced settings > Remove Lovable Cloud.
Just make sure you have everything downloaded FIRST: your database export and your storage files (user uploads and images live in the Storage section and are not part of the database export). Once Cloud is removed, that's your only copy.
Cloud used to be permanent once enabled, so having this button at all is a big shift. And if you're not ready to fully leave, you can now pause your Cloud instance instead (screenshots below).
Step 3: Connect your own Supabase project
Create your Supabase project, then connect it through Connectors: pick the Supabase connector, authorize it, go back to your Lovable project and add it. This is the native integration, so your app talks to your own Supabase from here on.
If you want to double-check everything is wired correctly, leave Lovable a prompt like:
>"Review my Supabase connection: confirm the app is pointing to my new Supabase project, check that auth, database queries, storage and edge functions all work against it, and list anything still referencing the old backend. Don't change anything yet, just report what you find."
Step 4: Move the rest over
Restore the backup into your new Supabase with pg_restore, then cover the three things that don't come in the file (by design, they don't live in the database):
- Edge functions: they're in your repo under supabase/functions
- Storage files: re-upload the ones you downloaded in step 2
- Secrets and API keys: re-set them in your new project
You can finish all of this with the MCP (I'll write about that soon), but honestly, today this whole flow is easier and more intuitive than it's ever been.
Why this actually matters
This changes how I think about Lovable Cloud, and probably how you should too.
Lovable Cloud is genuinely good, and not just for small projects. Auth, database, storage, edge functions, all working out of the box with zero keys to manage. The thing that made people hesitate was never the product, it was the lock-in: once you enabled Cloud, there was no official way out. That meant choosing it felt like a permanent decision, so a lot of us defaulted to our own Supabase "just in case."
That trade-off is gone. If your project outgrows Cloud, or you need full dashboard access, or your team wants total control, you export, remove, connect, restore, done.
Honestly, I might use Lovable Cloud MORE now, not less. Knowing I can migrate later in an easy, efficient way removes the main reason I was cautious about it. Start fast on Cloud, move when (and if) you actually need to.
What's next
I tested this flow end to end, and I'm working on a skill and plugins to make the whole move even smoother, everything the export doesn't cover, automated. That plus the updated migration guide will be on my site soon, I'll share them here when they're live.
Docs: https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/cloud#export-lovable-cloud-data
