# Importing and exporting bots in Lex V2
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You can export a bot definition, a bot locale or a custom vocabulary and then import it back to create a new resource or to overwrite an existing resource in an AWS account. For example, you can export a bot from a test account and then create a copy of the bot in your production account. You can also copy a bot from one AWS Region to another Region. 

You can change the resources of the exported resource before importing it. For example, you can export a bot and then edit the JSON file for a slot to add or remove slot value elicitation utterances from a specific slot. After you finish editing the definition, you can import the modified file.

**Topics**
+ [Exporting bots from Lex V2](export.md)
+ [Importing bots in Lex V2](import.md)
+ [Using a password when importing or exporting](import-export-password.md)
+ [JSON format for importing and exporting bots in Lex V2](import-export-format.md)