How to change region of existing Firebase project?

Question

I have a project that is located in the Central America region, but since I can choose a European region, I would like to change the location of the firestore and storage. Is it possible to do this without deleting the existing project?

Updated

Response from technical support:

Thank you for reaching out to us. Currently, once you select a location for your project, you cannot change it.

You might find this documentation useful for additional information.

https://firebase.google.com/docs/firestore/locations#top_of_page

I hope this information has been helpful for you.

Updated 2 Answer at Google Groups

Unfortunately we don't support changing regions once resources are created. You'll have to create a new project and migrate data, etc.

and the do not plan implement it in near future

Solution

As mentioned in the question, currently only a single Cloud Firestore database can be created per project; both the mode (Native mode | Datastore mode) and the location are immutable choices. We're working infrastructure to enable us to improve this in the future, but for the time being this is not changeable.

Creating a new project is the only way to do this. Managed import and export (Datastore mode | Native mode) will enable you to move data between the old and new project more easily.

For Firebase storage, you can always create new buckets in different locations.

Comments

[Oliver Dixon]

Out of interest, does Firestore optimize the read requests globally? Say I have 1 million users in Thailand all of a sudden, are read replications placed there automatically?

[Alexei S.]

Hi Dan, super interested in that topic as we want/need to move our app, including a highly engaged user base and all related data to a new region, meaning firestore and storage (the latter seems slightly more straight forward). How far have you come with that infrastructure and what process would you recommend for a smooth transition? Highly appreciating your answer.

[Danpe]

I'm joining @AlexeiS. it is extremely important for us as well 😢

[Mig82]

Same here. At a bare minimum there should be a huge warning when you create a new project that reads "You're about to create a project in a region that is not the closest to you. Are you sure? If not go change it at XYZ".

[rbansal]

Is it still not possible to change the region?

[Graunephar]

Also very interested in this topic. We also have a need to move our app including a lot of users. Hoping that it will be a possibility soon