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title: "Import dashboards | Grafana documentation"
description: "Learn how to import dashboards and about Grafana's preconfigured dashboards"
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# Import dashboards

You can import preconfigured dashboards into your Grafana instance or Cloud stack using the UI or the [HTTP API](/docs/grafana/latest/developers/http_api/).

## Import a dashboard

To import a dashboard, follow these steps:

1. Click **Dashboards** in the primary menu.
2. Click **New** and select **Import dashboard** in the drop-down menu.
3. Perform one of the following steps:
   
   - Upload a dashboard JSON file.
   - Paste a [Grafana.com dashboard](#discover-dashboards-on-grafanacom) URL or ID into the field provided.
   - Paste dashboard JSON text directly into the text area.
4. (Optional) Change the dashboard name, folder, or UID, and specify metric prefixes, if the dashboard uses any.
5. Select a data source, if required.
6. Click **Import**.

## Discover dashboards on grafana.com

The [Dashboards page](/grafana/dashboards/) on grafana.com provides you with dashboards for common server applications. Browse our library of official and community-built dashboards and import them to quickly get up and running.

[](/media/docs/grafana/dashboards/screenshot-gcom-dashboards.png)

You can also add to this library by exporting one of your own dashboards. For more information, refer to [Share dashboards and panels](/docs/grafana/latest/dashboards/share-dashboards-panels/).

## More examples

Your Grafana Cloud stack comes with several default dashboards in the **Grafana Cloud** folder in **Dashboards**. If you’re running your own installation of Grafana, you can find more example dashboards in the `public/dashboards/` directory.