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title: "Who Moved My (Cheese) Manual Deploys? | Netlify"
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source: "https://www.netlify.com/blog/2017/03/16/who-moved-my-cheese-manual-deploys/"
last_updated: "2026-07-10T20:57:15.000Z"
---
Some things have changed with the [introduction of our brand new User Interface](https://www.netlify.com/blog/2017/03/14/introducing-a-new-design-system/)

One of those things is the way to trigger a Manual Deploy — here’s how you do it:

![Gif of the new Manual Deploys](/v3/img/blog/manual_deploy_2.gif)

## Manually Deploy to an existing site:

In the **Deploys** page, simply scroll all the way to the bottom and you’ll see the target box( the box in which you can drag and drop your local project in) and immediately trigger a new build.

## Manually Deploy a new site:

Same as the above, but this time in the **Site**’s list!

Keep in mind: in order for this to work your project must have an index.html somewhere in the root.

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