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title: "Migrate your Existing HubSpot CRM Private App/Access Key Authentication to OAuth Authentication"
slug: "migrate-your-existing-hubspot-crm-private-appaccess-key-authentication-to-oauth-authentication"
description: "Migrate your HubSpot CRM from private app access key to OAuth authentication on the 6sense platform with our step-by-step guide for seamless integration."
updated: 2025-07-10T18:31:25Z
published: 2025-07-10T18:31:25Z
canonical: "support.6sense.com/migrate-your-existing-hubspot-crm-private-appaccess-key-authentication-to-oauth-authentication"
---

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# Migrate your Existing HubSpot CRM Private App/Access Key Authentication to OAuth Authentication

This guide describes the process of migrating the existing HubSpot CRM private app/access key authentication to OAuth authentication in the 6sense platform.

## Migration from Private App/Access Key to OAuth

1. Navigate to **Settings** and select the **Integrations** section. ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/0e2cd0a2-b3b3-495b-80df-96f8381febea/Images/Documentation/integrations-navigate(1).jpg)
2. Click on **HubSpot** CRM when presented with the list of supported CRM integrations. ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/0e2cd0a2-b3b3-495b-80df-96f8381febea/Images/Documentation/hubspotcrm_all_integration-e1746051606590(1).png)
3. Click on **Edit information** to undergo the three-step integration process of Connect, Configure, and Data Syncs. ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/0e2cd0a2-b3b3-495b-80df-96f8381febea/Images/Documentation/9932086200339-1.1-e1746052501818.png)
  1. **Connect:** Click on **Sign In with HubSpot** and log in to your HubSpot platform to authenticate. ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/0e2cd0a2-b3b3-495b-80df-96f8381febea/Images/Documentation/9930795744531-4-e1746051773888(1).png)Once you have successfully signed in, You can see the success message as below. Click on **Next** to complete the setup. ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/0e2cd0a2-b3b3-495b-80df-96f8381febea/Images/Documentation/9930800477587-5-e1746051850774(1).png)
  2. **Configure:** Enter/Re-verify the REST API value that you have provided to the 6sense platform and click on **Save & Next.** ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/0e2cd0a2-b3b3-495b-80df-96f8381febea/Images/Documentation/9930859248147-Screenshot_2022-09-28_at_3.32.39_PM-e1746051914245(1).png)
  3. **Data Syncs:** Kindly make sure that the Data Sync flag is **ON** and click on **Finish** to complete the setup. ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/0e2cd0a2-b3b3-495b-80df-96f8381febea/Images/Documentation/9930902869267-7-e1746051980406(1).png)
4. Once you click on **Finish**, click on **Manage integrations** to check the status of the integration. ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/0e2cd0a2-b3b3-495b-80df-96f8381febea/Images/Documentation/9930957415443-Screenshot_2022-09-28_at_3.40.54_PM-e1746052067578(1).png)The below success message screen depicts the successful migration of your HubSpot CRM from API key authentication to OAuth authentication. ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/0e2cd0a2-b3b3-495b-80df-96f8381febea/Images/Documentation/9930978047635-Screenshot_2022-09-28_at_3.42.40_PM-e1746052134867(1).png)

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