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How to properly upload Wordpress site clone, without affecting indexing/SEO ?

I'm doing a major makeover to my website, which currently ranks well on Google and I don't wanna mess with this.

Currently the site has been cloned using a plugin called Duplicator onto a sandbox environment to recreate all the visual changes behind the scenes.

Once the new site is ready, do I simply swap out the old site for the new one that I made?

All the links are the same.

Will I encounter any SEO issues or deindexing of any past content, or will this mess with / undo my current sitemap ?

I don't have experience doing this and couldn't find tons of clear answers elsewhere so just wanted to clarify, apologize if this is a super n00b question...thanks all.

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