> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.instantcampaign.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Export everything

> Download your whole workspace as one zip in open formats, on every plan including Free.

Your data is yours. **Settings → Workspace → Data export** builds one zip with everything the workspace holds, so leaving (or keeping your own backup) is a download, not a support ticket. It is available on **every plan, including Free**.

## Start an export

1. Open **Settings → Data export**.
2. Click **Start export**. The zip is built in the background; you can leave the page.
3. When the status reads **Ready**, click **Download**.

Only people who can export contacts (the Owner, administrators, data managers and custom roles with that permission) see the page, because the zip contains every contact. One export runs at a time per workspace.

## What's in the zip

| File | Contents |
| - | - |
| `contacts.csv` | Every contact: profile columns, status, list subscriptions (`List:STATUS`), segments and custom fields. The same columns as the contacts CSV export |
| `journeys.json` | Every automation with its trigger, steps and their settings |
| `templates/` | `index.json`, and for each template `<id>.json` (the full record, including the builder document) and `<id>.html` |
| `segments.json` | Segments with their rules |
| `lists.json` | Lists with their settings and member counts |
| `custom-fields.json` | Custom field definitions |
| `forms.json` | Signup forms: fields, settings and target list |
| `landing-pages.json` | Landing pages: the page document and SEO fields |
| `workspace/settings.json` | Workspace profile, brand kit, sending settings, sender profiles, send policies and delivery routes |
| `manifest.json`, `README.txt` | What the archive holds, when it was made, and the row counts |

JSON files are UTF-8 with ISO 8601 dates in UTC. The CSV opens in any spreadsheet.

**Never included:** API keys, email-provider credentials, webhook secrets, OAuth tokens and billing details.

## Download link

The archive is stored privately and streamed to you through the app. The download link works for **7 days**, only while you are signed in, and only for members who can export contacts. After 7 days the file is deleted; start a new export whenever you need one.

Spark and connected agents can check an export's status with the `get_account_export_status` tool, but the archive itself is downloaded from the app only.

Moving in rather than out? See [Move from Klaviyo, ActiveCampaign, Kit or Mailchimp](https://docs.instantcampaign.ai/guides/migration/move-to-instantcampaign.md).


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