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# Export
You can export the data collection for long-term retention or offline analysis.
From the collections page, choose a search item from a hunt collection or the endpoint from a triage collection and click the export icon (). For export of all items, select the **Export All** option from the **Exports** button at the top of the **Collections** page.
{% hint style="info" %}
### Note
You can export a collection more than once.
{% endhint %}
To view the status of the export, click the **Exports** button.
The **Investigation Exports** table displays the status of the requested exports for the selected collection. The compressed export data expires from the bucket after 30 days.
| Field | Description |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Collection name | Displays the name of the triage or hunt. For triage, the endpoint name of the triaged host is displayed. |
| Exported | Displays the time when the exported package was created (compressed). |
| Exported by | Displays the name of the user who requested the export. |
| Export expiration | Displays the timestamp of when the bucket data (compressed data) will be deleted.
The timestamp changes to red after the timestamp and the last column shows Expired.
|
| Status | Indicates how many tables from the collections have been successfully exported to a bucket. |
| Download button | Enables you to download the the compressed (zip) export of the collection. |
| Bin icon | Enables you to delete the compressed export file. |
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