Archive projects manually

Learn how to manage and retrieve files from archived projects in Smartcat, including the benefits of a paid subscription.

What is an archived project?

An archived project is a project that is moved from the “Projects” tab to the “Archived” tab. Depending on your subscription, archived projects may be completely or partially unavailable.

How long before a project is archived?

45 days after the last activity in the project.

How do I retrieve information from an archived project?

If you upgrade to a subscription, you’ll be able to retrieve source, target, and TMX files from an archived project. Simply click on the folder icon to expand the project’s file list and click on the arrow next to the “Download” button.

In the drop-down menu that appears, select what file type you want to download. Note that you can download only one file type at a time. To download files of other types, repeat the process.

You can download the following file types:

  • Source files. Listed as “Original file”.

  • Bilingual files in TMX format. Listed as “TMX”.

  • Target files. Listed as “Resulting file”.

Note that only users with a paid subscription can download files from archived projects.

If I upgrade to a subscription, will I be able to access my archived projects?

You will be able to completely disable project archiving or set a custom period for this action. Also, you will be able to download source documents, TMX files, and translations from any project archived in the previous 9 months.