A defined file-to-archive workflow

Slack free-plan retention archive

Turn your Slack free-plan "export public channel data" ZIP into one offline, searchable archive with users, timestamps and threads resolved -- and a completeness statement of what a free-plan export cannot contain.

Inspect a fictional worked example before using your export

Actual output of this pack, on a fictional two-channel Slack workspace. Not a customer outcome.

2 channels, 5 messages, 1 thread reply, 1 file reference (metadata only, never fetched).

Sample input export Sample archived output

01 / Your input

Choose your Slack export.

A ZIP from Slack's "export public channel data" (users.json, channels.json, and one folder per channel with a JSON file per day). Bounded to 25 MiB compressed, 20,000 archive members and 200,000 messages.

Slack workspace export (.zip)

This file is sent to our server so we can run the paid report on it. It is deleted after 30 days, or sooner if you delete it. The free tools on this site never send your file anywhere. Your original files are also included in your download. That download is kept for 7 days after delivery, or until you delete it.

I have read this and authorise sending this file.

Restore an existing order with a private key

The key is read locally, then its credentials are checked by this service. It cannot make an unpaid order paid.