Archiving into storage

When a client project is wrapped — move the whole gallery (or single folders) into long-term storage. This frees up your gallery plan and keeps the photos safe for the long haul.

Requirement

For this to work, you need both subscription plans active:

  1. Gallery plan — where the client work is currently being viewed
  2. Storage plan — where the archive will live

Plans are listed at /pricing. Without one of them, the archive button won't appear.

Two ways to archive

  1. Whole client — all the client's folders and photos move across. After archiving, the client disappears from your active gallery list.
  2. Single folder — only one folder moves. You pick which storage to drop it into — into an existing sub-folder or by creating a new one.

Capacity check upfront

The system checks in advance whether your storage plan has enough free space. If not — you get a message recommending a plan upgrade, and the archive doesn't start. You'll never end up half-way through with no space left.

File by file, with real-time progress

Archiving happens in your browser — one file at a time. A modal shows the progress: „Transferring 87 / 245" with a percentage bar. Don't close the tab until the modal reports done (otherwise you'll lose progress).

What gets moved

Along with the photos, all the related metadata travels too:

  1. Original file names (as the camera produced them)
  2. File size, dimensions (width × height), type
  3. Client and folder titles, subtitles, dates, status
  4. Folder and file ordering
  5. Folder and client cover images

After archiving

On the gallery side, the folder (or whole client) is deleted — your active galleries list gets cleaner and your plan space frees up. Archived files are reachable from the Storage section.

From there you can later:

  1. Browse an old project
  2. Create a fresh share page for the client (e.g. a year later when they ask for more)
  3. Download single files or everything as a ZIP

No way back

Archived files don't get automatically restored to galleries — storage is meant for long-term retention, not active work. If you need to work with those photos again actively, create a new gallery and re-upload.

Related

Where the archive lives — see Long-term storage. How to share archived photos later — Share pages.