# Board Archives

> Open, check, export, publish and remove boards from one manager, including your published Remote Boards.

Source: https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/board-archives

Last verified: 2026-10-24 (checked against FlashBoards app build 8299930841d7)

**Board Archives** manages all your boards, including the ones you published as Remote Boards.

## Open it

Click the board name in the bottom toolbar, then click the archive icon (**Board Archives**) in the **BOARDS** panel header.

![The Board Archives window listing three boards with item counts, sizes and per-board actions](https://media.yaroflasher.com/docs/media/board-archives-overview.w1440.3a5e52a7.webp)

Each board shows its **Items** count and **Size**. On phones, open **Actions for “board name”** to see its actions. On wider screens, use the icons on the row:

* **Open board**: switch to it and close the manager.
* **Check board health**: open [Board Health](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/storage.md#board-health).
* **Export board**: save it as a `.refboard`.
* **Publish as remote board**: share a read-only link. See [Publish a board](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/sharing/publish.md).
* **Remove board**: delete it after you confirm.

> **Note: Publishing is for subscribers.** The publish icons appear only with an active subscription. Empty boards can't be published.

## Export one board

Click **Export board**. In Chrome and Edge, your browser first asks where to save the `.refboard` file when the board is large (over about 512 MB) or some media sizes are unknown. Smaller boards download straight away. A progress bar shows on the row.

* To cancel, click the same button, now an X (**Stop export**).
* If you cancel the save dialog, nothing is exported and you see **Export cancelled.** If the dialog fails, FlashBoards may try a normal browser download. That fallback can handle only archives up to about 512 MiB. For larger boards, retry in desktop Chrome or Edge, or split the board. If another save dialog is already open, finish or cancel it first.
* When done, the row shows **Exported**, or how many files couldn't be included.
* An archive can't be larger than 4 GB. Split bigger boards or compress heavy videos first.
* Very large boards need desktop Chrome or Edge.

See [Import and export](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/import-export.md) for more on archives.

## Export all boards

Click **Export All** in the footer and choose a folder. Each board with content is saved there. The button turns into **Stop** with a count, and the footer shows how many boards were exported, failed or skipped. Most other actions pause while it runs.

If **Export All** is disabled, your browser can't save to a folder. Export boards one at a time instead.

## Remove a board

Click **Remove board**. The same **Delete “board name”?** dialog as in the **Boards** dropdown opens and says what you lose: the board, its undo history and any media only this board uses. Click **Delete board**, or **Cancel** to keep it. **Board Archives** stays open afterwards. You can't remove your last board. While the board, or **Export All**, is exporting, the delete button stays disabled until the export finishes.

If generations are still pending or running for the board, the dialog says how many and the button reads **Delete anyway**. Runs already submitted may finish and be charged. Image and video results can show up under **Background generations**. See [Manage boards](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/managing-boards.md#deleting-a-board-with-running-generations).

Removing a local board doesn't delete its published Remote Board.

## Your Remote Boards

Published boards show a green **Remote** badge. A status chip appears while a board is processing or needs attention (for example failed, stale or unpublished). No chip means it's live. Click the `/share/...` link to open the page.

A published board has these icons:

* **Reupload remote board**: replace it, or retry after a failure.
* **Unpublish remote board**: take the link offline.
* **Queue Remote Board deletion**: delete it permanently.
* **Manage Remote Board access**: shown when the board itself isn't in this browser.

**Remote boards not in this browser** lists boards you published from another browser or device. You can still unpublish, delete or manage access for them. Click **Load more Remote Boards** for older ones.

### Clean up an incomplete upload

If a publish was interrupted, an **Incomplete uploads** section appears at the top. Click the trash icon and confirm to cancel it. No published board is deleted. If your session expired, sign in again first.

## Related

- [Publish a board](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/sharing/publish.md)
- [Import and export](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/import-export.md)
- [Storage](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/boards/storage.md)