# Mark a file as archived

Signed documents are archived in the SignSpace service for 10 years.

If there is also a need to archive documents in another system, the archiving functionality helps keep archiving under control.

The **Archive** functionality <img src="/files/9rUOkEPrpYCfoLmzutMf" alt="" data-size="line">adds a mark to documents that have first been manually transferred to an external archive and then marked as archived in the user interface.

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The **Archive** feature is available for signed documents. The functionality can be found in several places in the user interface

* In a **signature request**, the Archive feature is available in the toolbar.

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* In the **Signing view**, the Archive feature can be accessed in the list selection view, which you reach by clicking the icon in the upper right corner of the list.
* In the **Files view**, the Archive feature is available when you select one or more signed files from the list.

In both the list and the Files view, you can mark multiple documents as archived at once.

{% hint style="info" %}
When you need to archive multiple documents at once, you can speed up your workflow by using the Files view features. First, select the agreements to be archived by clicking the checkboxes. Click **Download** to save the agreements locally on your workstation. Save the agreements to the external archive, and finally click **Archive** for the selection you previously made. The agreements are now stored in the external archive, and in SignSpace internal users will see in the interface that the archiving has been handled by you.
{% endhint %}

If you want to remove an archive mark you made, click the icon and select **Restore from archive**. The Archived icon will be removed.


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