In plain English
This means getting a file that has already been bundled as an export package. The file is transferred from the service or system onto your device so you have it there.
In context
Here, “Download archive” labels the action of retrieving the prepared export file by transferring it from the service or system to your device.
- Situation
- Notification, privacy, data-export, and account-deletion settings
- What it communicates
- labels the action to get a prepared export package
Meaning limits
The term only covers getting the packaged export file onto your device, not what data is inside that package.
Examples
“Lena downloaded the archive to her laptop instead of saving each file separately.”
“Once the package is prepared, the operator downloads the archive to a desktop computer.”