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Export data

to download a copy of the data in an account for use outside the service that holds the account

In plain English

This means getting your account information as a downloadable copy you can take away from the service. The copy is meant for use somewhere other than the service that keeps the account.

In context

Here, it labels an action to begin getting a copy of the account’s data for use outside the service.

Situation
Notification, privacy, data-export, and account-deletion settings
What it communicates
labels an action to start a data export

Meaning limits

The term itself does not mean the data kept in the account is removed or changed.

Examples

“She exported data from the account to use in another program, and the original entries stayed in place.”

Core meaning

“To get a copy for use elsewhere, export data from the account.”

In context

  • download Broader Term

    Exporting data is a kind of downloading.

  • import data Contrast

    This moves data in the opposite direction.