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Step-by-step guides for exporting raw Slack data, backing up threads, and keeping a permanent archive across the networks your business runs on.

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Slack11 August 2026

How to Export Slack Messages on a Free Plan Before the 90 Day Window Closes

Run the Slack standard export, read the JSON, and understand what a free plan will never give you. The 90 day visibility rule, missing direct messages, file links that expire, and the API route around it.

10 min read • Adam Albastov

Keep Slack history permanently

Connect a Slack account and everything already on it gets indexed, then stays searchable for as long as the account is connected.

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