Save or Archive a Trello Board

[AVIDBravePedagogy]

Hello, 

I created a board for a family vacation. I'd like to keep the board for sentimental value, but since I can create limited boards, I wondered if I could archive it so that I can create another board, and also just so it doesn't clutter my workspace. Is this possible? Thank you!

[Jin Cho · Accepted solution]

Hi @AVIDBravePedagogy 

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I am so glad to hear about your positive experience with using the Trello board.

To answer your question, if you are on the Premium plan, you can export the board or print it. These articles should help:

https://support.atlassian.com/trello/docs/printing-in-trello/

https://support.atlassian.com/trello/docs/exporting-data-from-trello/

[AVIDBravePedagogy]

Hi! 

Thank you for your quick reply! I've been using Trello for about 6 months, I think, and it has really been life-changing. That said, since I'm in academia and not teaching in the summer, I'm hoping to really dig into what I can do with the boards more now - so I may have other questions soon. I hope that is okay. My biggest set of questions for now is going to be around how to integrate the use of Trello boards with my continued use of a paper planning system (I use a traveler's notebook, if you've heard of that). In addition to there being some practical reasons to hold onto my paper system, I have an over-the-top addiction to pens and notebooks - I just can't let go of them and go entirely electronic. However, the ability to make Trello boards beautiful has certainly been a draw for me. 

Back to the question I asked: I looked at the links you posted. For some reason, when I click the second one I get an error message, so I searched for "exporting board" and got to this, which to me looks like the same link you shared, so I'm not sure what happened: https://support.atlassian.com/trello/docs/exporting-data-from-trello/. 

As I'm starting to look at this, though, I began thinking about whether it will capture what I want to capture, in terms of the "art" of the board I created, with backgrounds, images, colors, etc., and I'm guessing it won't. In other words, in the case of this travel board, the art of it is in some ways more important than the actual data. This leaves me with a few follow-up questions/thoughts. Maybe for this situation, I should just take screenshots of the board to keep and then delete/archive the board. Perhaps for other boards where the data itself is critical to hold onto, I should use the export method described at the link. 

Also, if I do "finish" with a board altogether, do I just "close" the board, or "archive" it, or is there a more permanent "delete" option? 

Thank you for your help! 

[Jin Cho]

Thank you for sharing your experience with Trello—I love hearing how you use Trello. It’s absolutely okay to ask more questions as you explore deeper ways to use Trello alongside your paper system (which sounds amazing, by the way—I totally get the love for pens and notebooks!).

Regarding your question about finishing with a board: You can either close or delete a board. Closed boards can be reopened later if needed, so this is a great option if you think you might want to revisit it in the future. However, deleting a board is permanent and cannot be undone, so use this option with caution.

For more details, you can check out this article: Closing and Deleting Boards

Let me know if you have more questions—happy to help! 😊