Can I re-download a finished bulk result?

Re-downloading a finished bulk task is fully supported in Valid Email Checker as long as the task is still within its 15-day retention window. There is no limit on how many times you can hit the Export button on the task detail page, and you can pick a different filter or file format each time without paying any extra credits.

How to re-download

1. Go to /uploads-results.
2. Find the task. The Completed status badge means the results are still in the retention window. A Deleted badge means they are gone.
3. Click View Results on the task row.
4. On the detail page, pick the export type (All / Valid / Invalid / Catch-All / Disposable / Role / Disabled / Spam Trap / Inbox Full) and the format (CSV / XLSX / JSON / TXT).
5. Click the Export button. The file downloads through your browser.

Different downloads from the same task

A common workflow is to download multiple filtered subsets of the same task. For example:

• Download All as CSV for your internal records
• Download Valid only as CSV to push back into your ESP for the next campaign
• Download Invalid only as TXT to suppress in your CRM
• Download Catch-All only as JSON to feed into a separate manual-review queue

All four come from the same source data and cost zero additional credits. The credit charge is locked in at task creation and never re-bills on download.

After the 15-day window

Once retention cleanup runs and the task transitions to Deleted, re-download is no longer possible. The View Results link still works, but the detail page shows a cleanup notice in place of the export controls. See what happens to results after the 15-day window for the full transition behavior. There is no admin override or extended retention available on request.

A note on the download-tracking flag

Internally, we record the first time you export a task in a results_downloaded_at column on the task row. This is purely an internal metric (we use it to measure how often the retention warning surfaces relevant), not anything you see in the UI. You can download many times after the first; nothing about download count or timing changes the retention window or the credit ledger.