# Trouble downloading larger results? Try the "History Archive" option

**URL:** https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/trouble-downloading-larger-results-try-the-history-archive-option/5307
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**Tags:** history, download
**Created:** [February 1, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/trouble-downloading-larger-results-try-the-history-archive-option/5307 "2021-02-01T15:44:29Z")
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### Author: ![jennaj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/jennaj/32/27_2.png) [@jennaj](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/jennaj)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/trouble-downloading-larger-results-try-the-history-archive-option/5307/2 "2021-02-01T18:12:32Z")

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Hi @NIKITA_JHAVERI

Try the create/download “History Archive” method.

More details are in this prior Q&A:

> [@Downloading Large Files - 1Gb Limit (Galaxy Main | wget | curl | API Key)](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/downloading-large-files-1gb-limit-galaxy-main-wget-curl-api-key/1909/10):
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> @KEELE Yes, the data is large. The connection dropped for me too. I remembered that this has come up before. See this prior Q&A on how to “resume” downloads with curl and wget and see if one of those works for you. Your other option is to create a History archive and download that. Once uncompressed, you’ll find your data inside of it. Tip: Copy just the data you need into a new history to make it smaller/faster to process this way. Copies of dataset you already have in your account do not c…

Thanks!

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