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title: How To Save and Archive Projects for Subcontractors
description: Staying organized while tracking bid opportunities in PlanHub boosts your chances of landing more work. Here’s how to save and archive projects on PlanHub, so you can keep track of projects on your bid board and quiet the noise of projects you are not bidding.
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# How To Save and Archive Projects for Subcontractors

## Keep your projects organized and easy to manage by saving and archiving projects in PlanHub. This step-by-step guide walks you through how to follow the process so you can efficiently track the jobs you’re bidding or not interested in.

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### **Saving a Project to Your Bid Board**

**Step 1:** Log into your PlanHub Subcontractor account and go to the **Project Finder** page.

**Step 2:** Locate a project you’re interested in and click the **Save** icon at the end of the row. This moves the project to your Bid Board for quick access.

![](https://usercontent.us.prod.clueso.io/cb1eec54-ce60-4478-88c6-e890ec0f0a12/e2c81d01-019b-481a-9389-7bfb8d318823/e1307305-56da-42e4-837c-35e41eb088be/images/ac292a3a-9e37-4438-98cc-539f6fd809b7.png)

**Step 3:** To quickly confirm it’s saved, notice that the project disappears from the **Project Finder** list and directs you to view the Bid Board.

![](https://usercontent.us.prod.clueso.io/cb1eec54-ce60-4478-88c6-e890ec0f0a12/e2c81d01-019b-481a-9389-7bfb8d318823/e1307305-56da-42e4-837c-35e41eb088be/images/61aea17e-a7a7-4e5c-bf4d-053cc97ebe8c.png)

**Step 4:** Head to the **Bid Board** to view the saved project.![](https://usercontent.us.prod.clueso.io/cb1eec54-ce60-4478-88c6-e890ec0f0a12/e2c81d01-019b-481a-9389-7bfb8d318823/e1307305-56da-42e4-837c-35e41eb088be/images/46554313-3d0b-4612-81bc-d585a5af931a.png)

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### **Archiving Projects You’re Not Bidding**

**Step 1:** On the Project Finder page, click the **Archive** (not interested) icon at the end of any project row.

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**Step 2:** This marks the project as "not interested" and moves it to your archived list. Notifications for the archived projects are turned off.

**Step 3:** To see archived projects, open the **Filter** drop-down menu and click on **Archived**.

![](https://usercontent.us.prod.clueso.io/cb1eec54-ce60-4478-88c6-e890ec0f0a12/e2c81d01-019b-481a-9389-7bfb8d318823/e1307305-56da-42e4-837c-35e41eb088be/images/a6a16f0c-fc54-4166-8474-2f4b76544155.gif)

**Step 4:** Recover a project by clicking the **Recover** arrow at the end of the row.

![](https://usercontent.us.prod.clueso.io/cb1eec54-ce60-4478-88c6-e890ec0f0a12/e2c81d01-019b-481a-9389-7bfb8d318823/e1307305-56da-42e4-837c-35e41eb088be/images/587bd702-3719-44e7-82d2-0b4594c75115.gif)

**Step 5:** If you want to reconsider bidding an archived project, click on the project row and view the project details window. Then, click the **Save Project** icon to save it to your bid board.

![](https://usercontent.us.prod.clueso.io/cb1eec54-ce60-4478-88c6-e890ec0f0a12/e2c81d01-019b-481a-9389-7bfb8d318823/e1307305-56da-42e4-837c-35e41eb088be/images/f99ab4a8-212d-4845-bd32-5038b908cd39.gif)

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### **More Ways to Save or Archive Projects**

**Step 1:** You can also save or archive directly from the project page. Open the project, then click **Intend to Bid** to save to your bid board or **Not Interested** to archive the project.![](https://usercontent.us.prod.clueso.io/cb1eec54-ce60-4478-88c6-e890ec0f0a12/e2c81d01-019b-481a-9389-7bfb8d318823/e1307305-56da-42e4-837c-35e41eb088be/images/936e4157-7d43-48ef-9250-868453d3b02b.png)

**Step 2:** Click the **ITBs** tab to view projects you can save or archive using the same icons at the end of each row.

**Step 3:** If you have the Early Stage add-on, save a project by selecting the **Star** or archive by choosing the **eye icon with a line through it**. To learn more about Early Stage, contact your Account Manager or view the Knowledge Base article: [What are Early Stage Projects?](https://knowledgebase.planhub.com/knowledge/what-are-early-stage-projects?hsLang=en)

![](https://usercontent.us.prod.clueso.io/cb1eec54-ce60-4478-88c6-e890ec0f0a12/e2c81d01-019b-481a-9389-7bfb8d318823/e1307305-56da-42e4-837c-35e41eb088be/images/64df4aeb-cb1b-4108-893f-896a4c9c5b08.gif)

Saving and archiving projects in planHub helps you maintain communication with general contractors, stay organized and keep your Bid Board up to date, so you can prioritize bids and meet submission deadlines.

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