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# Exporting Your App

Working on your project locally

Every app you build in Creator is a standard Ionic / Angular app behind the scenes. If you'd like to export the code, you can download a ZIP file containing the code.

[Learn How To Export a ZIP File](/docs/zip-export-an-ionic-project)

Some reasons for exporting a ZIP file would be:

* You want to continue work on your app outside of Creator
* You want to use your app along with the [Ionic CLI](https://ionicframework.com/docs/cli/).

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  "type": "danger",
  "title": "Exporting as a ZIP file is one-way",
  "body": "If you export your app and make changes to your app code, you will **not** be able to re-import your app into Creator. You can, however, still build and package your app for app stores using the [Ionic CLI](https://ionicframework.com/docs/cli/). But you will not be able to re-import that app back into Creator."
}
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