Exporting does not silently drop a file somewhere. It ends in a success dialog with buttons, and what you press decides where the file goes.
Browser and desktop
The export finishes with a success dialog offering View and Download. Nothing is saved until you press Download.
- PDF downloads as a single
.pdf. - Images download as a single ZIP containing one image per tile, in a folder per page. Not one download per sheet.
The file lands wherever your browser puts downloads. The desktop app behaves the same way, because it runs the same editor.
There is also a Print button, which opens an in-app print preview and hands the job to your printer dialog. The scaling advice in print settings that matter applies to that dialog too.
Android and iOS
The two file types go to different places, which is the thing worth knowing.
Image exports go to your photos
Exported tiles are written to your device's photo gallery or library:
Your photos have been successfully saved to the photo library! 🎉
Find them in Photos or your gallery app.
PDF exports stay in the app
A PDF export is saved into Docuslice's own storage and opened in the built-in PDF viewer. It is not placed in a shared folder automatically.
From the viewer you can:
- Share it — to Files, iCloud Drive, email, or any other app.
- Save to Downloads — Android only. You are asked to name the file first:You can rename the file before saving to Downloads folder.
So on iOS the route out of the app is Share; on Android you have both Share and a direct save to Downloads.
Permissions
Saving images to your photos needs permission.
- iOS asks the first time. If you decline, the export cannot be saved and the app says so:The app doesn't have permission to save images. Please enable it under Photos > Photo Library Access in your device's Settings
- Android 10 and later does not ask at all — saving to the gallery needs no permission. Only older Android versions prompt.
When permission is refused, the message comes with an Open Settings button that takes you straight to the right screen. Grant it and export again; nothing was lost.
While the export runs
The app reports where it is: preparing, then exporting with a real page count, then finalising. On a 30-sheet poster you will watch the count climb.
Do not close the app during an export. On phones especially, a backgrounded export can be terminated by the system.
If the export fails
Most failures are permissions or memory. Both, and what to do about them, are in export failed or blocked.
Keep the export — on web it may be your only copy
The browser and desktop apps do not save projects, so the exported file is the durable record of the work. See projects and where your work is saved.