In the top bar select Search or go to and find your project, then in the left sidebar select Settings then General, then expand Advanced then select Export project. You must have the Maintainer or Owner role for the project. The file is a tar.gz containing NDJSON, collected either from the emailed link or by refreshing the settings page and selecting Download export. A worker deletes export files every 24 hours, GitLab.com caps the import file at 5 GB, and the export leaves out pipeline triggers, CI/CD job traces and artifacts, package and container registry images, CI/CD variables, webhooks, encrypted tokens, secure files, and security policies.
What it holds
Source code repositories, commit history, merge requests, issues, CI/CD pipeline records, wikis, and user permissions.
Find the size
Settings then Usage quotas then the Storage tab, at the project or group level, with per-project rows in the table at the bottom. Figures show in KiB, MiB, or GiB and refresh every 90 minutes.
What to enter on the form
GitLab in GB, and the year your company started using it. Seller form