Xcode - But... Where are our archives?

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I've submitted three versions of my app onto the App Store using the Build and Archive commands. But... Where are those archives?

I've just learnt that I just need them to be able to read crashlogs. My ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives folder is empty (in fact there is one xarchive file inside it I've just generated now to test a crashlog reading).

Spotlight does not find any .xarchive.

I never been asked to delete or clear anything else than my project builds (Product - clean) when coding next version.

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rd4wj.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Rd4wj.png) This is the keyboard shortcut that I use — Danielvgftv, May 10 '19 at 22:37
I appreciate that you added the location of the Archives folder. I was missing archives, and it was because I accidentally deleted that folder with my DerivedData folder... Upon recovering that folder (thankfully still in the trash), my archives showed correctly in the Window->Organizer->Archives area. — leanne, Jun 01 '20 at 17:24

score 654 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 09 '19 at 08:44

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Open the Organizer window in Xcode (menu Window > Organizer)
Click on the Archives icon in the top middle
Select the desired archive by app name and date
Click Show in Finder in the context menu

edited Jul 09 '19 at 08:44

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answered Sep 11 '11 at 09:14

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That's what I did, nothing but the last one I've generated for test purpose. – Oliver Sep 11 '11 at 09:27
Did you upgrade XCode since you built the missing archives? In particular, was it a major upgrade such as from XCode 3 to 4 or with a prior uninstall of XCode? – Codo Sep 11 '11 at 09:59
I'm afraid your archives are gone then (for whatever reasons). – Codo Sep 11 '11 at 18:04
Uhhh, what ? But.... Well, last chance, I see that spotlight don't find the last one I have under the eyes. How may I solve this problem to be able to check if there are NO xarchive on my mac ? – Oliver Sep 11 '11 at 21:12
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Window > Organizer... Yea, because that makes obvious sense Apple. – Michael Apr 20 '16 at 22:24
where that 'window' thing is – Manjeet Singh Mar 03 '17 at 20:35
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Well done apple. Another step in the process of making stuff impossible... – noelicus Jul 25 '17 at 09:17
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I just did this a week ago and now i'm back here again. why is this ui hard to remember? – King Friday May 18 '18 at 02:35
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Funny how a company like Apple can make the most well-thought, intuitive, simple interfaces for users, but the biggest piles of unusable shit for developers. – iuliu.net Nov 16 '18 at 13:20
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Could not agree more - xcode in general very special in that sense – Ride Sun Nov 18 '20 at 23:32
Xcode 14.. you have to right click on the app icon in Archives – Samuël Nov 10 '22 at 09:04
@iuliu.net not true! xcode has 5 stars on the app store and is ranked #1 for developers! :D ...*cough** – Alec Mather Nov 17 '22 at 20:15

Ben Butterworth · Answer 2 · 2022-02-10T09:58:20.270

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Archive Organizer

To open it: Xcode menu bar > Window > Organizer > Products > Archives
Path: The archives are stored in /Users/username/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives/$DATE/Project Name Datetime.xcarchive, it's easier to just right click the archive to show path in the organizer though.

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answered Mar 26 '21 at 14:24

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yoAlex5 · Answer 3 · 2023-02-24T10:39:48.397

Archive location

To Archive

<select_device_or_any_ios_device> -> Product -> Archive

By default location is on the same level as Derived Data folder

<some_path>/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives
//e.g.
/Users/alex/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives/2021-05-08/ServiceLocator 08.05.2021, 15.35.xcarchive

To change location

xcodebuild archive -archivePath "<some_path>/<some_name>.xcarchive" <...>
//or
Xcode -> Preferences... -> Locations -> Locations -> Archives

To show Organizer

Window -> Organizer -> Archives

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 16 '21 at 18:38

Just to add to this since I'm unable to edit @Codo's answer, but for my version of Xcode (12.3) there was no Archive icon in the top middle. Just a slight difference. Instead, going to Window > Organizer opened a window displaying all my Archives for the current project. Right clicking each shows a menu to delete Archive entries or you can Show in Finder.

Show in Finder shows mine are currently located at /Users/username/Library/Developer/Xcode/Archives and within that directory there's a folder for each date which contains an Archive.

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 15 '21 at 21:15

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if you choose any ios simulator iphone 7 or iphone 8 or any simulateur you have to change this select to ( Any ios Device ) after that the archive option will display

answered Aug 15 '21 at 21:15

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