How to archive skins & cosmetics in Fortnite

Liam Mackay
archived fortnite skin

Fortnite’s 21.30 update gave players the ability to archive their skins and cosmetics, so here’s everything you need to know about archiving in Fortnite.

Fortnite boasts over 1000 skins, arriving in Battle Passes, events, Fortnite Crew, and the Item Shop. If you’ve been playing Fortnite for a while, your Locker is probably chock-full of skins, the majority of them you don’t use.

Does this sound like you? You’re in luck because Fortnite’s 21.30 update added a new feature where players can archive the skins and cosmetics that are clogging up their locker.

Here’s everything you need to know about archiving in Fortnite, and how to do it.

Khari skin in Fortnite

What does archive mean in Fortnite?

Archiving a skin in Fortnite removes it from your main Locker, hiding any outfits or cosmetics that you never use.

This doesn’t mean they’re gone forever though, they’re just moved to a different folder away from the rest of your skins.

How to archive skins and cosmetics in Fortnite

Archiving Fortnite skins in locker

Archiving skins is simple in Fortnite, you just need to bring up the archive function and click on all of the skins you wish to hide in your Locker.

Here’s everything you need to do to archive a Fortnite skin:

  1. Launch Fortnite
  2. Head to the Locker tab
  3. Press and hold the left stick on console or Z on PC to begin archiving
  4. Click on the skins you wish to archive
  5. Click the ‘Archive x Items’ button at the bottom of the screen

Where to find archived skins and cosmetics in Fortnite

fortnite archived skins menu

Your Fortnite skins and cosmetics aren’t deleted once archived, they can be found inside the Archived folder when filtering your Locker.

Here’s how to find your archived Fortnite skins:

  1. Head to the Locker tab in Fortnite
  2. Either click on the ‘Sort + Filter’ tab or press RT/R2 on console
  3. Scroll down to the Archived tab at the bottom
  4. Press and hold the left stick on console or Z on PC
  5. Click on the skin you wish to unarchive to bring it back to your Locker

For more Fortnite, be sure to check out all of the Weekly Quests and the Geyser locations to help complete them.

Image Credit: Epic Games

About The Author

Liam is CharlieIntel's Editor who focuses on Call of Duty but also plays lots of fantasy RPGs or anything else in his massive gaming backlog. After graduating in Journalism from Edinburgh Napier University, Liam freelanced in games journalism before joining CharlieIntel in November 2020. You can contact Liam at [email protected].