diff --git a/prisma/migrations/20240912180249_exports/migration.sql b/prisma/migrations/20240912180249_exports/migration.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b82340218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prisma/migrations/20240912180249_exports/migration.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+-- CreateTable
+CREATE TABLE "Export" (
+    "id" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "createdAt" TIMESTAMP(3) NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
+    "updatedAt" TIMESTAMP(3) NOT NULL,
+    "complete" BOOLEAN NOT NULL DEFAULT false,
+    "path" TEXT NOT NULL,
+    "userId" INTEGER NOT NULL,
+
+    CONSTRAINT "Export_pkey" PRIMARY KEY ("id")
+);
+
+-- AddForeignKey
+ALTER TABLE "Export" ADD CONSTRAINT "Export_userId_fkey" FOREIGN KEY ("userId") REFERENCES "User"("id") ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE;
diff --git a/prisma/schema.prisma b/prisma/schema.prisma
index 8e25c5c94..a8a507a10 100644
--- a/prisma/schema.prisma
+++ b/prisma/schema.prisma
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ model User {
   Invite         Invite[]
   Folder         Folder[]
   IncompleteFile IncompleteFile[]
+  Exports        Export[]
+}
+
+model Export {
+  id        String   @id @default(cuid())
+  createdAt DateTime @default(now())
+  updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt
+
+  complete  Boolean  @default(false)
+
+  path String
+
+  user   User @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id], onDelete: Cascade)
+  userId Int
 }
 
 model Folder {
diff --git a/src/components/pages/Manage/index.tsx b/src/components/pages/Manage/index.tsx
index b25e4d913..a7487d713 100644
--- a/src/components/pages/Manage/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/pages/Manage/index.tsx
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import {
   IconUserExclamation,
   IconUserMinus,
   IconUserX,
+  IconX,
 } from '@tabler/icons-react';
 import AnchorNext from 'components/AnchorNext';
 import { FlameshotIcon, ShareXIcon } from 'components/icons';
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ export default function Manage({ oauth_registration, oauth_providers: raw_oauth_
     setExports(
       res.exports
         ?.map((s) => ({
-          date: new Date(Number(s.name.split('_')[3].slice(0, -4))),
+          date: new Date(s.createdAt),
           size: s.size,
           full: s.name,
         }))
@@ -272,6 +273,26 @@ export default function Manage({ oauth_registration, oauth_providers: raw_oauth_
     );
   };
 
+  const deleteExport = async (name) => {
+    const res = await useFetch('/api/user/export?name=' + name, 'DELETE');
+    if (res.error) {
+      showNotification({
+        title: 'Error deleting export',
+        message: res.error,
+        color: 'red',
+        icon: <IconX size='1rem' />,
+      });
+    } else {
+      showNotification({
+        message: 'Deleted export',
+        color: 'green',
+        icon: <IconFileZip size='1rem' />,
+      });
+
+      await getExports();
+    }
+  };
+
   const handleDelete = async () => {
     const res = await useFetch('/api/user/files', 'DELETE', {
       all: true,
@@ -580,6 +601,7 @@ export default function Manage({ oauth_registration, oauth_providers: raw_oauth_
               { id: 'name', name: 'Name' },
               { id: 'date', name: 'Date' },
               { id: 'size', name: 'Size' },
+              { id: 'actions', name: '' },
             ]}
             rows={
               exports
@@ -591,6 +613,11 @@ export default function Manage({ oauth_registration, oauth_providers: raw_oauth_
                     ),
                     date: x.date.toLocaleString(),
                     size: bytesToHuman(x.size),
+                    actions: (
+                      <ActionIcon onClick={() => deleteExport(x.full)}>
+                        <IconTrash size='1rem' />
+                      </ActionIcon>
+                    ),
                   }))
                 : []
             }
diff --git a/src/pages/api/user/export.ts b/src/pages/api/user/export.ts
index 9415488aa..2e90ac6ca 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/user/export.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/user/export.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Zip, ZipPassThrough } from 'fflate';
 import { createReadStream, createWriteStream } from 'fs';
-import { readdir, stat } from 'fs/promises';
+import { rm, stat } from 'fs/promises';
 import datasource from 'lib/datasource';
 import Logger from 'lib/logger';
 import prisma from 'lib/prisma';
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ async function handler(req: NextApiReq, res: NextApiRes, user: UserExtended) {
     const export_name = `zipline_export_${user.id}_${Date.now()}.zip`;
     const path = join(config.core.temp_directory, export_name);
 
+    const exportDb = await prisma.export.create({
+      data: {
+        path: export_name,
+        userId: user.id,
+      },
+    });
+
     logger.debug(`creating write stream at ${path}`);
     const write_stream = createWriteStream(path);
 
@@ -79,11 +86,27 @@ async function handler(req: NextApiReq, res: NextApiRes, user: UserExtended) {
           logger.info(
             `Export for ${user.username} (${user.id}) has completed and is available at ${export_name}`,
           );
+
+          await prisma.export.update({
+            where: {
+              id: exportDb.id,
+            },
+            data: {
+              complete: true,
+            },
+          });
         }
       } else {
         write_stream.close();
-        logger.debug(`error while writing to zip: ${err}`);
-        logger.error(`Export for ${user.username} (${user.id}) has failed\n${err}`);
+        logger.error(
+          `Export for ${user.username} (${user.id}) has failed and has been removed from the database\n${err}`,
+        );
+
+        await prisma.export.delete({
+          where: {
+            id: exportDb.id,
+          },
+        });
       }
     };
 
@@ -114,27 +137,62 @@ async function handler(req: NextApiReq, res: NextApiRes, user: UserExtended) {
     res.json({
       url: '/api/user/export?name=' + export_name,
     });
+  } else if (req.method === 'DELETE') {
+    const name = req.query.name as string;
+    if (!name) return res.badRequest('no name provided');
+
+    const exportDb = await prisma.export.findFirst({
+      where: {
+        userId: user.id,
+        path: name,
+      },
+    });
+
+    if (!exportDb) return res.notFound('export not found');
+
+    await prisma.export.delete({
+      where: {
+        id: exportDb.id,
+      },
+    });
+
+    try {
+      await rm(join(config.core.temp_directory, exportDb.path));
+    } catch (e) {
+      logger
+        .error(`export file ${exportDb.path} has been removed from the database`)
+        .error(`but failed to remove the file from the filesystem: ${e}`);
+    }
+
+    res.json({
+      success: true,
+    });
   } else {
-    const export_name = req.query.name as string;
-    if (export_name) {
-      const parts = export_name.split('_');
-      if (Number(parts[2]) !== user.id) return res.unauthorized('cannot access export owned by another user');
+    const exportsDb = await prisma.export.findMany({
+      where: {
+        userId: user.id,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const name = req.query.name as string;
+    if (name) {
+      const exportDb = exportsDb.find((e) => e.path === name);
+      if (!exportDb) return res.notFound('export not found');
 
-      const stream = createReadStream(join(config.core.temp_directory, export_name));
+      const stream = createReadStream(join(config.core.temp_directory, exportDb.path));
 
       res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/zip');
-      res.setHeader('Content-Disposition', `attachment; filename="${export_name}"`);
+      res.setHeader('Content-Disposition', `attachment; filename="${exportDb.path}"`);
       stream.pipe(res);
     } else {
-      const files = await readdir(config.core.temp_directory);
-      const exp = files.filter((f) => f.startsWith('zipline_export_'));
       const exports = [];
-      for (let i = 0; i !== exp.length; ++i) {
-        const name = exp[i];
-        const stats = await stat(join(config.core.temp_directory, name));
 
-        if (Number(exp[i].split('_')[2]) !== user.id) continue;
-        exports.push({ name, size: stats.size });
+      for (let i = 0; i !== exportsDb.length; ++i) {
+        const exportDb = exportsDb[i];
+        if (!exportDb.complete) continue;
+
+        const stats = await stat(join(config.core.temp_directory, exportDb.path));
+        exports.push({ name: exportDb.path, size: stats.size, createdAt: exportDb.createdAt });
       }
 
       res.json({
@@ -145,6 +203,6 @@ async function handler(req: NextApiReq, res: NextApiRes, user: UserExtended) {
 }
 
 export default withZipline(handler, {
-  methods: ['GET', 'POST'],
+  methods: ['GET', 'POST', 'DELETE'],
   user: true,
 });