# Permanently saving dataset with load\_dataset

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/permanently-saving-dataset-with-load-dataset/12589>\
**Category:** 🤗Datasets\
**Created:** [December 6, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/permanently-saving-dataset-with-load-dataset/12589 "2021-12-06T21:40:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![zilong](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/zilong/32/36830_2.png) [@zilong](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/zilong)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/permanently-saving-dataset-with-load-dataset/12589/1 "2021-12-06T21:40:23Z")

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Hi all,

How do I permanently download the dataset via `load_dataset`?

When I do this:

```auto
# I load almost all glue datasets
dataset = load_dataset("glue", "mrpc")
dataset = load_dataset("glue", "mnli")
...
dataset = load_dataset("glue", "qnli")

```

It still redownloads some of the datasets after running the code several times. Because its saved in cache.

Is there a way to download them in a way with `load_data` that it stays there permanently?

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**Author:** ![lhoestq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hellohellohello/user_avatar/discuss.huggingface.co/lhoestq/32/52888_2.png) [@lhoestq](https://discuss.huggingface.co/u/lhoestq)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2021, 11:48am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/permanently-saving-dataset-with-load-dataset/12589/2 "2021-12-07T11:48:39Z")

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Hi ! Unless you clear the cache, the datasets are only downloaded once.

What makes you think that the datasets are being redownloaded ?