diff --git a/app/controllers/settings/export_controller.rb b/app/controllers/settings/export_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fa05b67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/settings/export_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class Settings::ExportController < ApplicationController
+  before_action :authenticate_user!
+
+  def index
+    if current_user.export_processing
+      flash[:info] = t(".info")
+    end
+  end
+
+  def create
+    if current_user.can_export?
+      ExportWorker.perform_async(current_user.id)
+      flash[:success] = t(".success")
+    else
+      flash[:error] = t(".error")
+    end
+
+    redirect_to settings_export_path
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/controllers/user_controller.rb b/app/controllers/user_controller.rb
index e475c1eb..1a690087 100644
--- a/app/controllers/user_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/user_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class UserController < ApplicationController
-  before_action :authenticate_user!, only: %w[data export begin_export edit_security update_2fa destroy_2fa reset_user_recovery_codes edit_mute edit_blocks]
+  before_action :authenticate_user!, only: %w[data edit_security update_2fa destroy_2fa reset_user_recovery_codes edit_mute edit_blocks]
 
   def show
     @user = User.where('LOWER(screen_name) = ?', params[:username].downcase).includes(:profile).first!
@@ -69,23 +69,6 @@ class UserController < ApplicationController
   def data
   end
 
-  def export
-    if current_user.export_processing
-      flash[:info] = t(".info")
-    end
-  end
-
-  def begin_export
-    if current_user.can_export?
-      ExportWorker.perform_async(current_user.id)
-      flash[:success] = t(".success")
-    else
-      flash[:error] = t(".error")
-    end
-
-    redirect_to user_export_path
-  end
-
   def edit_security
     if current_user.otp_module_disabled?
       current_user.otp_secret_key = User.otp_random_secret(25)
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 7ba4b4e3..ed09e9d9 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
 
     get :privacy, to: redirect('/settings/privacy/edit')
     resource :privacy, controller: :privacy, only: %i[edit update]
+
+    get :export, to: 'export#index'
+    post :export, to: 'export#create'
   end
   resolve('Theme') { [:settings_theme] } # to make link_to/form_for work nicely when passing a `Theme` object to it, see also: https://api.rubyonrails.org/v6.1.5.1/classes/ActionDispatch/Routing/Mapper/CustomUrls.html#method-i-resolve
   resolve('Profile') { [:settings_profile] }
@@ -96,8 +99,6 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
   end
 
   match '/settings/data', to: 'user#data', via: :get, as: :user_data
-  match '/settings/export', to: 'user#export', via: :get, as: :user_export
-  match '/settings/export', to: 'user#begin_export', via: :post, as: :begin_user_export
 
   namespace :ajax do
     match '/ask', to: 'question#create', via: :post, as: :ask