Export a list as a CSV file

Export CSV saves a list's rows as a CSV file. Use it to work on the rows in a spreadsheet, to keep a copy before you delete rows or a list, or to move the rows into a database.

Who can do this

Everyone in the workspace — Admin, Editor and Viewer.

Steps

1. Select Lists in the bar at the top of the page.
2. Open the ⋮ menu at the end of the list's row and select Export CSV.
   • Or open the list and select Export CSV at the top right.
3. To export only some rows, open the list, set a filter with + Add condition first, then select Export CSV. See Filter and sort a list's rows.

A file named after the list and the date, such as processed-invoices-2026-10-02.csv, downloads.

What happens next

Nothing changes in the list. The file has one line of headers — the column names — and one line per row, in the order the rows were added.

Good to know

• Values are written as stored, so the file imports back into a list exactly as it left: numbers as written, true/false as true or false, and dates and times as ISO moments in UTC, such as 2026-09-12T08:50:00.000Z.
• Empty cells are empty in the file.
• The filter applies; the sort does not. With a filter set, only the matching rows are exported; they are always in the order they were added.
• A value starting with =, +, - or @ is written with a ' in front, unless it is a number, so a spreadsheet does not treat it as a formula.
• The file opens in Excel with the right characters: it is UTF-8 with a byte-order mark.
• The delete boxes offer it too: deleting a list has Export it first.

If something goes wrong

Related

• Import a CSV into a list
• Filter and sort a list's rows
• Delete a list
• What a list is not for