# Exporting Your Contacts

You can download your contacts as a file at any time — for your records, to use in another tool, or as a backup.

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## How to Export Contacts

1. Click **Contacts** in the left sidebar.

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<figure><img src="../.gitbook/assets/v2-contacts-export-entry.png" alt="The Contacts page toolbar, with Import, Export, and New contact buttons top right"><figcaption><p>The Export button lives in the toolbar at the top of the Contacts page, next to Import.</p></figcaption></figure>
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There are two ways to export from here, and both respect whatever you currently have on screen:

### Option A: Export the current view

1. Click the **Export** button at the top of the page. This opens a dialog confirming what's about to download — every contact matching whatever is currently active: the selected list, saved view, smart filter chips, and search box. To export your whole account, first clear any list/filter/search so "All Contacts" is showing, then click **Export**.

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<figure><img src="../.gitbook/assets/v2-contacts-export-dialog.png" alt="The Export contacts confirmation dialog, with a Download CSV button"><figcaption><p>Clicking Export opens this confirmation — click Download CSV to get the file.</p></figcaption></figure>
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2. Click **Download CSV** to confirm. The file downloads immediately and a confirmation briefly appears at the bottom of the screen.

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<figure><img src="../.gitbook/assets/v2-contacts-export-toast.png" alt="A confirmation message reading 'Exported 10 contacts.' at the bottom of the Contacts page"><figcaption><p>A brief confirmation shows how many contacts were exported.</p></figcaption></figure>
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### Option B: Export a selection

1. Tick the checkboxes next to the contacts you want. A floating action bar appears at the bottom of the screen with bulk actions, including **Export**.

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<figure><img src="../.gitbook/assets/v2-contacts-selection-bulk-bar.png" alt="Two contacts selected via checkboxes, with a floating action bar at the bottom showing bulk actions including Export"><figcaption><p>Selecting contacts opens the floating action bar — Export is one of the bulk actions.</p></figcaption></figure>
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2. Click **Export** in that bar. The same confirmation dialog opens, scoped to just your selection.

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<figure><img src="../.gitbook/assets/v2-contacts-bulk-export-dialog.png" alt="The Export dialog titled 'Export 2 contacts', confirming only the selected contacts will be exported"><figcaption><p>Exporting a selection shows the exact count in the dialog title and body.</p></figcaption></figure>
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3. Click **Download CSV** to confirm.

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## What the Exported File Contains

The export includes, per contact:

- **First name** and **last name**
- **Phone**
- **Email**
- **Channel**
- **Status**
- **Tags**
- **Lead score**
- **Bot active**
- **Do not disturb**
- **Private**
- **Lead profile** (the same field the app labels "Notes" on the contact record — see [Custom Fields, Lead Profile & Notes](custom-contact-fields.md#notes-lead-profile))
- **Last activity**
- **Created**

> **What's different from before:** this file does **not** include a contact ID column, a per-custom-field column (`custom_company`, etc.), or a campaigns column. If you need a contact's ID — for example to look someone up through the API — use the API's contact lookup instead (see [API Access](../integrations/api-access.md)), or copy it from a list's **Copy list ID** action for list IDs specifically.

> **No message text in the file.** There is no column containing the words of any message — "Last activity" is a timestamp, not message content.

The file is a CSV, which opens in Excel, Google Sheets, or any spreadsheet app.

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## Next Steps

- [Importing Contacts from a File](importing-contacts.md) — upload contacts from a spreadsheet.
- [Organizing Lists & Contacts](list-and-contact-management.md) — manage your contact lists.