How to export your data from Airtable

Airtable's only native export format is CSV, downloaded one view/table at a time from inside a base; there is no built-in one-click export for an entire base, workspace, or account, and formats like XLSX, PDF, TSV, or Numbers must be produced by converting the downloaded CSV in another program.

Formats: CSVPlan: Any plan — Airtable's docs list CSV download/import as available on all plan types, with no paid-plan requirement mentionedRole: Not explicitly restricted for downloading a CSV; Airtable's documentation only specifies that Owner or Creator permissions are required to import data back into a base

✓ Verified against Airtable's official documentation, September 2026

Step by step

1Open your Airtable home screen and log in.
2Open the base that contains the table you want to export.
3Open the specific view (e.g., grid view) whose data you want to download.
4Click the ˅ icon next to the view's name.
5Click Download CSV.
6Repeat steps 3-5 for every other view/table in the base — each download only covers the one view you're on, there's no combined 'export whole base' button.
7Repeat for every other base you own, since there is no documented workspace-wide or account-wide export.
8If you need a different file type (Excel, PDF, TSV, Numbers), open the downloaded CSV in that target application and save/convert it there — Airtable does not generate those formats directly.

What the export includes

✓The rows and columns visible in the specific view you download the CSV from
✓Cell values as plain text/numbers

What it doesn't include

✗A single combined export of an entire base, workspace, or account — you must download each view/table separately
✗Native XLSX, PDF, TSV, or Numbers files — Airtable's help center explicitly states this isn't possible; only CSV is produced natively
✗Attachment files themselves — CSV is a plain-text format, so binary files in attachment fields aren't embedded in the download

Before you start

⚠Airtable's help center is explicit: you cannot export directly to XLSF, PDF, TSV, or Numbers — you must download a CSV first and convert it afterward
⚠Export is scoped to one view at a time via the dropdown next to the view name, not a whole-base or whole-workspace action
⚠If your goal is really to leave the company/org rather than the platform, Airtable's docs point to a separate 'transferring ownership' flow (moving bases/workspaces to another owner) instead of exporting data out
⚠Moving a base between workspaces (a different feature from exporting) keeps the data inside Airtable and changes collaborator access — it is not a way to get your data out of Airtable

Where to take your data

Free and cheaper tools that can take a Airtable export. See all Airtable alternatives →

Baserow

Alternatives Airtable vs Baserow

Create a new table and use Baserow's CSV import option, uploading the CSV file(s) you downloaded from each Airtable view/table.

NocoDB

Alternatives Airtable vs NocoDB

Use NocoDB's 'Import from file' / CSV import to create a new table from each Airtable CSV export, then set up links between tables manually since Airtable's linked-record relationships aren't preserved in CSV.

Teable

Import each CSV as a new table in Teable and recreate any linked-record relationships and field types manually, since CSV export flattens formulas and links to plain values.

Exporting from Airtable: common questions

Can I export my entire Airtable base in one click?+

No. Airtable's own instructions have you download a CSV from one view at a time via the dropdown next to the view's name — there's no documented single button to export a whole base, let alone a whole workspace or account.

What file formats can I export from Airtable?+

Only CSV natively. Airtable's help center confirms you cannot export directly as XLSF, PDF, TSV, or Numbers — you have to download the CSV first and convert it in another program.

Do I need a paid Airtable plan to export my data?+

No. The CSV download/import functionality is listed as available on all plan types in Airtable's documentation, with no plan restriction called out.

Who is allowed to download a CSV from a base?+

Airtable's docs don't call out a specific permission requirement for downloading CSVs (they only specify Owner or Creator permissions are needed to import data into a base), so in practice anyone who can open the view can use the Download CSV option.

Will linked records, formulas, and attachments survive a CSV export?+

Airtable's documentation doesn't detail this for exports specifically, but since CSV is a flat, plain-text format, expect linked-record relationships and formula logic to come out as plain values, and attachments to not be embedded as files — plan to rebuild relationships and re-upload files in whatever tool you move to.

I'm leaving my company — how do I hand off my Airtable data instead of exporting it?+

That's a different, Airtable-native process: their documentation covers moving bases between workspaces and transferring workspace/base/interface ownership, which keeps the data inside Airtable under a new owner rather than exporting it out as files.