How to export your data from GitHub Copilot

GitHub Copilot has no personal 'export my data' or chat-history export feature. The only official export is an activity/usage report that organization or enterprise admins can download to monitor Copilot license usage, not individual chat content or code suggestions.

Formats: CSVPlan: Copilot Business or Copilot Enterprise (organization/enterprise admin access) for the activity report; individual Copilot Free/Pro users have no export feature at allRole: Organization owner or admin with billing/Copilot management permissions

✓ Verified against GitHub Copilot's official documentation, September 2026

Step by step

1Sign in to GitHub.com with an account that has admin access to the organization or enterprise using Copilot
2Go to the organization's or enterprise's Settings
3Open the Copilot administration section (Administer Copilot)
4Find the option to download the Copilot activity report for the organization or enterprise
5Download the report to review seat and license usage
6For anything beyond usage data (chat conversations, prompts, suggested code), there is no built-in export: your only options are manually copying chat text, saving custom instructions files already stored in your repos (e.g. copilot-instructions.md), or requesting a general GitHub account data archive, which does not include Copilot chat content

What the export includes

✓Organization/enterprise-level Copilot license and seat usage data (the activity report)
✓Repository-based custom instructions files you already created yourself (e.g. .github/copilot-instructions.md) — these are just normal git files, not a Copilot export

What it doesn't include

✗Copilot Chat conversation history (no export feature exists for chat/prompt history in the IDE, on github.com, or mobile)
✗Individual user-level Copilot Free/Pro usage export (the report is org/enterprise admin-only)
✗Code suggestions or completions themselves (these are ephemeral and become part of your own code, not a separate exportable dataset)
✗MCP server configs, Copilot Spaces content, or agent session data

Before you start

⚠There is no self-service way to export Copilot Chat history; GitHub's own community support forum confirms this and only suggests manual copy-paste or screenshots as workarounds
⚠Multiple open feature requests on GitHub's community forum ask for chat history export/retention, indicating it is still unavailable
⚠The activity report is scoped to organizations/enterprises for license monitoring, not a personal data export for individual Copilot users
⚠Custom instructions and prompt files live in your own repositories, so they survive independently of Copilot — back those up like any other repo file, not as a 'Copilot export'

Where to take your data

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

Codeium

No data to import since Copilot has no chat/history export. Manually copy any repository-based custom instructions (e.g. copilot-instructions.md) into Codeium's equivalent config, then reconnect your repos in Codeium directly.

Sourcegraph Cody

No portable Copilot export exists. Point Cody at the same repositories and recreate any custom instructions manually in Cody's configuration; there is nothing to migrate from a Copilot export file.

Supermaven

Since Copilot doesn't export chat or settings, just install Supermaven and reconnect it to your existing repos; any custom prompt/instructions text you want to keep must be copied manually from your old instructions files.

Exporting from GitHub Copilot: common questions

Can I export my GitHub Copilot Chat history?+

No. GitHub does not provide a built-in export for Copilot Chat conversations in the IDE, on github.com, or mobile. Workarounds are limited to manually copying text or taking screenshots before you lose access.

Is there a CSV or JSON download of my Copilot usage?+

Only at the organization/enterprise level. Admins can download an activity report to monitor Copilot license usage, but this is not available to individual Copilot Free/Pro users and does not contain chat or code data.

Will I lose my custom Copilot instructions if I cancel?+

No, because those instructions are stored as ordinary files in your own repository (e.g. copilot-instructions.md), not inside Copilot itself. They stay in your repo regardless of your Copilot subscription.

Does canceling Copilot delete my chat history?+

Since there is no export feature, treat any chat history as inaccessible once you lose plan access — save anything important beforehand via copy-paste, as there is no official recovery or download mechanism.

What plan do I need to download the Copilot activity report?+

You need admin access to a GitHub organization or enterprise using Copilot Business or Enterprise; this report is an admin/billing feature, not something available to individual subscribers.

Sources

This guide was written from GitHub Copilot's own documentation and checked against it in September 2026. If a step has changed, the official page wins.