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Export your email or SMS contacts or lists into a spreadsheet

Article: 000033114
Updated: June 16, 2025

Create a back-up file of your email and SMS contacts, or your lists, by exporting their information into a downloadable CSV file or Excel spreadsheet

Exclamation Point IconImportant: If you need to track the permission status of your contacts for CASL or the GDPR, make sure the Advanced Email Permissions are enabled before you export your contacts. The exported spreadsheet doesn't include the permission status unless the permissions are enabled.

 

Exporting your contacts doesn't remove them from your account, but gives you a hard copy of their information that you can open in Excel or other spreadsheet programs.

  1. Open the Contacts dashboard, and follow the steps depending on what you want to export:
  1. Select all the fields you want to include in your exported file.
  2. Click Export. CSV files can be opened with Excel.
    Note: If you have over 300 contacts, or if you want to download an Excel spreadsheet instead of a comma separated value (CSV) file, the download is available on the Import and Export Activity page for 7 days after you export the data.

    Export overlay, contact information options, and Export button

  3. In the success banner, click the Download CSV button to save your spreadsheet.

    Contacts tab, Lists tab selected, Multi-list export success banner message and Download CSV button

 


Export a single contact list

  1. From the Lists tab, click . . . > Export. next to the list you want to export.

    Contacts tab, Lists tab selected, List Options menu expanded, and Export option

 

Export multiple contact lists

  1. From the Lists tab, select the lists you want to export.
  2. Click Actions > Export.

    Contacts menu expanded with All contacts option selected, Lists tab selected, multiple lists selected, Actions drop-down menu expanded, and Export option

Export Contact Search Results

If you need a list of all of your contacts with the same company, or who live in the same city, you can search for them and export the results into a spreadsheet.

  1. From the Contacts tab, Search for the contacts you want to export.
    Note: You can also view a specific list and search through only the contacts on the list to further narrow down your search.

    Contacts dashboard with Contacts tab selected, Search field and search results

  2. Select all the contacts in your search results.
  3. Click Actions > Export.

    Contacts tab, Contacts tab selected, all search results selected, Actions drop-down menu expanded, and Export option

 

Export contacts by email or SMS status

If you need a list of all of your unsubscribed contacts, or all the contacts who have granted you express permission to email or send SMS messages to them, you can filter your list by email or SMS status types and export the results into a spreadsheet.

  1. From the Contacts tab, click All Statuses and select the email or SMS status you want to export.

    Contacts drop-down menu with All contacts option selected, Contacts tab selected, and Contact Status drop-down menu expanded

  2. Select all of the contacts.
  3. Click Actions > Export.

    Contacts tab, Contacts tab selected, all unsubscribed contacts selected, Actions drop-down menu expanded, and Export option

 

Export tagged contacts

  1. From the Tags tab, select the tags you want to export.
    Note: If you just want to export the contacts associated with a single tag, just click . . . > Export on the right-hand side of the specific tag.
  2. Click Actions > Export.

    Contacts tab, Tags tab selected, multiple tags selected and Actions drop-down menu expanded, and Export option

 

Export all of your contacts

  1. From the Lists, Segments, Tags, or Contacts tab, click . . . > Export All Contacts in the upper right-hand corner of the page.

    Contacts dashboard with Lists tab selected, "..." drop-down menu expanded, and Export All Contacts option

 


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