How Do I Export a monday.com Board to Excel?

To export a monday.com board to Excel, open the board, click the three-dot menu in the top right, choose More actions, then Export board to Excel, and click Export. The file downloads at once. One export can hold up to 100,000 items. Only the table view is exported, and you choose whether to add updates and subitems.

Checked on October 17, 2026. We opened monday.com’s help articles on exporting to Excel, exporting the entire account’s data, dashboards, subitems, the Activity Log, account permissions, and security and privacy, plus the API reference pages on rate limits, items_page, formula columns and mirror columns. Where monday.com does not say how something behaves, we say “not documented”.

How do I export a monday.com board to Excel?

These are the steps from monday.com’s “Export from monday to Excel” article (last modified October 8, 2026).

1. Open the board.
2. Click the three-dot menu at the top right of the board.
3. Click More actions.
4. Click Export board to Excel.
5. In the window that appears, choose whether to export just the table or also include updates and subitems. You can also tick the option to email yourself a copy.
6. Click Export. The Excel file downloads immediately.

To export a subset instead:

What	How
One group	Three-dot menu to the left of the group name > Export to Excel
Selected items	Select the items with Batch Actions, then click Export in the Batch Actions toolbar. You are asked about updates and subitems
One person’s items	Filter the board by the People or Owner column first, then export. Only matching items come out. Save the filter if you will reuse it

How to confirm it worked: open the file and compare the row count with the item count on the board. If you ticked updates, check that a second tab exists.

What is and isn’t included when you export a monday.com board?

Less than the board shows on screen. The article states that it is “only possible to export the table views of a board”, that you cannot customize how a board is exported, and that group by, sort and conditional coloring are not supported.

Board element	In the Excel file?	Source and note
Main table or a saved filter	Yes	Active quick and advanced filters apply, so only matching items export
Other board views (Kanban, Gantt, Calendar and so on)	No	“Board views will not be exported”
Group by, sort, conditional coloring	No	Listed as not supported
Updates and replies	Optional	Go on a separate tab when you tick the option
Subitems	Optional	You choose in the export window. Multi-level subitems export with their hierarchy, per monday.com’s subitems article
Updates on subitems	No	Only the parent item’s updates are exported
Auto Number column	No	“not supported when exporting to Excel”
Files and attachments	Not documented for board export	The account export (below) does include uploaded files
Formula column	Not documented	See the next section
Mirror column	Not documented	See the next section
“Powered by monday.com” line	Always added	monday.com says it cannot be removed
Dashboards	Not as a whole	Only some widgets export (below)

Source: monday.com Support, Export from monday to Excel (last modified October 8, 2026); Multiple levels of subitems; Share and present your Dashboard. Checked October 17, 2026.

What happens to formula and mirror columns?

monday.com’s export article does not say, so we cannot tell you how they appear in the file. We could not find a help article that documents it either. Community forum threads on the topic came up in search, but those pages did not load for us today, so we have not relied on them.

Test it on a copy of the board before you depend on the export. Then:

1. Export a small filtered selection that includes one formula column and one mirror column.
2. Open the file and check whether the cells hold a single value or a list of values.
3. If the mirror cell holds a list and you need one number, add a formula column that references it, test that, and export again.

The API gives a clearer picture. monday.com’s reference says a formula column’s result comes back in display_value while text returns an empty string and value returns null. A mirror column’s display_value is “the mirrored content as a comma-separated text string”. So if an export script reads the wrong field, formula and mirror columns look empty. Our monday formula builder helps you write the replacement formula.

Can I export a dashboard to Excel?

Not the whole dashboard. monday.com says it is not an option to export an entire dashboard to Excel, but the Timeline and Table widgets export through the widget’s three-dot menu > Export to Excel. The List View widget has an Export button in its top right corner. Chart widgets export as image or other file types, and a whole dashboard exports as PDF.

Can I export notes, comments and emails?

Updates (the notes and replies on items) export as described above, on a separate tab. Two related exports are narrower:

• Activity Log: click the Excel icon at the top right of the Activity Log tab. It shows column value changes only, so item creation, deletion and movement do not appear.
• monday CRM Emails & Activities: the account data export does not support this timeline. We found no documented way to export it to Excel. Pull message history from Gmail or Outlook, or read it through the API.

How do I export all my account data from monday.com?

An account admin can download everything as one zip. Steps from monday.com’s “How to export your entire account’s data” article (last modified October 13, 2026):

1. Click your profile picture and select Administration.
2. Click the General tab in the left panel, then the Account tab.
3. Scroll to the bottom to the Export account data section.
4. Optionally tick the box to leave out attached files, which speeds the export up.
5. Click Export.
6. Wait for the email, then click Download here.

Question	Answer
Who can do it	The account admin
What you get	A zip with all boards, including private and shareable boards, and uploaded files. monday.com’s security FAQ describes it as Excel sheets plus uploaded files
How long	Up to 24 hours on larger accounts
How often	Once every 24 hours. All admins are notified each time
Download link	Valid for 24 hours from when the email arrives. After that, run the export again
Not included	Archived boards, workdocs, dashboards (their data comes from the exported boards) and the Emails & Activities timeline

Source: monday.com Support, How to export your entire account’s data (October 13, 2026) and Security and privacy on monday.com: FAQs (September 17, 2026).

Before you run it, export workdocs as PDF, unarchive any archived board you still need, and note that dashboards have to be rebuilt or saved separately. If you are exporting because you are leaving, read how to cancel your monday.com subscription first, since the plan end date sets your last safe export day.

Is there an automatic backup for monday.com?

monday.com points to a partner app. Rewind backs up the whole account automatically, with daily backups, on-demand backups and restore of single items or the full account. It is a separate app from the marketplace. We did not check its price. A manual export does not restore anything back into monday.com, which is the reason a backup tool exists.

Can I export monday.com data with the API?

Yes, and it is the route for very large or repeated exports. Our monday CRM API integration guide covers authentication. For exports, monday.com’s reference gives these constraints:

• Paging: items_page returns active items only, with a default of 25 and a maximum of 500 items per request. You page through large boards with a cursor, because you cannot query a whole large board in one call.
• Daily call limit (resets at midnight UTC): 1,000 on Free, Basic and Standard, 10,000 on Pro, 25,000 on Enterprise.
• Minute limit: 5,000 queries per minute on Enterprise, 2,500 on Pro, 1,000 on other plans.
• Formula values: the display_value field is limited to 10,000 formula values per minute (each cell counts as one) and up to five formula columns per request.
• Archived or deleted items: items_page does not return them. Read them by ID through the root items query with the state argument, up to 100 IDs per request.

A 50,000-item board at 500 items per page is 100 calls before you count retries, so plan against your daily limit. Our API rate limits compared research shows how this compares with other CRMs, and how many API calls monday.com allows per day explains what counts toward the limit.

Why is my monday.com export not working?

monday.com publishes no error text for failed exports, so the table below pairs what you will see with the limits and rules in its documentation. Rows marked general are ordinary troubleshooting, not monday.com settings.

Symptom	Likely cause	Fix
No Export board to Excel option, or it is greyed out	On Enterprise, an admin can switch on an account permission that stops non-admins exporting	Ask an admin to export or change the permission (Enterprise only)
Large board will not export	More than 100,000 items	Filter the board into batches, or use the API
File has fewer rows than the board	An active filter is applied	Clear the filter or note which saved filter you exported
Kanban, Gantt or chart layout is missing	Only the table view exports	Export the table and rebuild the view in Excel
Sorting or colors are missing	Group by, sort and conditional coloring are unsupported	Re-sort in Excel
Subitem comments missing	Only parent item updates export	Copy subitem updates by hand or use the API
Auto Number column missing	Not supported in the export	Add a number column in Excel, or copy the values first
Formula or mirror cells look wrong	Not documented	Test a copy, add a formula column referencing the mirror, or read display_value through the API
Account export has not arrived	Large accounts take up to 24 hours	Wait. Check spam. Run it again only after 24 hours
Download link has expired	The link is valid for 24 hours	Run the export again
Archived boards or workdocs not in the zip	Not supported by the account export	Unarchive boards. Export workdocs as PDF
Excel will not open the file, or the download fails	Browser or network (general)	Try another browser, then ask for the email copy

When to get help: if the export is incomplete after you have checked this table, send monday.com support the board link, the time you exported and what is missing. They say they are available 24/7.

How do I export to CSV instead of Excel?

monday.com’s board export article describes Excel only. For CSV, open the exported file in Excel and use Save As, choosing a CSV format. Delete the “Powered by monday.com” line and any second tab first if the CSV is headed to another system. Saving as CSV keeps one tab only, so exports with updates need the updates tab saved separately.

How do I import the file back into monday.com?

Use the importer, not a board duplicate. The limits and steps are in how to import a CSV or Excel file into monday.com: 10 MB per file, up to 8,000 rows for a new board and 10,000 for an existing one, with duplicate handling on existing boards. Run your file through the CRM import file checker before upload to catch date, email and header problems. If you are moving data to a different CRM, the CRM migration guide and the CRM import limits comparison cover what each destination accepts.

When to bring in help

A single board export needs no help. Bring someone in when the export feeds a migration, a recurring report or a backup process, because linked boards, mirror columns and subitem hierarchies rarely survive a flat file untouched. Our monday.com service page describes that work, and you can book a 30-minute call to scope it. The wider picture is in the monday CRM guide.

Sources

All checked on 2026-10-17.

• monday.com Support, Export from monday to Excel (last modified October 8, 2026): export steps, 100,000 item limit, table view only, filters, updates and subitems, groups and items export, Auto Number, branding line, Enterprise permission.
• monday.com Support, How to export your entire account’s data (last modified October 13, 2026): admin path, zip contents, 24-hour timing and link validity, exclusions, Rewind.
• monday.com Support, Back up and restore your data with Rewind backups (last modified September 18, 2025): what Rewind is and how it backs up.
• monday.com Support, Security and privacy on monday.com: FAQs (last modified September 17, 2026): the two export formats, zip of Excel sheets and files.
• monday.com Support, Share and present your Dashboard: which widgets export to Excel, PDF export.
• monday.com Support, The List View Widget: Export button on the widget.
• monday.com Support, Multiple levels of subitems on monday.com: export supports multi-level subitem hierarchy.
• monday.com Support, The Activity Log (last modified June 17, 2026): Excel export of column value changes only.
• monday.com Support, Account permissions (last modified July 13, 2026): Export data to excel permission listed under Boards.
• monday.com Developers, Rate limits: daily and minute limits by plan, formula display_value limit.
• monday.com Developers, items_page: 500 item maximum, cursor paging, active items only.
• monday.com Developers, Formula column and Mirror column: display_value behavior.
• monday.com Support, Import files from Excel: import limits referenced in the reverse direction.