# Download your data

Last updated: 2026-10-27

> Every way to take data out of the app, from a list as a CSV file to map boundaries and a backup of your files, and which guide shows each one.

You can take your data out of the app as a spreadsheet file or as map files. Viewers, editors and admins can all download. Find what you need below, then follow its guide.

## Which download to choose

### A list of records, for a spreadsheet

Above a table, click **More** (⋯), then **Download CSV**. You get the visible data columns, plus any grouping columns, and every record that matches your filter and search. **Copy to clipboard** copies the same table to paste into a spreadsheet. On a phone, both are inside **View options**. See [Filter, sort and save views of a list](https://restorationscope.com/docs/list-views).

![The More menu above a table, with Download CSV and Copy to clipboard](https://restorationscope.com/docs/figures/en/list-more-download-csv.png)

### A table inside a record's page or a dashboard

A table with a title can have its own **⋯** menu with **Download CSV** and **Copy to clipboard**.

### The polygons of a map layer

All of them, or only the filtered ones. In the map's legend, open the layer's **⋯** menu and choose **Download**, then **Download .geojson** or **Download .kml**. See [Download polygons from the map](https://restorationscope.com/docs/download-polygons).

![A layer's ⋯ menu in the map's legend, with Download open: Download .geojson and Download .kml](https://restorationscope.com/docs/figures/en/legend-download-menu.png)

### One record's boundary

When its record type offers downloads, open **⋯** on the record's page. On a computer, choose **Download**, then a format; on a phone, choose **Download .geojson** or **Download .kml** directly. On a computer, you can also right-click its shape. See [Prepare boundaries for the EUDR or a verifier](https://restorationscope.com/docs/export-boundaries).

### Boundaries for an EUDR statement or a carbon verifier

Download the .geojson or .kml, then check it with a free file checker. See [Prepare boundaries for the EUDR or a verifier](https://restorationscope.com/docs/export-boundaries).

### Other downloads in your app

Some apps add their own downloads to certain pages, for example a CSV of a species list. Not every app has these: if you don't see a download you need, ask us.

## Request a backup of your files

Only admins can request a backup, and not every app has it: if you don't see **Export** in **Settings**, ask us.

1. Open **Settings**. [Find your way around Settings](https://restorationscope.com/docs/settings) shows the way there, on a computer or a phone.
2. In the sidebar, under **Data**, click **Export**.
3. Click **Request backup**.

You get an email with a link to a .zip of the files stored in your app. The link works for 24 hours.

The backup holds files only, not your records. To keep your records, download each list as CSV.

## Which ones need a computer

A layer's polygons need a computer: the layer's **⋯** button appears when you point at the layer in the legend. Right-clicking a shape also works only on a computer. A list as CSV, and one record's boundary from its page, also work on a phone.

## What you get

- CSV: opens in Excel, Google Sheets or any spreadsheet. It has no boundaries.
- .geojson: boundaries for QGIS, ArcGIS and most GIS software.
- .kml: boundaries for Google Earth.

There is no Shapefile download. [Prepare boundaries for the EUDR or a verifier](https://restorationscope.com/docs/export-boundaries) shows how to turn a .kml or .geojson into one.

To let a funder see your data in the app instead of a file, see [Share your project with a funder or donor](https://restorationscope.com/docs/share-with-funder).