Your Trello boards.
In the format you need.

01 · GET STARTED

Your first export

TrelloExport adds its own export command to Trello. Sign in to Trello in Chrome and open a board you can access. The extension uses your existing Trello session; you do not need to enter an API key.

1. Install TrelloExport from the Chrome Web Store. If Trello was already open, reload the board after installation.
2. Open the board menu using the three dots at the top right of the board.
3. Choose “Print, export, and share” and then TrelloExport. Trello’s wording depends on your language and interface version. Older versions place this under “More” or “Print and Export”.
4. Choose Excel in “Export to” and “Current Board” in “Type of export”. Leave the filter empty for an unfiltered export.
5. Click Export and keep the Trello tab open while the extension loads the data. Chrome downloads the file when it is ready.

Close, the × button or Escape dismisses the dialog. Clicking Export closes the dialog and starts loading; its disappearance does not mean the download is already finished. Exporting reads your board data without moving or editing cards.

02 · OUTPUT

Choose a format

Use the Export to dropdown to choose one of five formats. A spreadsheet and a document present the same board differently; select the format before adjusting the options underneath.

Downloads use a timestamped name beginning with TrelloExport_. Look in Chrome’s Downloads if no “Save as” dialog appears. An export is a snapshot of the selected data, not a live connection or a Trello restore file.

03 · SCOPE

Export boards, lists or individual cards

Type of export decides where the data comes from. Wait for the selection controls to load before exporting.

Current Board

Export the board you are viewing, subject to the filter and archived-item setting.

Select Lists in current Board

Choose one or more lists from the selector that appears. Only cards in those lists are considered.

Multiple Boards

Choose one or more accessible boards. The extension loads the board choices from your Trello account, including available workspaces. Filters still apply to the selected boards.

Select cards in a list

First select one list. Wait for its cards to load, then select one or more cards from the second selector.

These are native multiple-selection lists: use ⌘ on macOS or Ctrl on Windows/Linux while clicking to choose separate entries; use Shift for a range. Make an explicit selection before clicking Export.

04 · CONTENT

Choose which data to include

The Export checkboxes control additional data. Enable only what you need: comments, checklist history and custom fields can require extra requests and make large exports slower.

Archived items

Include archived lists and cards in the chosen scope. Leave it unchecked for active items only. In Excel, archived items appear in “Archived lists and cards”.

Comments

Include card comments with the available author and date information. For spreadsheets, also keep the Comments column selected.

Checklists

Include checklists and their items. This also enables the “Checklist item” row option for Excel and CSV. Completion details depend on the history available from Trello.

Attachments

Include attachment information and URLs. This does not download every attached file into a backup folder. Private links can still require Trello access.

Custom Fields

Load the board’s custom field definitions and card values. In spreadsheets, confirm that the additional field columns are selected after enabling this option. For multiple boards, field definitions can differ: verify a sample or export boards separately when their schemas do not match.

The selected format determines how these details are displayed. HTML depends on its template; selecting a field does not force a custom template to render it. Empty source fields remain empty in the export.

05 · TABLES

Excel and CSV: rows and columns

One row per each

• Card: a compact report with each card’s members, labels and checklist details grouped into cells.
• Checklist item: repeat card information for each checklist item. Enable Checklists first. Additional columns cover checklist and item names, completion status, completion date and person, item due date, assigned member ID/name and item state.
• Label: repeat the card for its labels, using a singular Label column. Useful for grouping or counting by label.
• Member: repeat the card for its members, using a singular Member column. Useful for assignment reports.

Expanded layouts can produce several rows for one card. Count distinct card links or card numbers when you need a card count rather than a row count.

Export columns

Open the button beside Export columns and check the fields you want. Select all selects or clears the full set. The available columns change with the row layout and Custom Fields option.

Two controls work together: keep the relevant checkbox enabled under Export and select its column. A selected Comments, Checklists or Attachments column alone does not enable that data.

Excel cells are limited to 32,767 characters, so exceptionally long descriptions or combined comments can be truncated. After opening the workbook, adjust column widths and enable Wrap Text. CSV is comma-separated UTF-8 text; import it explicitly with that delimiter and encoding if your spreadsheet’s regional defaults differ. CSV output flattens line breaks and replaces double quotation marks in cell text, so choose Excel or Markdown when preserving text formatting matters.

06 · REFINE

Filters and completion settings

Filter by list, label or card name

Select On List name, On Label name or On card name, then enter one or more comma-separated search terms. Matching is case-insensitive and checks whether the name contains the term. Leave the box empty to apply no name filter.

• Enable AND filter unchecked: accept a match for any term (OR). For example, list names containing Done or Completed match Done,Completed.
• Enable AND filter checked: require every term. A card-name filter release,2026 matches a title containing both words.

The dropdown selects one name category at a time; the text box is not a regular expression or a Trello search query. A filter narrows your chosen export scope. Cards without labels do not match a label-name filter.

Done lists name

Enter the list-name text used to recognise completion, such as Done or Done,Completed. Matching ignores case and uses contained text. Leaving the field empty falls back to Done.

The extension looks for moves into a matching list to derive Done (when), DoneBy (who moved it) and DoneTime (elapsed time from creation to completion, represented as an ISO-style duration). This is separate from Trello’s Due Complete flag. It is not a measurement of time spent in every list; missing or unavailable activity history can leave these values blank.

07 · DOCUMENTS

Markdown and OPML

Markdown

Choose Markdown for a text document with board, list and card headings. Enable Comments, Checklists and Attachments as needed. Two additional options appear:

• Export card info (created, createdby): include the card’s creation date and creator.
• Show attachment images: render recognised image attachments as inline Markdown images. Enable Attachments too. Other attachments remain links.

Open the downloaded .md file in a Markdown editor or viewer. Inline images reference attachment URLs rather than embedding the image files; access and network availability still matter.

OPML

Choose OPML to import the board’s hierarchy into a compatible outliner. Board → list → card forms the main structure; selected checklists, comments and attachments become additional outline entries. Card descriptions and available date/person information are stored as notes or attributes. Import support varies, so try one small list before exporting a large workspace.

08 · PRESENTATION

HTML reports and Twig templates

Choose HTML to reveal Rendering Options. Unlike a spreadsheet, the downloaded page’s layout and displayed fields are controlled by its Twig template.

Stylesheet

The URL of the CSS used by the exported page. A template’s own CSS setting takes precedence when supplied. For a file you intend to share, use a publicly accessible HTTPS stylesheet.

Template set

The URL of a JSON template catalogue. The default is https://www.trapias.it/assets/TrelloExport/templates.json. Change the field and move focus away to load the catalogue; wait for the template choices to update. Clear the field to use local templates in the current dialog.

Template

Select the layout to use. Bundled choices are Default HTML, Bibliography HTML, Newsletter with buttons HTML and Newsletter with links HTML. Remote catalogues may provide different choices.

Default HTML is a general board report. Bibliography HTML is intended for reference collections and includes DOI linking. The two Newsletter layouts offer different link presentations. The screenshot shows the built-in choices, not a guarantee that every remote catalogue has the same contents.

{
  "templates": [
    {
      "name": "team-report",
      "description": "Team report",
      "url": "https://example.com/report.twig",
      "css": "https://example.com/report.css"
    }
  ]
}

09 · PREFERENCES

Saved settings and reset

TrelloExport remembers selected settings in the browser’s local storage for Trello: export format and type, Done list names, selected spreadsheet columns, the Custom Fields preference, template choices/catalogue and external CSS settings. Some preferences save as soon as you change them; others save when you click Export.

Do not assume that all checkboxes, filters or item selections persist. Review them each time, especially after switching board or export scope.

Advanced → Clean LocalStorage clears the extension’s saved preferences. Use it when an old column selection or template setting causes unexpected results, then close and reopen the dialog and configure your export again. It does not delete Trello boards or cards.

10 · PUT IT TO WORK

Three useful export recipes

11 · HELP

Troubleshooting

Need more help? Browse the Wiki or release notes. When reporting a problem, include the extension version, file format, export scope and enabled options, plus any error message. Remove private board data from screenshots and sample files.