Exporting entries

The Day One team is passionate about keeping your journal data yours to use how and where you want. To this end, we’ve created several options for exporting your entries from both the Mac and iOS versions of Day One. While the Web App and Windows App only support JSON. Day One Android currently supports exporting to PDF or JSON. Here is a brief overview of each export file format:

• PDF: PDF exports include formatted text and photos inline in each entry. See here for a list of supported page sizes. This format is great for easy, human-readable access to your entries. It’s also good for printing your entries or easily searching them.
• JSON (Day One 2.x and later): This format is best for re-importing archived data to Day One. JSON exports can only be imported, read, and searched in Day One and other apps that support Day One JSON files. The exported zip file includes a .json file with all your selected entries and you can optionally include media, which will be organized into photos, videos, audios, and pdfs folders. Learn more about JSON.
• Plain Text: This exports a zip file that contains a single text file with all your selected entries. Photos are not included, nor are references to photos at this time.
• CSV Export (iOS only at this time): The CSV export currently contains entry text and the date.

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Day One

iOS

1. Go to Day One > Settings > Import/Export.
2. Select the journal you wish to export.
3. Set your desired date range.
4. If you want to export only entries with a specific tag, toggle on Only Tagged Entries, then select the tags you want.
5. There are additional PDF settings that can be selected.
6. Choose the export format you want. (See above for an explanation of each file format.)

When the Export file is ready, the share extension window will appear to provide options to save the file.

Here are details about exporting to PDF with the additional formatting settings.

You can also swipe on entries in the List view and tap the More button to see the option to share. Or use the multi-select tool to export several selected entries.

macOS

If you want to export all journals and entries:

1. Go to File > Export.
2. Choose the file format you want to export (PDF, JSON, or Plain Text / Markdown) and follow any additional on-screen prompts and dialogs for completing your export. (See above for an explanation of each file format.). PDF exports have the following options:

If you want to export a single journal: 

1. Right-click (control+click) on a journal in the journal pane.
2. Choose Export > and the format you want to use.

If you want to export specific entries:

1. Select the entries in the List using Command+click
2. Right-click on one of the selected entries.
3. Choose Export > and the format you want to use.  

You can also filter entries before exporting, to export only those entries included in the filter.

Entries can be filtered by the following values:

• Photo
• Audio
• Video
• PDF
• Place
• Favorite
• Tags
• Untagged
• Date (specific years only)
• Checklist
• Published
• Activity
• Music
• On This Day

Note: While you can filter by Date to export specific year(s), there isn’t currently a way to export a specific date range.

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Android

Before starting any exports, we recommend going to Day One > Settings > Sync > Verify that “Optimize Local Media Storage” is turned off, then wait for sync to finish downloading your media. This will be to ensure that all your full-resolution images are included in the export.

If you want to export all journals and entries:

1. Go to Settings > Import/Export
2. Choose either Export JSON or Export PDF
3. After the export completes, choose whether to share the file or save it to the Day One system folder.

If you want to export a single journal: 

1. Go to Settings > Journals
2. Open the journal you would like to export
3. Tap Export Journal
4. Select the format you want to use.
5. After the export completes, choose whether to share the file or save it to the Day One system folder.

If you want to export a single entry:

1. Long-press on an entry in the List view
2. Select Export and choose where to send the entry

Web App

With the latest release for Day One on the web, we’re introducing new export tools. Please note that the web app only supports exporting your entire journal, not single entries. To export, navigate to Journal Settings → Export Journal to create a Day One JSON export of your complete journal. If your journal contains media that hasn’t been downloaded locally, you’ll be prompted to download it first. As with importing, you can monitor progress and pause the export process at any time.

Windows App

The Windows app only supports exporting your entire journal, not single entries. To create a Day One JSON export:

1. Select the journal you wish to export.

2. Select Edit Journal > Journal Settings. 

3. Select Export Journal.

4. Select Export Journal JSON File.

5. Select “Include media”, then choose Download now OR Continue Export. If your journal contains media that hasn’t been downloaded locally, you’ll be prompted to download it first.

6. Or select “Export without media”.

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PDF Export Page Sizes

iOS and Mac

The following page sizes are available for the iOS and Mac apps when exporting entries in PDF format:

• 8.5 X 11 inches (Letter)
• 5.5 X 8.5 inches (A3)
• 8.3 X 11.7 inches (A4)

Android

The available page sizes for the Android app vary depending on the export method you choose. If you choose the Save as PDF option, you will be able to choose the following file sizes:

• Letter
• A3
• A4
• And more.

If you choose to print the PDF export file from the app, the available page sizes depend on the printer you choose. Please check with your printer manufacturer for the list of paper sizes supported.