# Exporting a Taxonomy

### About this export

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| **content_type** | lesson |
| **platform** | contentstack-academy |
| **source_url** | https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/taxonomy-foundations/exporting-a-taxonomy |
| **course_slug** | taxonomy-foundations |
| **lesson_slug** | exporting-a-taxonomy |
| **markdown_file_url** | /academy/md/courses/taxonomy-foundations/exporting-a-taxonomy.md |
| **generated_at** | 2026-04-28T06:55:49.197Z |

> Part of **[Taxonomy Foundations](https://www.contentstack.com/academy/courses/taxonomy-foundations)** on Contentstack Academy. **Academy MD v3** — structured for retrieval; no quiz or assessment keys.

<!-- ai_metadata: {"lesson_id":"13","type":"text","duration_minutes":1,"topics":["Exporting","Taxonomy"]} -->

#### Lesson text

With Contentstack, you can easily export a taxonomy in a JSON or CSV file.

To export a taxonomy, log in to your [Contentstack account](https://www.contentstack.com/login) and perform the following steps:

1.  Go to your [stack](https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/set-up-stack/about-stack) where you want to export a taxonomy, navigate to the “Settings” icon (press “S”) on the left navigation panel, and select **Taxonomy**.
    
2.  Select the taxonomy you want to export and click the “ellipsis” (three dots) in the **Actions** column.
    
3.  Choose the file format for exporting your taxonomy by selecting either **Export as JSON** or **CSV**.
    

![export.png](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltdd5f3916194f4ddc/66490bbadda14b0548dff606/export.png)This will download your taxonomy's JSON or CSV file and save it to your local storage system.

#### Key takeaways

- Connect **Exporting a Taxonomy** back to your stack configuration before moving to the next module.
- Capture one concrete artifact (screenshot, Postman call, or code snippet) that proves the step works in your environment.
- Re-read the delivery versus management boundary for anything you changed in the entry model.

## Supplement for indexing

### Content summary

Exporting a Taxonomy. With Contentstack, you can easily export a taxonomy in a JSON or CSV file. To export a taxonomy, log in to your Contentstack account (https://www.contentstack.com/login) and perform the following steps: 1. Go to your stack (https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/set-up-stack/about-stack) where you want to export a taxonomy, navigate to the “Settings” icon (press “S”) on the left navigation panel, and select Taxonomy . 2. Select the taxonomy you want to export and click the “ellipsis” (three dots) in the Actions column. 3. Choose the file format for exporting your taxonomy by selecting either Export as JSON or CSV . ! export.png (https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6

### Retrieval tags

- Exporting
- Taxonomy
- taxonomy-foundations
- lesson 13
- Exporting a Taxonomy
- taxonomy-foundations lesson

### Indexing notes

Index this lesson as a primary chunk tagged with lesson_id "13" and topics: [Exporting, Taxonomy].
Parent course slug: taxonomy-foundations. Use asset_references URLs as thumbnail hints in search results when present.
Never surface LMS quiz content or assessment answers from this file.

### Asset references

| Label | URL |
| --- | --- |
| export.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltdd5f3916194f4ddc/66490bbadda14b0548dff606/export.png` |

### External links

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| --- | --- |
| Contentstack Academy home | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/` |
| Training instance setup | `https://www.contentstack.com/academy/training-instance` |
| Academy playground (GitHub) | `https://github.com/contentstack/contentstack-academy-playground` |
| Contentstack documentation | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/` |
| Contentstack account | `https://www.contentstack.com/login` |
| stack | `https://www.contentstack.com/docs/developers/set-up-stack/about-stack` |
| export.png | `https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltebc53cfaf0dd6403/bltdd5f3916194f4ddc/66490bbadda14b0548dff606/export.png` |