# User posts export as csv or text

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-posts-export-as-csv-or-text/273232>\
**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Tags:** sql-query\
**Created:** [July 29, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-posts-export-as-csv-or-text/273232 "2023-07-29T15:34:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-posts-export-as-csv-or-text/273232/3 "2023-07-29T16:16:15Z")

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A user can request a full copy of their posts and other data in CSV format via the Export Your Data section of Preferences.

For example here on meta it’s at:

[https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/account](https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/account)

System will message them with a link to a zip file. The `user_archive.csv` contains the post data.

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