---
title: "Export your library to CSV"
slug: "/help/account/library/export-library-csv"
tags: ["library","export","csv","admin","audit","governance","templates","demos","playlists"]
topic: "library"
description: "Admins can export the entire Walnut library — every demo, template, and playlist, active and archived — to a single CSV for content audits, ownership reviews, and library reorgs."
product: "account"
last_updated: "2026-08-02T13:32:24.931Z"
---

## **Overview**

**Library CSV Export** lets Admins pull the entire company library — every demo, template, and playlist — into a single CSV file in one click.

Instead of clicking through items one at a time to check who owns what, when it was last touched, or which items are still active, you get one spreadsheet you can sort, filter, and share.

**Why this matters:**
Once a library grows past a few hundred items, the questions that matter most — *what is stale? who owns this? what can we archive?* — are spreadsheet questions. Exporting the library turns a manual audit into a five-minute filter.

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## **Before You Start**

**Role access:** **Admin** only. 🔑 [Learn more about Roles & Permissions](/help/account/users/roles-and-permissions).

**Scope:** The export covers the **whole company library**, not just your personal library — including both **active** and **archived** items.

**Location:** Walnut **Library**.

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## **What's in the Export**

The CSV contains one row per library item, with metadata for each:

**Item type** — demo, template, or playlist

**Owner** — the user the item belongs to

**Created date** and **last modified date**

**Status** — active or archived

**Tags** — the [tags](/help/account/library/demo-and-template-tags) applied to the item

**Collaborators** — users with [collaborator access](/help/account/users/collaborator-access) on the item

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## **Quick Start Guide**

Navigate to your **Walnut Library**.

Open the **three-dot menu** in the library header.

Select the **Export** option. The CSV is generated and downloaded to your machine.

Open the file in Excel, Google Sheets, or your tool of choice.

**Pro tip:** Sort by **last modified date** ascending to surface the oldest untouched content first — that list is usually the fastest path to a cleaner library.

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## **What Teams Use It For**

### **1. Content Audits**

Filter by last modified date to find demos and templates that have gone stale, then decide what to refresh, archive, or delete. Pair this with [**Scale your workspace**](/help/account/scale-workspace) for the wider governance workflow.

### **2. Ownership Reviews**

Group by owner to see how content is distributed across the team — and to catch orphaned items belonging to users who have left.

### **3. Planning a Library Reorg**

Before restructuring into [**subfolders**](/help/account/library/subfolders-library) or reworking your [**tagging scheme**](/help/account/library/demo-and-template-tags), export first. Mapping the current state in a spreadsheet is far faster than clicking through the UI, and it gives you a snapshot to compare against afterward.

### **4. Reporting Outside Walnut**

Share a point-in-time view of library health with leadership, or feed the data into your own reporting without needing API access.

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## **FAQs**

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**Does the export include archived items?**

Yes. Both active and archived items appear in the file, with a status column so you can filter between them.

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**Can non-Admins export the library?**

No. Library CSV Export is Admin-only, because it covers the full company library rather than an individual user's content.

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**Does the export include engagement or analytics data?**

No. The CSV covers library metadata — ownership, dates, status, tags, and collaborators. For engagement data, use [**Insights**](/help/playlists/insights) or the [**Walnut API**](/help/api).

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## **Summary**

Library CSV Export gives Admins a single, complete snapshot of every demo, template, and playlist in the workspace, with the metadata needed to audit it.

It is most useful at the moments when the library itself is the problem — before a reorg, during an ownership review, or when you need to figure out what can safely be archived.

**Final Takeaway:**
You cannot clean up a library you cannot see. One export turns "we should really audit this" into a sortable list you can act on the same day.