Export Your Data
Download a full JSON copy of your contacts, notes, tags, and introductions — any time, no gating.
Overview
Remy is your data, not Remy's. You can download a full machine-readable copy of everything you've put in — contacts, notes, tags, and "introduced by" links — at any time, with no upgrade required.
The export lives at Settings → Data → Export. Click once and the file downloads.
What's Included
The export contains every record currently visible in your account.
| Type | What's exported |
|---|---|
| Contacts | Names, emails, phones, companies, photos, birthdays, tags, and the "introduced by" link. Both Google-sourced and manual contacts are included, marked by source. |
| Notes | Every note body, its timestamp (occurredAt), and the contact it belongs to. |
| Tags | Every tag you've created, with the list of contacts each is applied to. |
| Introductions | The link from each contact to its introducer. The reverse view is computed from these forward links — it's not stored separately. |
Deleted notes (within the 30-day window before they're permanently erased) and deleted contacts are not included — only what's currently active in your contact book.
What's Not Included
A few things that are technically about your account aren't in the export:
- The Activity Log itself. Your activity history is visible in Activity Log in the sidebar but is not part of the JSON export today.
- Account metadata — your email, password hash, sessions, 2FA secrets, billing history, API keys.
- Google's underlying records. Identity fields on Google-sourced contacts come from Google; the export captures their current values but does not include Google's own audit trail.
Activity Log isn't in the export
If you need a record of what happened on your account over time — sync runs, contact edits, deletions — read it from the Activity Log directly. Export of the log is on the roadmap.
Format
The export is a single JSON file with a top-level object containing arrays for contacts, notes, tags, and intros. The shape is stable enough to script against — you can pipe it through jq, load it into a spreadsheet, or feed it to your own tooling.
A CSV format is also offered through the REST API export endpoint for tooling that prefers tabular data.
What Gets Logged
Every export is recorded in your Activity Log as Data Exported, including the format requested. Useful when you want to see when you last took a backup or audit who pulled the data (you can tell dashboard exports from API-key exports by the authMethod on the entry).
When to Export
A few practical moments worth a periodic export:
- Before any destructive action (clearing data, deleting your account, large bulk operations).
- As a routine backup — weekly or monthly, depending on how much you write.
- When migrating tools — if you're trying out an alternative or returning to a different setup, the export is your full data set.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a limit on export size?
No fixed limit. Practical limits depend on your contact count and note volume — the file is one synchronous response, so very large accounts may take a few seconds.
Can I import this back into Remy?
Not today. The export is one-way (out). Restoring a previous export into a clean Remy account is a manual process via the REST API. An import path is on the roadmap.
Can I export a subset of my data?
The dashboard export is full-account. The REST API exposes individual resources (contacts, notes) if you need narrower slices.
Does the export include deleted notes within the 30-day window?
No. The export reflects what you currently see in your contact book — deleted notes are not included even though they're technically still in storage. If you need to recover a recently deleted note, the Undo toast right after deletion is the only in-product path. See Notes.