# How to export your TickTick data *Last updated 2026-09-22 · Matthew Blode* TickTick export only works in the web app under Settings, Account, Backup and Import. Why mobile cannot back up, and what to check before you switch. ## The short answer > TickTick backs up from the web app only. Click your avatar in the top left, then Settings, Account, Backup and Import, and choose Generate Backup. The same screen imports a backup back into any TickTick account, which is also how TickTick documents merging two accounts. Neither iOS nor Android can generate a backup. ## Key takeaways - TickTick generates backups from the web app only, not iOS or Android. - The backup path is avatar, Settings, Account, Backup and Import. - The same screen restores a backup, which is how TickTick merges two accounts. - Importing from other apps sits under Integrations and Import, a separate screen. - Done Bear imports a TickTick backup CSV and shows a preview before anything is written. --- TickTick exports only from its web app. Click your avatar in the top left, open Settings, then Account, then Backup and Import, and choose Generate Backup. The iPhone and Android apps cannot make a backup, so someone who uses TickTick only on a phone needs a browser for this one step. ## Where TickTick keeps its backup TickTick calls its export a backup, and it lives in one place: the web app. The [Backup and Import documentation](https://help.ticktick.com/articles/7055781405648748544) puts it behind your avatar in the top left corner, under Settings, then Account, then Backup and Import. That single screen does three jobs: it generates a backup of your data, imports a backup back in, and is the entry point for pulling tasks in from other applications. Knowing all three sit together saves hunting through the mobile settings for something that is not there. ## Use the web app, not your phone Generate the backup at www.ticktick.com, signed into the account you want to copy. TickTick documents the backup flow on the web version specifically. The mobile apps have an import screen, so it is easy to assume the reverse exists somewhere nearby, and it does not. If you only ever use TickTick on a phone, this is the step that requires opening a browser. Do this before you need it. A backup you generate while deciding whether to switch costs a minute. One you go looking for after cancelling a subscription may not be available on the same terms. ## Generate the backup Click your avatar in the top left corner, open Settings, choose Account, then Backup and Import, then Generate Backup. The file downloads to your machine. Keep it somewhere you will find it again. TickTick's backup is a point-in-time copy with no link back to your account, so a backup taken today knows nothing about a task you add tomorrow. If your move takes a fortnight, take a fresh backup at the end of it. ## Import a backup into another TickTick account The same screen imports. Sign into the destination account, go to Backup and Import, and choose to import the backup file. This is the route TickTick documents for merging two accounts, which is worth knowing for a case people hit often: a personal account and a work account that should have been one account. Generate from the first, import into the second. Nothing is removed from the source, so the original stays intact while you check the result. ## Know where third-party imports live Importing from another app is a separate screen: Settings, then Integrations and Import. The platforms differ, and the [import documentation](https://help.ticktick.com/articles/7055781474263367680) is specific. On the web you can upload backup files from Todoist, Microsoft To Do, Wunderlist, OmniFocus, Toodledo and iCal. On iOS you can import Reminders, Todoist and Microsoft To Do directly. On Android the direct list covers Todoist, Microsoft To Do and Any.do. Anything beyond those has to be done on the web. This matters in both directions. If you are moving _into_ TickTick, the mobile route may be enough. If you are moving _out_, none of it helps. ## Work out which direction you are going The two screens exist because TickTick treats moving in and moving out as different problems, and it is much better equipped for one of them. | What you want | Where it lives | Works on | | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------- | | A copy of your own data | Settings, Account, Backup and Import | Web only | | Restore or merge accounts | Settings, Account, Backup and Import | Web only | | Pull in from another app | Settings, Integrations and Import | Web, plus a short list on mobile | Every row in the table that produces a file is web-only, and the mobile apps only ever accept data. If you have been using TickTick entirely on a phone for three years, nothing you have done so far has involved the screen you now need. ## Check the backup before you rely on it Open the file and look for the parts of your system that are hardest to rebuild. Find one recurring task, one task with a long note, one with subtasks, and one you completed last month. Recurrence rules and completed history are the two things most likely to be thin in any task manager's export, and both are expensive to reconstruct by hand. Confirm they are present before you delete anything or let a subscription lapse. If something is missing, you still have the account, and you can screenshot or copy the affected items out by hand before anything lapses. That is why you check while the account is still live. ## What to do with the exported file Keep the backup even after a successful move. It is the only copy of your TickTick history once the account goes, and it costs nothing to store. Then decide what needs to travel. A migration is a good moment to delete years of dead someday items, because the alternative is carrying them into a new system. You can move far less than you export. A reasonable cut: everything with a date in the next month, every project you have touched this quarter, and nothing else. Anything older is reference material, and the backup file is a better home for it than a list you have to scroll past every morning. ## How Done Bear helps a TickTick move Done Bear is a GTD task manager with five fixed views, not a calendar and not a habit tracker. TickTick bundles a calendar, a Pomodoro timer and habits. Done Bear does one job, so compare scope before you compare features. - Tasks live on the device and sync in the background, so views open with no network round trip. - The same list runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS and the [web](/web). - A [CLI](/docs/cli) and a [GraphQL API](/docs/api) let scripts read and change the same list. - A hosted [MCP server](/docs/mcp) lets an AI assistant triage the list once it arrives. **When you might not need this:** if you use TickTick's calendar view, Pomodoro timer or habit tracking, moving to Done Bear means losing them and adding separate tools. That is a real cost, and the [comparison page](/ticktick-alternative) states which side of it you are on. In Done Bear on the web, open Settings, then Import, choose TickTick, and upload the backup CSV. The preview shows what will be created before you confirm. Checklist-style tasks become a single task with the items in its description, so check that trade-off before importing. Done Bear is free up to 250 tasks with no credit card, so review the import size and judge the fit before moving the rest. ## Frequently asked questions ### Can I back up TickTick from the iPhone app? No. TickTick documents backup generation on the web version only, reached by clicking your avatar in the top left corner. The mobile apps can import from a few named services, but neither iOS nor Android can produce a backup file of your own account. ### Where is the backup option in TickTick? Click your avatar in the top left corner of the web app, then go to Settings, then Account, then Backup and Import. That one screen generates backups, imports an existing backup, and is the starting point TickTick documents for moving data between accounts. ### How do I merge two TickTick accounts? Through the same screen. Generate a backup from the first account, then sign into the second and import that backup. TickTick’s Backup and Import screen supports both halves, so no separate merge tool is involved and nothing is deleted from the source account. ### Why is importing from other apps on a different screen? Because TickTick separates the two. Your own backups live under Settings, Account, Backup and Import, while third-party imports sit under Settings, Integrations and Import. The web version accepts the widest range there, including Todoist, Microsoft To Do, Wunderlist, OmniFocus, Toodledo and iCal. ### Can I import TickTick into Done Bear? Yes. In Done Bear on the web, open Settings, then Import, choose TickTick, and upload the backup CSV. Review the preview before confirming. Checklist-style tasks become one task with their items in its description, so check a task with a checklist before moving the rest of your work. ## Where this information comes from - [TickTick, Backup and Import (backups are generated on the web version via avatar, Settings, Account, Backup and Import, where you can also import existing backups and tasks from other applications)](https://help.ticktick.com/articles/7055781405648748544) - [TickTick, Backup and Import (third-party imports sit under Settings, Integrations and Import, and the web version accepts Todoist, Microsoft To Do, Wunderlist, OmniFocus, Toodledo and iCal)](https://help.ticktick.com/articles/7055781474263367680) --- Every Done Bear page is listed at https://donebear.com/llms.txt. Any page has a markdown copy at its URL plus `.md`. Start from the map rather than guessing a path.