# Provide more controls for exporting projects as CSV **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Ideas\ **Tags:** import-export\ **Created:** [21 January 2023 07:07 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/provide-more-controls-for-exporting-projects-as-csv/313714 "2023-01-21T07:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brandon\_Scheirman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/brandon_scheirman/32/126522_2.png) [@Brandon\_Scheirman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Brandon_Scheirman)\ **Post date:** [21 January 2023 07:07 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/provide-more-controls-for-exporting-projects-as-csv/313714/1 "2023-01-21T07:07:02Z")
When I export projects as CSV, every single custom field always appears in the export, including old custom fields that I’ve since deleted from the project, so long as there are tasks that have values in those fields. I’d love to be able to determine which custom fields appear in the CSV, so I don’t have to do a bunch of cleanup in Excel every time I export. My proposed solution is this: when you click Export \> CSV, a new dialog box pops up with a list of checkboxes representing every column that would normally appear in the CSV export (i.e. all the custom fields I’ve added to the project plus all the default fields like due date, assignee, completion date, etc). I can then check/uncheck the boxes to show only the columns that I want to have in my export. An added bonus would be if I could save a particular set of selections as a “saved custom export” or something so I can just run that instead of checking/unchecking things all over again the next time I want to run the export. ---
**Author:** ![Bastien\_Siebman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bastien_siebman/32/172354_2.png) [@Bastien\_Siebman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bastien_Siebman)\ **Post date:** [21 January 2023 10:13 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/provide-more-controls-for-exporting-projects-as-csv/313714/2 "2023-01-21T10:13:14Z")
My 2 cents: an export should be really verbose and spit out everything it can. It is then your job to clean up and extract what you need. But I’ll upvote your idea 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rebecca\_Bowen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/rebecca_bowen/32/106482_2.png) [@Rebecca\_Bowen](https://forum.asana.com/u/Rebecca_Bowen)\ **Post date:** [16 September 2024 17:08 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/provide-more-controls-for-exporting-projects-as-csv/313714/3 "2024-09-16T17:08:39Z")
Deleting columns is annoying but more annoying for me is that due dates with times do not include the time in the export. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/larry_berger_lpb/32/276017_2.png) [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Post date:** [18 September 2024 04:49 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/provide-more-controls-for-exporting-projects-as-csv/313714/4 "2024-09-18T04:49:01Z")
Both for the topic’s request of configuring output and for due time, see: > [@Download csv file with date and time](https://forum.asana.com/t/download-csv-file-with-date-and-time/26319/12): > > @William_Flow, @anon95884921, @Rebecca_McGrath, FYI, for a workaround, my [Asana2Go](https://www.trilogisoftware.com/asana2go.html) offers both Date/Time Created and Date/Time Completed. More info here and within the linked post: Larry Thanks, Larry ---
**Author:** ![Olivia\_McAuliffe](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Olivia\_McAuliffe](https://forum.asana.com/u/Olivia_McAuliffe)\ **Post date:** [16 January 2025 21:49 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/provide-more-controls-for-exporting-projects-as-csv/313714/5 "2025-01-16T21:49:25Z")
Fully agree here. Not even being able to filter out jobs that are completed is wild - there’s a LOT of data cleanup necessary. I have a staff member who’d like to be able to print their list of tasks, and their options are to receive an overwhelming amount of data that they have to clean up or to take a bunch of screenshots. Not having export options makes Asana seem pretty out of date. ---
**Author:** ![Rebekah\_Fontenot](https://luna1.co/8d76cd.png) [@Rebekah\_Fontenot](https://forum.asana.com/u/Rebekah_Fontenot)\ **Post date:** [21 August 2025 19:47 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/provide-more-controls-for-exporting-projects-as-csv/313714/6 "2025-08-21T19:47:49Z")
You could try creating a new project titled “Completed xyz project tasks”, then write a rule to have completed tasks moved to this other project. Then, you can export only uncompleted tasks.