How to extract or export tasks list to Excel in Outlook?

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2025-04-09

While using Outlook, you can extract the task list to "Excel" for other usage. With the powerful "Export" feature in Outlook, you can easily export your tasks list to "Excel". Please do as below tutorial shows.

Export tasks list to Excel in Outlook

Export tasks list to Excel in Outlook

You can do as follows to export your Outlook tasks list to "Excel".

1. Open the "Import and Export" dialog box.

In "Outlook 2013", click "File" > "Open & Export" > "Import/Export";
In "Outlook 2010", click "File" > "Open" > "Import";
In "Outlook 2007", click "File" > "Import and Export".

2. In the "Import and Export Wizard" dialog box, click "Export to a file", and click the "Next" button.

3. In the first "Export to a File" dialog box, click "Comma Separated Values (Windows)", then click "Next".

4. In the second "Export to a File" dialog box, select the "Tasks" folder under the email account which you want to export to "Excel", then click the "Next" button.

5. Click the "Browse" button in the following "Export to a File" dialog box.

6. In the "Browse" dialog box, you need to:

Select a folder to save the exported file;
Name the file in the "File name" box;
Click the "OK" button.

7. When it returns to the previous "Export to a File" dialog box, click the "Next" button.

8. In the last "Export to a File" dialog box, click the "Finish" button.

9. In the following "Set Date Range" dialog box, enter the date range that you want to extract the tasks and then click the "OK" button.

10. Then the tasks list is successfully exported. Go to the folder where the exported file is saved, and double-click to open it.

After opening the exported file, you can see the tasks list displayed inside.

11. In the opened file window, click "File" > "Save As". In the "Save As" window, select "Excel Workbook" in the "Save as type" drop-down list, and finally click the "Save" button.