Title: Export Forms not working
Last modified: November 29, 2016

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# Export Forms not working

 *  Resolved [irncru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irncru/)
 * (@irncru)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-forms-not-working/)
 * After exporting a form I open it in notepad and just get an absolute mess of 
   crap that contains everything except the actual data. You can view an example
   below. The form submissions contain about 5 email addresses, which are nowhere
   to be seen.
 * [https://www.dropbox.com/s/z76ov7t2l1hj1su/TuitionNotification?dl=0](https://www.dropbox.com/s/z76ov7t2l1hj1su/TuitionNotification?dl=0)
 * I tried updating to the latest version in case that fixed it, only for all of
   my forms and settings to completely disappear. I rolled back to 2.9 and got everything
   back, despite the version number now still appearing at 3, so I don’t even know
   what version I have now.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Kyle B. Johnson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kbjohnson90/)
 * (@kbjohnson90)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-forms-not-working/#post-8507843)
 * [@irncru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irncru/) the form export is a compressed
   copy of the form data in a raw format.
 * It sounds like what you are looking for is the Submissions export, which is located
   at Forms -> Submissions. After you select a form, the page will refresh and you
   should see a “Download All Submissions” button at the bottom of the page.
 * If not, I would suggest that you contact support: [http://ninjaforms.com/contact](http://ninjaforms.com/contact)
 *  Thread Starter [irncru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irncru/)
 * (@irncru)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-forms-not-working/#post-8510148)
 * I’m an idiot. Thanks for clarifying.

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 * Last reply from: [irncru](https://wordpress.org/support/users/irncru/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-forms-not-working/#post-8510148)
 * Status: resolved