How to Export Quizlet Sets and Move Them to Another App

You can export a Quizlet set you created by copying its text out in a tab-separated format and saving it as a CSV. Quizlet's export covers the front and back text of your own sets; it does not include study progress, images, audio, or the sets other people shared with you.

Short answer

• Quizlet's export is text-only: term and definition fields, nothing else.
• You can only export sets you created, not ones you only studied or saved from someone else.
• Study progress, star ratings, and Quizlet's own study-mode stats don't travel with the export.
• Images and audio attached to cards are not included in the text export.
• Save the exported text as a CSV before you do anything else with it.

Can you export a Quizlet set?

Yes, for sets you created yourself. Quizlet's export produces the term and definition text of each card, arranged in rows with a separator between the two fields, which you can copy out and save as a plain text or CSV file. Quizlet does not offer a packaged export format comparable to an .apkg — what you get is the readable text of your set, not a structured file with study history attached.

Sets you only studied, favorited, or joined from someone else's class are a different case. Quizlet's export applies to sets you own; if you don't have edit access to a set, you generally can't pull its text out through this path. If you rely on a shared set, check with whoever created it or rebuild the cards you actually need from what you can see on screen.

What actually leaves Quizlet when you export

Before exporting, it helps to know exactly what's in the file you're about to get, so you don't assume more survived than actually did.

Treat the export as a rescue of your card content, not a full backup of your Quizlet activity. That's a real limitation worth planning around, not a reason to skip the export — most of what people actually want to keep is the term/definition pairs themselves.

Step by step: get your set out as text

1. Open the set you created and find the export or text view option Quizlet currently exposes for the set — Quizlet's own interface is the authoritative source for the exact menu wording at any given time, since that's under the vendor's control, not something a guide can freeze.
2. Choose a tab as the separator between term and definition if you're offered a choice; tabs are less likely to appear inside your own card text than commas, which reduces the chance of a field getting split in the wrong place.
3. Choose a new line as the separator between cards.
4. Copy the resulting text block in full.
5. Paste it into a plain text editor first, not directly into a spreadsheet, so you can check for obviously broken rows before converting anything.

Turning that text into an importable file

Once you have the raw text, save it as a proper CSV so any importer can read it reliably.

1. Open the plain text file in a spreadsheet application.
2. Split it into two columns using the tab character as the delimiter if it isn't already split.
3. Add a header row if your destination importer expects one — "front" and "back" is a safe, generic pair of column names.
4. Check a few rows for text that contains a stray comma or tab from your original card content, since that's the most common way a plain-text export breaks during conversion.
5. Save the file as CSV, not as your spreadsheet program's native format.

StudyDaily accepts CSV import for exactly this kind of text-first rescue, and it also exports .apkg and CSV afterward, so the set you moved isn't locked into a second proprietary format once it arrives. Open StudyDaily in your browser to test the CSV before committing to a full migration — reviewing doesn't require an account.

What does not survive the move

Say this once and plan around it rather than re-checking it after every set: a Quizlet text export carries your card content and nothing about how well you knew each card. Any study progress you had in Quizlet starts over in the destination, on a clean schedule. Images and audio attached to cards are not part of the text export, so cards that depended on a picture need to be rebuilt or supplemented by hand.

If a set matters enough that losing the images would hurt, check each card before you finish the move rather than after, while you can still go back to the original in Quizlet and re-copy anything missing.

For the general checklist of what a migration typically drops, see what survives a flashcard migration. For saving your Quizlet text somewhere safe before you touch anything else, see make a verified backup before switching.

Importing and testing the moved set

Import a small portion of the CSV first rather than the whole set, and check three specific things: that the front and back landed in the right fields, that no row got split incorrectly by a stray comma or tab, and that any formatting you cared about (line breaks inside a definition, for example) came through as expected.

If the small test looks right, import the rest. If a field is shifted or mixed up, fix the source CSV rather than importing again and hoping the result is different — a broken column mapping repeats itself identically on a second attempt.

For the full pillar-level view of moving decks between tools, see move flashcards without starting over.

What should you do next?

Export the text of one Quizlet set you actually use, save it as CSV, and import a small sample before touching the rest of your sets.

• Export term/definition text for sets you created, not ones you only studied.
• Save the raw export as plain text before converting it to CSV.
• Expect to rebuild images, audio, and study progress separately.
• Test a small import before moving the full set.
• Keep the original CSV as your open, reusable copy going forward.

Questions people ask

Does Quizlet export to CSV directly?

Quizlet produces plain text with a separator between term and definition, which you convert into a CSV yourself by pasting it into a spreadsheet and saving in that format. There isn't a one-click .apkg-style package export.

Can I export a Quizlet set I didn't create?

Generally no. Quizlet's text export applies to sets you own and can edit. For a set you only studied or saved from someone else, you'd need to rebuild the cards from what's visible on screen or ask the creator for the content.

What happens to my Quizlet study progress when I export?

It doesn't transfer. The text export contains only term and definition fields, so any destination app starts those cards on a fresh schedule rather than continuing where Quizlet's study modes left off.

Will my images and audio come with the export?

No. Quizlet's export is text-only, so images and audio attached to cards need to be re-added manually in the destination if they matter to your study.

Sources used for this guide

Quizlet's export behavior described here — text-only output for user-created sets, no media, no portable study progress — reflects the product's own documented export mechanism as of this guide's 29 June 2026 publication date; Quizlet's interface is the current source for exact menu wording. StudyDaily's import and export claims come from the product feature registry and this repository's importer tests.

Quizlet is a registered trademark of its respective owner. StudyDaily is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Quizlet. The product name is used here only to describe compatibility and to compare features.