--- title: How to export your Shopify change history | Actorly description: On Actorly Restore, build a CSV or JSON file of your store's change history from the Data room: pick a date range, a record type and a level of detail. canonical: https://actorly.app/docs/data-and-privacy/export-your-history --- [Home](https://actorly.app/)[Docs](https://actorly.app/docs)[Data and privacy](https://actorly.app/docs/data-and-privacy) Exporting # Export your Shopify change history. On the Restore plan, build a CSV or JSON file of your change history from the Data room: choose what to export, a date range, a type of record and a level of detail. Actorly builds it in the background. Last updated October 14, 2026 ## Build an export in six steps. 1 **Open the Data room.** Go to Export. 2 **Choose what to export.** Change history (every recorded change) or Current items (one row per item, with its current values). 3 **Narrow it.** Pick a From and To date and a resource type, or every type. Choose whether to include deleted items. 4 **Choose how much detail.** Pick one of the three levels below. 5 **Choose a file type.** CSV for a spreadsheet, or JSON for another system. Choose Build export. 6 **Download it.** Actorly builds the file in the background, so you can leave the page. When it says Ready, choose Download. ## Three levels of detail. **Basics** What changed, when, and who: resource, field, the value before and after, and how sure Actorly is about the person. **Basics, plus IDs** Everything in Basics, plus the ids Actorly stores, and whether the field can be put back. **Everything, including audit evidence** Everything above, plus the evidence Actorly kept for each change. Fields Actorly treats as protected are marked rather than written out. ## Good to know. - Export is part of Actorly Restore. On Actorly Watch, you can always read your history in the app; downloading it as a file is on Restore. - An export file is deleted 3 days after it is built. - An export holds only the history Actorly still has. History removed under a plan's history window cannot be brought back. ## Questions. ### Is export on the free plan? No. Export is on Actorly Restore, $29 a month or $240 a year. Actorly Watch keeps your history readable in the app. ### How long can I download an export? Actorly deletes an export file 3 days after it is built. Build another if you need it again. ### Does an export include who made each change? Yes, with how sure Actorly is, or Unknown. The name and confidence word travel together. Ask an AI to summarise [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/?q=Summarise%20this%20Actorly%20help%20article%20for%20a%20Shopify%20merchant%3A%20the%20key%20points%20and%20the%20practical%20steps%2C%20in%20your%20own%20words.%20Title%3A%20%22How%20to%20export%20your%20Shopify%20change%20history%22.%20Source%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Factorly.app%2Fdocs%2Fdata-and-privacy%2Fexport-your-history%20%28cite%20it%20for%20anything%20you%20take%20from%20it%29.)[Claude](https://claude.ai/new?q=Summarise%20this%20Actorly%20help%20article%20for%20a%20Shopify%20merchant%3A%20the%20key%20points%20and%20the%20practical%20steps%2C%20in%20your%20own%20words.%20Title%3A%20%22How%20to%20export%20your%20Shopify%20change%20history%22.%20Source%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Factorly.app%2Fdocs%2Fdata-and-privacy%2Fexport-your-history%20%28cite%20it%20for%20anything%20you%20take%20from%20it%29.)[Gemini](https://gemini.google.com/app)[Perplexity](https://www.perplexity.ai/search?q=Summarise%20this%20Actorly%20help%20article%20for%20a%20Shopify%20merchant%3A%20the%20key%20points%20and%20the%20practical%20steps%2C%20in%20your%20own%20words.%20Title%3A%20%22How%20to%20export%20your%20Shopify%20change%20history%22.%20Source%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Factorly.app%2Fdocs%2Fdata-and-privacy%2Fexport-your-history%20%28cite%20it%20for%20anything%20you%20take%20from%20it%29.) ## Keep reading. **Still stuck?** Write to support, or start the record today: Actorly Watch is free, with no clock. [Contact support](https://actorly.app/contact)[Install free on Shopify](https://apps.shopify.com/actorly)