How To Download Quickbooks Online Data

Launch the quickbooks export utility.

How to download quickbooks online data. At any time the data file needs to be viewed again the file can be activated. Intuit will keep your quickbooks online data for one year after an active company file has been deleted. In the export path field enter the file path or click browse to select a location for the export files. Choose your reason then select continue. To export team member data.

Intuit acknowledges that if you were already using the online backup you can run data protect concurrently but intuit data protect has essentially made the online backup obsolete. The utility will connect to quickbooks online and create the cwq format export file. Under moving to quickbooks desktop select learn more. In the quickbooks version drop down menu select your version of quickbooks or quickbooks online. Many quickbooks online users are under the impression that intuit will be able to restore any lost data if needed.

Under tools choose export data. In the export path field click browse and choose a location for the export data. Specify the last transaction date and accrual method. In the quickbooks version field select quickbooks online. Click yes to all and select next to begin your installation.

To download individual documents select the blue download hyperlink on each file name or in the action column select download. Here are the simple steps you need to follow to download quickbooks desktop. If you re on a mac you can also use quickbooks desktop s utility to convert the file for viewing on a mac. With that said if you re only using parts of the data i d create a quickbooks online general journal to excel for purposes of an audit. Although quickbooks and quickbooks online can share data through odbc you will not be able to take advantage of this feature until you obtain and install an odbc driver onto your computer.

Quickbooks online backup works will all versions of quickbooks while data protect only integrates with qb 2016 and newer. In the intuit community help documents you can read that the answer to do i need to back up my data with quickbooks online is no. That s not exactly the case. Periodically in qbo go to the gear tools export data. You can now import the data into your working papers file.