{"id":14593,"date":"2023-05-17T03:57:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T03:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/?p=14593"},"modified":"2025-04-14T15:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:32:04","slug":"convert-large-json-to-csv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/use\/convert-large-json-to-csv.html","title":{"rendered":"Convert Large JSON to CSV without coding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you need to convert large JSON files to other formats, like CSV, TSV, TXT, Excel, XML, or SQL.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t like to program, you can try Withdata <a href=\"https:\/\/withdata.com\/data-file-converter\/\">Data File Converter<\/a>, a native GUI JSON to CSV converter for Windows, Linux, and macOS, you can convert large JSON to CSV easily.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can run in GUI mode, <a href=\"#convert\">Step by Step<\/a>, just a few mouse clicks.<\/li>\n<li>Can run in <a href=\"#cmd\">Command line<\/a>, for <a href=\"#task\">Scheduled Tasks<\/a> and Streams.<\/li>\n<li>Convert files locally and <b>privately<\/b>, avoid uploading LARGE JSON file(s) to online services.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#download-top\" onclick=\"dtv.style.display = 'block';\">Download DataFileConverter<\/a> <a href=\"#download-top\" onclick=\"dtv.style.display = 'block';\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/download_3.jpg\" alt=\"Download DataFileConverter\" width=\"80\" height=\"22\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a> <span id=\"dtv\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&amp;ver=win64\">Windows 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&amp;ver=win32\">Windows 32 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&amp;ver=deb\">Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&amp;ver=rpm\">Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&amp;ver=pkg\">MacOS 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A huge JSON file for test, 8M_lines.json 6.38 GB.<br \/>\nYou can open it in <a href=\"https:\/\/withdata.com\/big-text-file-viewer\/\">Big Text File Viewer<\/a> to see the content.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/bigtextfileviewer\/go-to-specific-part-json.png\" alt=\"view large JSON file\" width=\"1162\" height=\"732\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"convert\">Convert large JSON file to CSV file<\/h2>\n<p>Run DataFileConverter, click &#8220;Start a New Convert&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/case\/big-json\/start-new-convert.png\" alt=\"start new json to csv converting\" width=\"804\" height=\"593\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From &#8220;JSON&#8221;, To &#8220;CSV&#8221;.<br \/>\nYou can convert to other formats also, TXT, TSV, Excel, XML, Html, or SQL.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/case\/big-json\/json-to-csv.png\" alt=\"json to csv\" width=\"617\" height=\"416\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Open the big JSON file.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/case\/big-json\/open-json.png\" alt=\"open big json to convert to csv\" width=\"724\" height=\"573\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Set CSV file.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/case\/big-json\/set-csv.png\" alt=\"set csv options for converting big json to csv\" width=\"724\" height=\"573\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Summary.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/case\/big-json\/summary.png\" alt=\"summary of converting large json to csv\" width=\"724\" height=\"573\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Convert large JSON to CSV.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/images\/case\/big-json\/convert.png\" alt=\"convert large json to csv\" width=\"724\" height=\"573\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cmd\">Convert large JSON to CSV in command line<\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/data-file-converter\/cmd.html\" target=\"_blank\">Save &#8220;large JSON to CSV&#8221; session<\/a>, then you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/data-file-converter\/cmd.html#windows\" target=\"_blank\">Convert large JSON to CSV in Windows command line.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/data-file-converter\/cmd.html#linux\" target=\"_blank\">Convert large JSON to CSV in Linux command line.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/data-file-converter\/cmd.html#macos\" target=\"_blank\">Convert large JSON to CSV in macOS command line.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"task\">Set scheduled tasks for converting large JSON to CSV<\/h2>\n<p>You can schedule and automate this &#8220;large JSON to CSV&#8221; conversion task by:<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/withdata.com\/data-file-converter\/cmd.html\" target=\"_blank\">1) Save session and create .bat (Windows) or .sh (Linux\/macOS) file.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/withdata.com\/dbtodb\/schedule-task.html\" target=\"_blank\">2) Set scheduled task.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/data-file-converter\/\">More about DataFileConverter<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/data-file-converter\/\">Large JSON to CSV Converter<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\n<div id=\"download-bottom\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<p>Download DataFileConverter<a href=\"#download-bottom\" onclick=\"dbv.style.display = 'block';\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/btn_download_green.png\" alt=\"Download DataFileConverter\" width=\"165\" height=\"50\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a> <span id=\"dbv\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&amp;ver=win64\">Windows 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&amp;ver=win32\">Windows 32 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&amp;ver=deb\">Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&amp;ver=rpm\">Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DataFileConverter&amp;ver=pkg\">MacOS 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes you need to convert large JSON files to other formats, like CSV, TSV, TXT, Excel, XML, or SQL. If you don&#8217;t like to program, you can try Withdata Data File Converter, a native GUI JSON to CSV converter for Windows, Linux, and macOS, you can convert large JSON to CSV easily. Can run in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3141],"tags":[3143,1418,1498,1496,1500],"class_list":["post-14593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-use","tag-convert-json","tag-json","tag-json-to-csv","tag-json-to-excel","tag-json-to-xml"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14593"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27480,"href":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14593\/revisions\/27480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}