{"id":4388,"date":"2025-06-03T13:17:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T13:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/?p=4388"},"modified":"2026-07-15T05:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T05:00:56","slug":"postgresql-to-csv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/pgtotxt\/postgresql-to-csv.html","title":{"rendered":"Export PostgreSQL table to CSV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to export data from  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postgresql.org\/\">PostgreSQL<\/a>  table to CSV file?<\/p>\n<p>Try Withdata <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/db-to-file\/\">DBToFile<\/a>, a PostgreSQL to CSV converter for Windows, Linux, and macOS, Export PostgreSQL data to CSV, Easy and Fast. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can run in <span id=\"gui\">GUI<\/span> mode, <a href=\"#convert\">Step by Step<\/a>, just a few mouse clicks.<\/li>\n<li>Can run in <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-file\/postgres-to-csv-cmd\" target=\"_blank\">Command line<\/a>, for <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-file\/postgres-to-csv-task\" target=\"_blank\">Scheduled Tasks<\/a> and Streams.<\/li>\n<li>Support <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-file\/postgres-to-csv-windows\" target=\"_blank\">Windows<\/a>, <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-file\/postgres-to-csv-linux\" target=\"_blank\">Linux<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-file\/postgres-to-csv-macos\" target=\"_blank\">macOS<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"#download-top\" onclick=\"dtv.style.display = 'block';\">Download Withdata DBToFile<\/a>  <a href=\"#download-top\" onclick=\"dtv.style.display = 'block';\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/download_3.jpg\" alt=\"Download DBToFile\" width=\"80\" height=\"22\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a> <span id=\"dtv\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBToFile&#038;ver=win64\">Windows 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBToFile&#038;ver=win32\">Windows 32 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBToFile&#038;ver=deb\">Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBToFile&#038;ver=rpm\">Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBToFile&#038;ver=pkg\">MacOS 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"export\">Export data from PostgreSQL table to CSV file<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"#login\">Connect to PostgreSQL<\/a> -> <a href=\"#source\">Choose PostgreSQL table<\/a> -> <a href=\"#target\">Set CSV file options<\/a> -> <a href=\"#do\">Export PostgreSQL to CSV<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"login\"> Choose PostgreSQL and connect.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/logon\/choose_postgresql_logon.png\" alt=\"export PostgreSQL table to CSV file - Choose PostgreSQL and logon\" width=\"430\" height=\"441\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" \/><\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Export From Table&#8221; for &#8220;PostgreSQL to CSV&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbtofile\/wizard-task.png\" ALT=\"Export data from PostgreSQL Table To CSV File - task window\" width=\"636\" height=\"457\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<p>Select CSV file type.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbtofile\/select-csv-type.png\" ALT=\"Export data from PostgreSQL Table To CSV File - select CSV file type\" width=\"489\" height=\"200\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"source\">1. Choose PostgreSQL table.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbtofile\/table-to-a-file-source.png\" ALT=\"Unload data from PostgreSQL Table To CSV File - select table\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"target\">2. Set CSV file options.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbtofile\/table-to-csv-target.png\" ALT=\"Extract data from PostgreSQL Table To CSV File - enter file name\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<h3>3. Set rows options.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbtofile\/table-to-csv-summary.png\" ALT=\"Convert data from PostgreSQL Table To CSV File - summary\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"do\">4. Export PostgreSQL data to CSV file.<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/dbtofile\/table-to-csv-convert.png\" ALT=\"Dump data from PostgreSQL Table To CSV File - export\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<p>After exporting, you can view output CSV files.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/datafileconverter\/wizard_view_csv.png\" alt=\"Export data from PostgreSQL Table To CSV File - view CSV file\" width=\"722\" height=\"572\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;display:block;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<p>More about <a href=\"\/tools\/db-to-file\/postgres-to-csv\">PostgreSQL to CSV converter<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"download-bottom\" style=\"clear: both;\">\n<p>Download Withdata DBToFile<a href=\"#download-bottom\" onclick=\"dbv.style.display = 'block';\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/images\/btn_download_green.png\" alt=\"Download DBToFile\" 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=DBToFile&#038;ver=win64\">Windows 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBToFile&#038;ver=win32\">Windows 32 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBToFile&#038;ver=deb\">Linux .deb (For Debian, Ubuntu) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBToFile&#038;ver=rpm\">Linux .rpm (For Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE) 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/download.php?app=DBToFile&#038;ver=pkg\">MacOS 64 bit<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See also: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/pgtotxt\/postgresql-query-to-csv.html\">Export PostgreSQL query results to CSV<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/pgtotxt\/similar-postgresql-tables-to-single-csv.html\">Export multiple similar PostgreSQL tables to one CSV file<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withdata.com\/blog\/pgtotxt\/batch-postgresql-tables-to-csv-files.html\">Batch export PostgreSQL tables to CSV files<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to export data from PostgreSQL table to CSV file? 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