Download your journal entries with LiveJournal's
Export Journal page or your web browser.
Export Journal
You can use the
Export Journal page to download one month of your journal at a time without comments. The checkboxes on this page select which parts of your entries you would like to export. You should make sure that you leave the
Event checkbox checked, as this is the option for the main text of your entries.
Your entries are saved in either CSV (comma separated values) or XML (extensible markup language) format; these formats are useful for archiving your entries, not designed for easy reading by people.
- CSV: After saving a CSV file with your web browser, you can use a third-party spreadsheet or database program to read it.
- XML: You can either find a third-party program to read the XML file or you can edit it so your web browser can read it.
Individual Entries
You can download or print individual entries by navigating through your
Calendar view to the entries you want to save. This method allows you to save easily readable files and to download comments you have received, but it is also more time consuming than the export tool. For instructions on how to save or print web pages, you will need to consult the documentation for your web browser.
Importing Entries
Files created by the
Export Journal page cannot be used to
import your entries back into your journal or into another LiveJournal account. If you wish to re-post any entries that you have downloaded, you will need to
post them individually to the desired journal.
Last Updated:
February 28th, 2020