Download your transactions, invoices, customers, vendors, bills, receipts, employee information, and pay stubs from your Wave account.
You can also download your chart of accounts, customers, invoices, and products using our Google Sheets integration, Wave Connect.
Viewer and Editor user roles do not have access to export data.
Download your data
Data exports only include data for the business profile you’re currently working in.
- Log in to your Wave account at waveapps.com.
- At the top right corner, click your business name, then select Business settings.
- In the Settings menu, scroll down to Other, then click Data Export.
- Select which data file you want to download. You will receive an email at the primary email address of your Wave account.
- In the email you received, click Download data export.
The email link is active for 24 hours. If the link expires, export your data again. If you do not receive the email, check your spam folder and remove any email filters.
You cannot print from the Data Export page. To print your data, download your files, then print from your device.
What’s included in your files
- Accounting: This export contains four XLS or CSV files:
- Accounting file: Journal entries and transactions
- Bill items file: Bill information
- Customers file: Customer profiles
- Vendors file: Vendor information
- Receipts: This export contains a ZIP file with all uploaded receipt images in their original file types.
- Payroll: This export contains two CSV files:
- Employee profiles: Your employees' profile information
- Pay stubs: All employees' pay stubs
For downloading payroll tax forms, follow the steps in Download payroll tax forms.