Export your items to a spreadsheet for insurance documentation, data analysis, or bulk updates. Every export includes each item's unique ID, which means you can edit the CSV in Excel or Google Sheets and reimport it to update your inventory in bulk - no need to edit items one by one.
A CSV export is useful in several situations. For insurance purposes, a spreadsheet is often easier to share with a broker or assessor than a mobile app. For data analysis, opening your inventory in Excel or Google Sheets lets you sort, filter, and calculate totals in ways that go beyond what the app provides - total replacement value, items by room, items purchased in a given year. And for bulk editing, the export-edit-reimport workflow lets you update dozens of items at once from a spreadsheet rather than tapping through them individually.
The export is available on iPhone and in the web app at app.additem.to, and is free for all accounts.
1 Open the web app and go to the Items page for your inventory.
2 Apply any filters you want - by location, tag, category, or search term. The export will include only the items currently shown. To export everything, make sure no filters are active.
3 Click the ... overflow menu in the top toolbar and choose Export All Items.
4 In the dialog that appears, check or uncheck the columns you want. All columns are selected by default. Use "Select all" / "Deselect all" to toggle everything at once.
5 Click Export CSV. The file downloads immediately as items-YYYY-MM-DD.csv.
The first two columns - ID and Item Name - are always present and cannot be removed. The remaining columns are optional. Custom fields appear at the end of each row, named after the field name you defined.
| Column | Notes |
|---|---|
| ID Always included | The item's unique identifier. Used to match rows when reimporting. |
| Item Name Always included | The item's name. |
| Description | Free-text description. |
| Category | The category label assigned to the item. |
| Tags | Comma-separated list of tag names. |
| Type | "Individual" or "Bulk" (whether the item is trackable or a consumable quantity). |
| Notes | Any notes added to the item. |
| Manufacturer | |
| Model Number | |
| Serial Number | |
| Barcode | |
| QR Code | The QR code payload linked to this item, if any. |
| Location | The item's current location name (path from root, e.g. "Home / Living Room / Shelf"). |
| Lent To | Name of the person the item is currently lent to, if on loan. |
| Quantity | Numeric quantity. Relevant mainly for bulk items. |
| Unit | Unit label for the quantity (e.g. "packs", "kg"). |
| Purchase Date | ISO date format (YYYY-MM-DD). |
| Purchase Price | Numeric value, no currency symbol. |
| Low Stock Threshold | For bulk items: the quantity at which a low stock warning triggers. |
| Status | "missing", "sold", "archived", or blank for normal. |
| Created At | ISO timestamp when the item was first added. |
| Updated At | ISO timestamp of the last edit. |
| Your custom fields | One column per custom field, named after the field. Added after all built-in columns. |
Every item in additem.to has a permanent unique ID - a UUID that never changes, regardless of what edits you make to the item. The CSV export always includes this ID as the first column.
When you reimport a CSV, additem.to checks each row for an ID. If the ID matches an existing item in your inventory, that item is updated with the values from the CSV row. If no matching item is found, a new item is created. This means you can use the export-edit-reimport workflow to make bulk changes without creating duplicates:
The key rule: do not change or delete the ID column. The IDs are what let the import recognise which item each row belongs to. If you remove the ID from a row, that row will be treated as a new item rather than an update to an existing one.
You do not have to export your entire inventory. The export honours whatever filters are active on the Items page when you click Export. Filter by location to export everything in a particular room. Filter by tag to export a specific category of item. Use the search bar to narrow to a keyword. Once the item list shows what you want, export.
To export the full inventory, make sure the item list is unfiltered before opening the export dialog.
If your inventory has custom fields defined, they appear as additional columns at the end of the CSV - one column per field, named after the field name you gave it. Custom field columns are optional in the column picker: you can include all of them, some of them, or none. They are included by default when you open the export dialog.
Custom field values in the export use the same format as the display value. Date fields export as YYYY-MM-DD. Multi-select fields export as a comma-separated list. Rating fields export as a number from 1 to 5. Measurement fields (weight, dimension) export as a JSON object with value and unit keys.
CSV export is available on iPhone and in the web app at app.additem.to. It is free for all accounts - no paid subscription required.
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