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title: Glossary Export
slug: /how-to-guides/data-governance/glossary/export
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# Glossary Export

Exporting a glossary from OpenMetadata is easy.

- Navigate to **Govern > Glossary**

- Click on the **⋮** icon and **Export** the glossary file.

{% image
src="/images/v1.8/how-to-guides/governance/glossary8.png"
alt="Export Glossary File"
caption="Export Glossary File"
/%}

If you have glossary terms in your Glossary, the same will be exported as a CSV file. If you have If there are no terms in the Glossary, then a blank CSV template will be downloaded.

{%inlineCallout
  color="violet-70"
  bold="Bulk Import a Glossary"
  icon="MdArrowBack"
  href="/how-to-guides/data-governance/glossary/import"%}
  Save time and effort by bulk uploading glossary terms using a CSV file.
{%/inlineCallout%}

{%inlineCallout
  color="violet-70"
  bold="Glossary Approval Workflow"
  icon="MdArrowForward"
  href="/how-to-guides/data-governance/glossary/approval"%}
  Set up a review and approval process for glossary terms
{%/inlineCallout%}