In this document, you’ll learn how to export all products in your Medusa store.
## Overview
When you export your products, you can obtain a list of your products and their details in a CSV file. This can be useful if you want to migrate from one Medusa server to another, or if you need the CSV file for other purposes.
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## Export List of Products
To export products:
1. Go to the Products page.
2. Click on Export Products at the top right.
3. Click Export in the window that opens.
4. Click on the <UiIcon lightIcon="https://i.imgur.com/mWhpxNX.png" darkIcon="https://i.imgur.com/tE8LOXk.png" alt="bell" /> icon at the top right of the page.
5. You should see your new export loading.
6. Once the export is ready, click on the Download button.
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If you face any errors or difficulties, please contact your technical support team as this could be an issue in the storage integration used.
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## Cancel a Product Export
You can only cancel an unfinished product export.
To cancel a product export:
1. Click on the <UiIcon lightIcon="https://i.imgur.com/mWhpxNX.png" darkIcon="https://i.imgur.com/tE8LOXk.png" alt="bell" /> icon at the top right of the page.
2. Find the export you want to cancel.
3. Click on the cancel button.
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## Delete a Product Export
You can only delete a finished product export.
To delete a product export:
1. Click on the <UiIcon lightIcon="https://i.imgur.com/mWhpxNX.png" darkIcon="https://i.imgur.com/tE8LOXk.png" alt="bell" /> icon at the top right of the page.
In this document, you’ll get an overview of the product listing page and all the things you can do with it.
## Overview
Products are the goods you sell in your store. They can be physical or digital products. They can also be simple products or products with variants.
You can create products and edit their details. That includes basic info, sales channels, inventory management, prices management, and much more.
Part of the products domain is Collections. Collections are used to split products based on their type or function. For example, if you sell furniture and clothing, you can have two collections: Furniture and Clothing.
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## View List of Products
You can view the list of available products in your ecommerce store by clicking on Products from the sidebar menu.
In the list, you can see product details such as the name, collection, inventory, and status of the product.
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If there are more than 15 products, the list will be split into multiple pages. You can navigate between pages by clicking the arrows at the bottom of the list.
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## Change Product View
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To view products in a grid view, click on the <UiIcon lightIcon="https://i.imgur.com/HXMOOzK.png" darkIcon="https://i.imgur.com/fAHh3vz.png" alt="grid" /> icon at the top right of the product list.
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## View List of Collections
Collections are used to split products based on their type or function. For example, if you sell furniture and clothing, you can have two collections: Furniture and Clothing.
You can view the list of collections on the Products page by clicking on the grey Collections headline next to the Products headline.
In the list, you can see collection details such as the title, handle, and the number of products in the collection.
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If there are more than 15 collections, the list will be split into multiple pages. You can navigate between pages by clicking the arrows at the bottom of the list.
## Learn More About Products
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## Filter Products
You can use filters to retrieve only products matching specific criteria.
### Quick Filters
On the Products list page, you can find quick filters such as “Unpublished” at the top of the list. The “Unpublished” filter shows only draft products in the list.
You can click on these filters to quickly filter the products.
You can use advanced filters to furthermore limit the products shown based on specific criteria. For example, you can filter products to only show draft products created in a specific collection.
To use advanced filters:
- Click on the <UiIcon lightIcon="https://i.imgur.com/1hL8NiW.png" darkIcon="https://i.imgur.com/8LtkPqW.png" alt="plus" /> icon next to Filters. This will toggle a dropdown with categories for different fields.
- You can click on a field name to expand it and choose a filter for that field.
- Click on the Apply button at the top of the dropdown.
This will retrieve the products based on the filters you’ve selected.
### Save Advanced Filters as Quick Filters
If there are filters that you need to use frequently, you can give the set of filters a name and save them to be used later. For example, you can save the filters used in the previous example as “Draft Clothing”.
To save an advanced filter:
- Click on the <UiIcon lightIcon="https://i.imgur.com/1hL8NiW.png" darkIcon="https://i.imgur.com/8LtkPqW.png" alt="plus" /> icon next to Filters.
- Choose your filters from the dropdown.
- Choose a name for the filters in the input at the end of the dropdown.
- Click the Save button.
Once you click Save, you should see the new filter you added next to the Quick Filters at the top of the products list.
To apply a saved quick filter, just click on it.
### Delete Saved Quick Filters
You can delete any saved filter you’ve created. To do that, simply click on the <UiIcon lightIcon="https://i.imgur.com/kvGRHQR.png" darkIcon="https://i.imgur.com/RJ4SLIu.png" alt="X" /> icon next to the quick filter’s name, and it will be deleted.
### Clear Filters
To clear all applied filters:
- Click on the <UiIcon lightIcon="https://i.imgur.com/1hL8NiW.png" darkIcon="https://i.imgur.com/8LtkPqW.png" alt="plus" /> icon next to Filters.
- Click on the Clear button.
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Clearing filters does not delete saved quick filters. You can still apply them by clicking on them.
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## Search Products
You can search for products by clicking the <UiIcon lightIcon="https://i.imgur.com/k0U0wpO.png" darkIcon="https://i.imgur.com/IdKjFak.png" alt="magnifier" /> icon at the top right of the products list. When you search products, you search by product title, description, variant title, variant SKU, and collection title.
## Search Collections
You can search for collections by clicking the <UiIcon lightIcon="https://i.imgur.com/k0U0wpO.png" darkIcon="https://i.imgur.com/IdKjFak.png" alt="magnifier" /> icon at the top right of the collections list. When you search collections, you search by collection title and handle.
## Export Products
To export products:
- Go to the Products page.
- Click on Export Products at the top right.
- Click Export in the window that opens.
- Click on the <UiIcon lightIcon="https://i.imgur.com/mWhpxNX.png" darkIcon="https://i.imgur.com/tE8LOXk.png" alt="bell" /> icon at the top right of the page.
- You should see your new export loading.
- Once the export is ready, click on the Download button.
:::note
If you face any errors or difficulties, please contact your technical support team as this could be an issue in the storage integration used.
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### Cancel a Product Export
You can only cancel an unfinished product export.
To cancel a product export:
- Click on the <UiIcon lightIcon="https://i.imgur.com/mWhpxNX.png" darkIcon="https://i.imgur.com/tE8LOXk.png" alt="bell" /> icon at the top right of the page.
- Find the export you want to cancel.
- Click on the cancel button.
### Delete a Product Export
You can only delete a finished product export.
To delete a product export:
- Click on the <UiIcon lightIcon="https://i.imgur.com/mWhpxNX.png" darkIcon="https://i.imgur.com/tE8LOXk.png" alt="bell" /> icon at the top right of the page.
- Find the export you want to delete.
- Click on the Delete button.
## What More Can you Do with Products?
The Products pages in the Medusa Admin include many functionalities including:
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