# Export a diagram

Diagrams leave Confluence more often than people expect: slide decks, tickets, emails to people without access.

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## Which format

| **Format** | **Use when**                               | **Trade-off**                           |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------- |
| **SVG**    | It will be resized, printed, or zoomed.    | Not every tool accepts SVG.             |
| **PNG**    | It is going somewhere that wants an image. | Fixed resolution; blurs when scaled up. |

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**Prefer SVG where it is accepted.** It stays sharp at any size and keeps text as text, so it remains searchable and accessible.

## How to

Open the diagram and choose export, then pick the format. The file downloads to your machine.

![image-20260907-080737.png](https://help.gocapable.com/images/8a431a7b-68e4-4d47-9e9f-91d857349dce.webp)

From the catalogue

![image-20260907-080808.png](https://help.gocapable.com/images/9257095f-38be-4a8b-a58d-8eb8fba1f748.webp)

From a page

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## A few things that catch people out

* Exported images are a snapshot. They do not update when the diagram does.
* Exports use the stored rendering, so a very recent edit may not be reflected. See [How diagrams work](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/overview.html).
* Dark mode is not applied to exports; they render light.

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## Related

[Diagrams in PDF and Word exportsWhole-page exports.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/export.html)

[IntegrationsPublishing rather than exporting.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/integrations.html)

[ReferenceFormats and resolution limits.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/reference.html)

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_Sharp at any size, if you pick SVG._