Exporting a list of tailnet users

Using the Users page in the admin console, you can export a list of users in your tailnet. You can choose to download a list of all users, or you can filter by criteria to download a subset of users. Example of data in the download is user name, whether the user is active, when the user was last active.

The download file is in comma-separated values (CSV) format, which is recognized by many browsers and spreadsheet programs. Each row in the CSV file represents one user.

If you want to know how to export a list of devices, see Exporting a list of tailnet devices.

Exporting a list of users

You need to be an Owner, Admin, Network admin, IT admin, or Auditor of a tailnet in order to access the admin console and export a list of users.

1. Open the Users page in the admin console.
2. (Optional) Select Status and/or Role to filter which users you want to list.
3. Select the download icon at the top right of the page. This opens the Export users data to CSV dialog.
4. If you have selected any filters, you have the option of either downloading all users or the subset of users selected by the filter.
5. Select Download.

If your browser settings let you specify a file name:

1. Specify the name of the file to use for the download, or accept the default name.
2. Navigate to the location where you want to save the file.
3. Select Save.

If your browser settings instead automatically download the file, look for it in the Downloads folder. The file name is of the form:

<organization-name>-users-<date-time>.csv

where:

• <organization-name> is your tailnet's organization name.
• <date-time> is the date and time the exported list was generated.

For example:

example.com-users-2022-12-14T20-20-47-018Z.csv

Limitations

• The download is a point-in-time export based on the time that the download occurred. You cannot specify an earlier time to capture historical data.
• You cannot select which columns to export.
• Columns may change as we add or update features.