mstodoexporter

A CLI Tool to export all data from a local Microsoft To Do database.

Requirements

1. Install Microsoft To Do

winget install 9NBLGGH5R558

2. Install .NET 9.0 SDK

winget install dotnet-sdk-9.0

3. Launch Microsoft To Do and authenticate to synchronize your data.

4. Update the configuration values in appsettings.json:

   • dbPath - full file path to the sqlite database (e.g. %Localappdata%\Packages\Microsoft.Todos_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\AccountsRoot\0892acdb3df940acb21ad7e3cbe37926\todosqlite.db)
   • outputDir - full path to the export location (e.g. %userprofile%\mstodoexporter_output)
   • clearOutputDirBeforeExport (true/false) - clear existing outputDir, if it exists, before exporting data
   • archiveOutput (true/false) - create a zip archive of the exported data
   • removeOutputDirAfterArchive (true/false) - remove outputDir contents after exporting data
   • archiveOutputDirIfExistsBeforeExport (true/false) - create a zip archive of existing outputDir, if it exists, before exporting data
   • nonInteractive (true/false) - execute without requiring any user input, such as asking to continue upon encountering an error

5. Build and run

Release History

Version 1 (2025-10-29)

The goal of this first release was to make it work.

The code needs to be cleaned up and restructured.