How to Download a Shared Google Maps List (Step by Step)

Google Maps lets you share a list with a link, but it has no Download button. To get the places as a file, share the list by link, save it in the Google account where ExportMyMap is installed, and export it there. It works the same for a friend's list and for a list in another account of your own.

Already have a link? Check that it is a view link, then skip to Step 6.

Part 1: Create the share link

Do this on a computer, signed into the account that owns the list.

Step 1: Open your saved list

Go to Saved, then Lists, and open the list.

Step 2: Click Share, then Send link to view

Choose Send link to view, not Invite to edit. Anyone with the view link can open the list. An edit invitation is for collaborating on the list and is a different sharing option.

Google Maps list with the Share menu open and Send link to view highlighted

Step 3: Click Get link to share

Send link to view dialog in Google Maps with the Get link to share button

Step 4: Confirm with Get link

From now on, anyone who has the link can see the list.

Google Maps confirmation that anyone with the link will be able to see the list, with the Get link button

Step 5: Click Copy link and send it

Send link to view dialog showing the list link and the Copy link button

Part 2: Save the list in the other account

Step 6: Open the link and click Save

Check the profile picture first: open the link in the Google account you use with ExportMyMap, then click Save. In some versions of Google Maps the button is called Follow.

If you see Join instead, check that the owner sent a Send link to view link rather than an edit invitation. Joining as an editor is different from saving the list.

Shared Google Maps list opened in another account, with the Save button under the title

Step 7: Check that the list is in Saved

Open Saved, then Lists, and scroll to the bottom to find Lists you saved.

Saved lists in Google Maps with the shared list under Lists you saved

Part 3: Download the list

Step 8: Open ExportMyMap and pick the list

Install ExportMyMap from the Chrome Web Store, open Google Maps, and launch the extension. The list is under Your saved lists, labeled Shared by with the owner's name.

ExportMyMap extension showing the shared list labeled Shared by, next to the user's own lists

Select it, wait for the scan, and download CSV, Excel, KML, GPX, or PDF.

Export unlimited lists free — up to 5 places per list. A paid plan removes the per-list place limit.

If something does not work

The link says the list is unavailable. The owner made it private again. Ask for a new link.
The list is not in the extension. Make sure you saved it in the account that is active in Maps, then reload the Maps tab.
The list is Starred places. Google does not allow sharing it. See how to share Starred places.

The file is a snapshot: scan the list again if the owner changes it. More on this in the guide to exporting a list someone else shared with you.

Download a shared Google Maps list with ExportMyMap →