# How to Convert QuickBooks Online to Desktop Conveniently
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">QuickBooks users can choose a QuickBooks variant depending on their business needs and preferences. The application also allows users to convert their data from one version to another with a convenient conversion process. This is a step-by-step process that can be performed with ease to convert all your essential data. If you want to </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Lora, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">convert QuickBooks Online to Desktop</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, you need to first fulfill some initial requirements and then follow the steps in this article. We will provide you with the benefits and procedures to </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: Lora, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">convert to QuickBooks Desktop</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> easily.</span></div><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Lora, serif;"><b>
If you are unable to perform the conversion process or are facing some issues, you can reach out to us at 1.855.738.2784 and get assistance from our team of experts.</b></span></span></p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 26px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Advantages of Using QuickBooks Desktop over QuickBooks Online</span></h2><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Lora, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">There can be many reasons for converting to QuickBooks Desktop, which is mentioned below –</p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">QuickBooks Desktop allows you to customize the app for different jobs, and there is freedom of function.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">With QuickBooks Desktop, you can easily manage large-scale businesses and perform inventory and job costing processes effectively.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The company data is kept on your computer instead of a cloud environment, which gives users ease of accessibility.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You don’t have to pay monthly charges, which are applicable in QuickBooks Online.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Customers can access multiple company files and make various accounts with the QB Desktop version.</span></li></ol><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Also Recommended: <a href="https://blog.accountinghelpline.com/tag/error-1310-error-writing-to-file-verify-that-you-have-access-to-that-directory/">What is QuickBooks Error 1310?</a></b></span></span></div><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ways to Export All Data from QuickBooks Online to Desktop</span></span></h2><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Lora, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">If you want to <strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">switch from QuickBooks Online to Desktop</strong>, you need to perform the following steps –</p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Open QuickBooks Online and go to the </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Settings</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> menu to select the </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Export Data</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> option.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Select </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Get Started </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and hit </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Continue</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> to choose the data you want to export to QuickBooks Desktop.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Select </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Continue to Download</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> and download the file from the QBO page.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Launch QuickBooks Desktop and access the </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">No Company Open</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> page to open the company and review your file.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Select </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Close the Company, </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">and after making sure that the No Company open page is open, download it back to QBO.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Save the file and update its location to a different place, followed by finishing the download process.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Go to the </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Convert Now</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> tab, find the option that says “</span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Create a New QuickBooks File,</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">” and save the downloaded file.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Give the file a new name and choose an accessible location to save the file. Ensure that you are not using an external drive or network to save the file.</span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Click </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Finish </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">to convert QuickBooks Online to Desktop, and once done, check if all data is converted from the </span><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">File</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> menu.</span></li></ol><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Lora, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The QB conversion process can take from several minutes to an hour, depending on the amount of data being transferred.</p><h2 style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Lora, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: 26px;">Conclusion</span></h2><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212121; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: Lora, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">You can easily <strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">convert QuickBooks Online to Desktop</strong> by using the steps given in this blog. If you are facing any issues while performing the conversion process, you can contact us at<strong style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 1.855.738.2784</strong> to get technical assistance from our dedicated team.</div><div style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: Lora, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Recommended To Read: <a href="https://hackmd.io/@edwardmartinqb/quickbooks-script-error-causes-and-proven-fixes-explained">How can I fix a QuickBooks Script Error?</a></b></span></span></div>