Looking to use your ideas, sketches and diagrams from MS Whiteboard outside the app? Want to share a board as an image? Find out here how to export from Microsoft Whiteboard as HTML or save as a PNG image ⤓.
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How to Save in and Export from Microsoft Whiteboard: PNG, HTML and More
Time needed: 2 minutes
To save a whiteboard from Microsoft Whiteboard as an image or export a whiteboard’s content as HTML:
- Open the whiteboard you want to export.
- Click the Settings menu gear icon (⚙︎).
Mobile: On a mobile device, tap the three dots menu icon instead.
- Select Export in the menu that has appeared.
- Click Image under Quick export to export the whiteboard as an image file.
The image format: MS Whiteboard will save whiteboards as displayed in the PNG image format.
As HTML: To export all content for the whiteboard in raw form, select Zip (HTML+JSON) instead; this lets you open the exported whiteboard in a browser locally and import the data to other programs. - For “Image”: Choose between Standard resolution and High resolution and click Export.
The difference: High resolution has around 9 times the data as standard resolution, though for small whiteboards there is no difference.
Their word: Microsoft include rudimentary information on exporting whiteboards in Whiteboard help.
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How to Save in and Export from Microsoft Whiteboard: FAQ
Can I export to HTML on a mobile device?
Yes.
While the MS Whiteboard apps for iOS and Android will only save boards as PNG images, you can open MS Whiteboard in a mobile browser and export as HTML from there.
What files does exporting to HTML produce?
If you export a whiteboard to HTML+JSON, you get precisely that:
- a HTML file with the HTML, CSS code and images (inline in the HTML file) that render as the whiteboard in a browser and
- a JSON file with comments to the whiteboard
Can I import back into MS Whiteboard?
No.
You can insert an exported image as image, of course; the HTML will open and display in a browser but not include any editing (e.g., to copy back into another whiteboard).
(Tested with Microsoft Whiteboard 24.10715–26.10421; first published July 2024, last updated May 2026)