---
category: questions
description: In which I remind myself how to export a Postgres database
slug: postgres-export-db
tags:
  - databases
  - postgres
title: How can I export a Postgres database?
---
Using `pg_dump`, which ships with the `psql` executable, it's a pretty simple progress

```bash
pg_dump --dbname={{DBNAME}} --host={{HOST}} --port={{PORT}} --username={{USERNAME}} --password --format=c > {{NAME}}.dump
# The c in --format=c stands for custom
```
