How to Export Your TV Time Data Before July 15

TV Time gives every user the right to download their own data under GDPR. You do not need to email support or wait for a manual reply — there is a self-service tool that handles it directly.

1. Open a browser and go to https://gdpr.tvtime.com/gdpr/self-service
2. Sign in with the same TV Time account you use in the app (the email, Google, or Facebook login you normally track with)
3. Make sure you are logging into the correct account if you have ever used more than one

Signing in with the exact account that holds your watch history matters. If you created a second account at some point, or switched login methods, the export only contains data for the account you are signed into. Pick the one with the years of history you want to keep.

Once you are signed in, submit the self-service data request:

1. Follow the on-screen prompt to request a copy of your data
2. Confirm the request when asked
3. Wait for TV Time to prepare your export — for most accounts this is quick
4. Download the file to your computer and keep it somewhere you will not lose it

Use the self-service tool rather than emailing a GDPR request to support. Standard GDPR email requests can legally take up to 30 days to fulfill, and with the July 15 deadline only days away, a slow email reply could arrive after the service has already shut down. The self-service export is the reliable route this close to the deadline.

Open the export so you know what you actually saved. A TV Time data export typically includes:

• Watch history — the episodes and movies you have marked as watched over the years
• Ratings — the scores you gave to shows and episodes
• Follows — the shows you were following or tracking

This is the record of your viewing life inside TV Time. Skim it and confirm your key shows are present. Knowing what is in the file also tells you what to expect when you move it into another app — if a show is in the export, it should end up in your new tracker; if something was never logged in TV Time, no export can bring it back.

Keep in mind that the raw export on its own is not something you can watch, browse, or track against. It is a data file. To get real value from it, you need to bring it into an app that can read it — which is the next step.

A downloaded export sitting on your hard drive is a dead file. To make your history usable again, import it into a tracker that keeps your data open and portable. The best target is Trakt, because Trakt added a built-in TV Time importer.

1. Create a free account at trakt.tv if you do not already have one
2. Go to your Trakt Settings and find the Import section
3. Select TV Time and follow the steps to connect your account
4. If the direct importer does not work, upload your GDPR export file instead

Most users report around 95 percent or better accuracy with Trakt's TV Time importer. Very old or obscure titles may not match automatically and can need a manual fix, so spot-check your history once it lands. For a full walkthrough, see how to import TV Time to Trakt.

Why Trakt and not a direct clone? Trakt is widely recommended, it is free, and it acts as an open hub that other apps can sync with — so your data never gets stuck in a single product again.

Once your history lives in Trakt, you can connect it to a daily tracking app. If you are on Android, Moviebase syncs bidirectionally with Trakt, so your recovered history flows straight in.

1. Install Moviebase on your Android device
2. Open Settings and tap Trakt.tv
3. Authorize the connection and enable sync for watch history, ratings, watchlist, and collections
4. Run the initial sync

Because the sync is bidirectional, anything you track in Moviebase from now on backs up to Trakt automatically, and anything in Trakt appears in Moviebase. That is the whole point: your data is no longer trapped in one app that can shut down. Moviebase is Android only with no iOS app and no social features, so it suits people who want a calm, ad-free, private tracker rather than a community feed. See how to sync Trakt for the full setup.