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October 22, 2024
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When using export for screens some SVGs aren't saving with no error

  • October 22, 2024
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I am using export in screens to save multiple file types from a ton of different variations of a logo, both colou and style. One of my file types I'm exporting is a SVG and for some reason 3 different artboards didn't save the svg file, I didn't get an error they just don't exist among the files I exported.

I tried to export in screens with just those three converting just to svg and it loads like it is exporting and doesn't pop up an error but none of them are in the file I selected. I tried selecting just my downloads folder to export to but same thing happened.

I don't know what would be different about the three two of them are the same logo different colours the other is a different logo variation but they all have multiple other versions in this file in different colours that exported fine.

Correct answer mina_7330

UPDATE: The reason the 10 artboards weren't exporting is was because they had all an extra space after their artboard name! Hope this helps someone 🙂

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Participant
December 5, 2024

This is happening to me too. I do a mass export of hundreds of icons (JPG, PNG, PDF and SVG) and JPG, PNG and PDF export all the artboards but SVG inexplicably exports 10 less artboards 😑

mina_7330Correct answer
Participant
December 5, 2024

UPDATE: The reason the 10 artboards weren't exporting is was because they had all an extra space after their artboard name! Hope this helps someone 🙂

Participant
October 17, 2025

Thank you so much! It works!

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 22, 2024

Without seeing anything, this will be impossible to solve.

What's in your artwork and exactly how is everything set up?

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 22, 2024

Hello @Robyn.HouseOnFire,

I am sorry to hear about your experience. Would you mind sharing more details, like the OS/Illustrator version, a sample AI file, and a screen recording of your exact workflow, including the problem, so I can better assist you?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

 

Anubhav

Participant
October 22, 2024

I ended up contacting support and remote sharing my file, the best answer I could get was that those three specific artboards among my 56 artboards were corrupt. I duplicated the 3 and deleted the "corrupt" ones and they exported successfully as svgs.