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cjanuska
Participant
May 23, 2024
Pregunta

Illustrator "Unable to Export SVG" - solution for v28.5

  • May 23, 2024
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Illustrator is unable to export to SVG using the Export Assets function in Illustrator 28.5. (So frustrating.)

 

I did find a workaround I wanted to share, to save you the time troubleshooting. 

 

For SVGs:

  1. Use File/Save a Copy …
  2. rename prefix for file (Save a Copy ... will add the artboard name following your prefix)
  3. Select Use Art Boards | Range # ____
  4. Select location
  5. Select SVG
  6. Select SVG 1.0 ( DO NOT USE 1.1, it will not work)
  7. Select OK

 

  • Illustrator 28.5
  • Macbook Pro, 2023 Chip M2 Pro
  • My files are all vectors, with no imported images. 

 

#export SVG #unable to export SVG #unable to save SVG 

4 respuestas

Known Participant
March 6, 2026

Still present in 30.2.1

savagequest
Inspiring
September 22, 2025

I'm on Illustrator v 29.8.1

I'm getting these screens when trying to export SVG files, have done this for over a decade and, all of the sudden nothing is working for the SVG file format, will not save out no matter what I've tried.   

 

Anubhav M
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 25, 2025

Hello @savagequest,

Kindly continue the conversation on this thread to avoid confusion: https://adobe.ly/42cd77n

Anubhav

nathanveysey
Participant
February 18, 2025

Thank you! This has been bugging me - so good to have a work-around.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 23, 2024

Was there any error message when it didn't export the SVG?

cjanuska
Participant
May 31, 2024

Yes, I can't recall the error exactly but it was something like "unable to export internal error." no numbers or references. 

 

Participant
December 13, 2024

Thank you so much! This was so frustrating, I've never had it happen before.