Problem with missing artboards during export

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September 17, 2025
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Hey everyone!

I'm having a problem with exporting artboards.
My document has 113 artboards, and I wanted to export them as SVG files using "Export for Screens."

The loading pop-up says 113 artboards are being exported. When I look in the folder, there are only 84 SVG files. Illustrator is simply not exporting some of them. No error message appears either.

I have already tried it on another computer but there was the same problem. I am using Windows 11 and Illustrator v 29.8.1.

Does anyone know what the problem could be?

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Correct answer Horst29621268rudt

PROBLEM SOLVED

I tried everything from duplicating to copying. Then, at the step of renaming the copies, I realized that’s where the problem begins. For some artboards, there was a space at the end of the name, and apparently Windows can’t handle that when exporting an SVG (with PNG it wasn’t a problem). So: watch out for spaces!

Thanks for your help.

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Horst29621268rudtAuthorCorrect answer

Inspiring

PROBLEM SOLVED

I tried everything from duplicating to copying. Then, at the step of renaming the copies, I realized that’s where the problem begins. For some artboards, there was a space at the end of the name, and apparently Windows can’t handle that when exporting an SVG (with PNG it wasn’t a problem). So: watch out for spaces!

Thanks for your help.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Do some of these artboards perhaps have the same name?

Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @Horst29621268rudt,

I'm sorry to hear about your experience. Are you able to identify the specific artboards that did not get exported? If yes, could you try manually exporting those artboards to check if they behave the same? Additionally, check for any broken linked layers/objects in those artboards and remove them/relink them to see if it helps.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

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Horst29621268rudtAuthor

Inspiring

Hello Anubhav,

I identified the missing artboards and already tried to just export them but it did not work. All artboards have the same layers.
I also tried to copy one missing artboard and export the new duplicate and that worked. But because there are so many artboards that cant be the only and best solution for this problem.

Looking forward to hearing your ideas.

Anubhav M

Community Manager

Hello @Horst29621268rudt,

Thanks for confirming. Can you try duplicating all artboards/layers to a new file, then exporting, and checking if it helps?

Anubhav

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