diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/preferences/InstanceSettings.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/preferences/InstanceSettings.kt
index 437f8b152..12ea9de8c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/preferences/InstanceSettings.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/preferences/InstanceSettings.kt
@@ -25,13 +25,25 @@ import com.github.libretube.util.RetrofitInstance
 
 class InstanceSettings : PreferenceFragmentCompat() {
     val TAG = "InstanceSettings"
+
+    /**
+     * result listeners for importing and exporting subscriptions
+     */
     private lateinit var getContent: ActivityResultLauncher<String>
+    private lateinit var createFile: ActivityResultLauncher<String>
 
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         getContent =
-            registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.GetContent()) { uri: Uri? ->
-                ImportHelper(requireActivity() as AppCompatActivity).importSubscriptions(uri)
+            registerForActivityResult(
+                ActivityResultContracts.GetContent()
+            ) { uri: Uri? ->
+                ImportHelper(requireActivity()).importSubscriptions(uri)
             }
+        createFile = registerForActivityResult(
+            ActivityResultContracts.CreateDocument()
+        ) { uri: Uri? ->
+            ImportHelper(requireActivity()).exportSubscriptions(uri)
+        }
 
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
     }
@@ -126,8 +138,8 @@ class InstanceSettings : PreferenceFragmentCompat() {
             true
         }
 
-        val importFromYt = findPreference<Preference>(PreferenceKeys.IMPORT_SUBS)
-        importFromYt?.setOnPreferenceClickListener {
+        val importSubscriptions = findPreference<Preference>(PreferenceKeys.IMPORT_SUBS)
+        importSubscriptions?.setOnPreferenceClickListener {
             // check StorageAccess
             val accessGranted =
                 PermissionHelper.isStoragePermissionGranted(activity as AppCompatActivity)
@@ -137,6 +149,12 @@ class InstanceSettings : PreferenceFragmentCompat() {
             else PermissionHelper.requestReadWrite(activity as AppCompatActivity)
             true
         }
+
+        val exportSubscriptions = findPreference<Preference>(PreferenceKeys.EXPORT_SUBS)
+        exportSubscriptions?.setOnPreferenceClickListener {
+            createFile.launch("application/json")
+            true
+        }
     }
 
     private fun initCustomInstances(instancePref: ListPreference) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/preferences/PreferenceKeys.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/preferences/PreferenceKeys.kt
index 18ad2c013..47e89cb2d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/preferences/PreferenceKeys.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/preferences/PreferenceKeys.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ object PreferenceKeys {
     const val LOGIN_REGISTER = "login_register"
     const val DELETE_ACCOUNT = "delete_account"
     const val IMPORT_SUBS = "import_from_yt"
+    const val EXPORT_SUBS = "export_subs"
 
     /**
      * Player
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/util/ImportHelper.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/util/ImportHelper.kt
index 92b45aacd..2502c0315 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/util/ImportHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/util/ImportHelper.kt
@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
 package com.github.libretube.util
 
+import android.app.Activity
 import android.net.Uri
 import android.util.Log
 import android.widget.Toast
-import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper
 import com.github.libretube.R
+import com.github.libretube.obj.NewPipeSubscription
 import com.github.libretube.obj.NewPipeSubscriptions
+import com.github.libretube.preferences.PreferenceHelper
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
+import kotlinx.coroutines.runBlocking
 import java.io.BufferedReader
+import java.io.FileOutputStream
 import java.io.InputStream
 import java.io.InputStreamReader
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry
 import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream
 
 class ImportHelper(
-    private val activity: AppCompatActivity
+    private val activity: Activity
 ) {
     private val TAG = "ImportHelper"
 
@@ -87,4 +91,43 @@ class ImportHelper(
         }
         return stringBuilder.toString()
     }
+
+    /**
+     * write the text to the document
+     */
+    fun exportSubscriptions(uri: Uri?) {
+        if (uri == null) return
+        try {
+            val mapper = ObjectMapper()
+            val token = PreferenceHelper.getToken()
+            runBlocking {
+                val subs = if (token != "") RetrofitInstance.authApi.subscriptions(token)
+                else RetrofitInstance.authApi.unauthenticatedSubscriptions(
+                    SubscriptionHelper.getFormattedLocalSubscriptions()
+                )
+                val newPipeChannels = mutableListOf<NewPipeSubscription>()
+                subs.forEach {
+                    newPipeChannels += NewPipeSubscription(
+                        name = it.name,
+                        service_id = 0,
+                        url = "https://youtube.com/channel/" + it.url
+                    )
+                }
+
+                val newPipeSubscriptions = NewPipeSubscriptions(
+                    subscriptions = newPipeChannels
+                )
+
+                val data = mapper.writeValueAsBytes(newPipeSubscriptions)
+
+                activity.contentResolver.openFileDescriptor(uri, "w")?.use {
+                    FileOutputStream(it.fileDescriptor).use { fileOutputStream ->
+                        fileOutputStream.write(data)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (e: Exception) {
+            e.printStackTrace()
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index a260cd287..d6bfb73e3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -291,4 +291,5 @@
     <string name="copied">Copied</string>
     <string name="downloadsucceeded">Downloaded</string>
     <string name="share_with_time">Share with start time</string>
+    <string name="export_subscriptions">Export Subscriptions</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/xml/instance_settings.xml b/app/src/main/res/xml/instance_settings.xml
index 7ce04b572..40fc7824e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/xml/instance_settings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/xml/instance_settings.xml
@@ -59,11 +59,16 @@
     <PreferenceCategory app:title="@string/restore">
 
         <Preference
-            android:icon="@drawable/ic_upload"
+            android:icon="@drawable/ic_download_filled"
             android:summary="@string/import_from_yt_summary"
             app:key="import_from_yt"
             app:title="@string/import_from_yt" />
 
+        <Preference
+            android:icon="@drawable/ic_upload"
+            app:key="export_subs"
+            app:title="@string/export_subscriptions" />
+
     </PreferenceCategory>
 
 </PreferenceScreen>
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