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TimeTracker does not have an automatic importer today. There is no CSV upload and no connector for Toggl, Clockify or Harvest. This page covers what to do instead, and how to get your data back out whenever you want it.
Being straight about this is the point. An import screen that half works is worse than a plan you can follow in an afternoon.

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The good news

Most of what you need to move is structure, not history. Clients, projects, people and rates are usually a few dozen rows, and they only get typed once. Historical time entries are the large part, and most teams do not need them inside the new tool. Keep the old export as your archive and start clean.

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What to bring across

Do not try to recreate last year’s approved timesheets. Approved time is a record of a decision, and retyping it produces numbers that look official but were never actually approved by anyone.

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How to move in a day

1

Export from your old tool

Take a full CSV or Excel export and keep it somewhere safe. This is your archive of everything you are not bringing across.
2

Create the workspace

See Create a workspace.
3

Add your clients

One row per company you bill. See Create a client.
4

Add active projects only

Attach each to its client. Set the budget while you are there. See Create a project.
5

Invite your team

Send invitations, or add people directly. See Invite your team.
6

Set rates

Billable rates first, cost rates once your people are in. See Rates overview.
7

Add open tasks

Only work that is still outstanding. Bulk actions help here – see Bulk actions.
8

Pick a start date

Track everything from that Monday onward in TimeTracker, and nothing before it.
Pick the first Monday of a month as your switch date. A clean month boundary makes your first invoice and your first report obvious to read.

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Example

Northwind Studio moves off a spreadsheet-and-timer stack. Everything before 1 September stays in the old export. Nothing is lost, and no number in TimeTracker is a retyped guess.

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Getting your data out

Export is fully supported, and it is a first-class feature. Go to Settings → Data → Export. The page reads “Take everything in this workspace with you, in open formats.”

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Export all your data

The card describes it as: “Clients, projects, time, rates, invoices and more, as JSON plus per-entity CSV. Large workspaces are prepared in the background – keep working and we’ll post a download link here when it’s ready.” Click Export all data. Included: clients, projects, sections, tasks, time entries, rates, budgets, invoices, payments, expenses, members, saved views, notification settings and the audit trail. Small workspaces download straight away. Large ones are prepared in the background – you get “Preparing your export. We’ll notify you here when it’s ready to download.” and a notification when the file is ready.
Only the workspace owner can export all data. The card says so: “Only the workspace owner can export all data.”

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Report exports

For a slice rather than everything, build a report and export it. See Export a report.

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Options and settings

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Permissions

Exports are a Pro feature. The button shows a Pro badge on Free.

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What happens next

Once your structure is in and your team is tracking, the rest follows the normal chain: Client → Project → Task → Estimate → Time entry → Approval → Budget impact → Invoice → Payment. Work through Setup checklist to confirm you have not missed anything.

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Common questions

Not today. There is no CSV import. Add them through the normal screens.
No. Export from those tools for your own archive, then set up your clients, projects and rates in TimeTracker and pick a switch date.
Almost never. Historical time cannot be meaningfully re-approved or re-invoiced. Keep your old export as the archive.
Yes, in full, as JSON plus per-entity CSV. That is a deliberate promise – your data is yours.
A full export contains every rate, cost and invoice in the workspace. It is the single most sensitive action in the product.
Small workspaces download immediately. Larger ones are prepared in the background and you get a notification with the link.

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Troubleshooting

The export button shows a Pro badge. Exports are a Pro feature. See Plans and features. The export button is disabled. Only the workspace owner can run a full export. The note under the button says so. Export failed. You see “Export failed. Try again in a moment.” Nothing was changed. Try again. My export never arrived. Large exports are prepared in the background and announced by a notification. Check your Inbox, and check your notification settings have not silenced the Project changes category.

Switch from another tool

The full migration walkthrough.

Import clients and projects

Setting up your client list quickly.

Setup checklist

Confirm nothing is missing.

Export a report

CSV, Excel and PDF from any report.

Integrations overview

Everything TimeTracker connects to.

Export formats

What each export file contains.