QGIS – Exporting Selected Fields from Attribute Table

Question

In my attribute table there is a large number of fields. I want to export the data with selected fields.

How to do this in QGIS?

Answer 1

Two ways:

1. The "Save Vector Layer" dialog lets me choose which fields to save.

2. Use either the "Drop Fields" or "Retain Fields" processing tools (in the "Vector Table" section of the processing toolbox) to create a new temporary scratch layer with a new set of fields. Then export that and delete it if you won't need it again.

You can probably set up a graphical model to do all this if you are going to be doing this a number of times.