How to export a GPX from Garmin Connect

Garmin Connect exports any recorded activity as a GPX file from the website in a few clicks — no cables, no Garmin Express needed.

Your activityExport to GPX

connect.garmin.comExport to GPXExport to TCX
Garmin puts it behind the gear icon at the top right of the activity, not in a ⋯ menu. GPX and TCX sit next to each other; take GPX.

On the website

  1. Open connect.garmin.com and sign in.
  2. Go to Activities → All Activities and open the run or ride you want.
  3. Click the gear icon (⚙) top-right of the activity page.
  4. Choose “Export to GPX”. The .gpx file downloads immediately.

On your phone

  1. The Garmin Connect phone app has no GPX export — use connect.garmin.com in a browser (phone browsers work with “request desktop site”).
  2. Open the activity, gear icon, “Export to GPX” — same as on desktop.

Good to know

GPX or TCX?

Pick GPX. TCX carries extra sensor data but GPX is the standard for route shape + time, and it's what the poster needs.

The activity synced from my watch — is that a problem?

No. Anything visible in Garmin Connect exports fine, whichever watch recorded it.

Got your GPX? See it as art.

Drop the file on our homepage and your Garmin Connect route renders as a gallery-grade route poster in seconds — stats auto-filled from the file, free to preview, no account and no Garmin Connect connection needed.

Drop your GPX — free preview

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