How to save Google reviews as a PDF

Screenshots of Google Maps make a poor record: long reviews are cut off at "More", dates say "3 months ago", and twenty screenshots don't search or print well. A spreadsheet export printed to PDF gives you every review in full, with a calendar date and the owner's reply, in a document you can attach to an email or a dispute.

Common reasons people need this: evidence for a review-removal request or a legal dispute, a reputation report for a client, records for a business sale, or a backup before a listing changes.

1. Export the reviews

1. Get Maps Reviews Exporter. It's free and needs no account.
2. Open the business on Google Maps, click the extension, choose a sort (Newest for a recent record, Lowest rating for a dispute) and click Collect reviews. It expands long reviews, so the full text is captured.
3. Click Export CSV and open the file in Google Sheets or Excel.

2. Keep only the columns a reader needs

The export has a column for everything. For a readable PDF, keep these and hide or delete the rest:

• reviewer_name (D)
• rating (I)
• date_estimated (K), the calendar date
• text (M)
• owner_response (Q)

Also keep date_text (J), which is exactly what Google showed ("2 weeks ago"), if the PDF is evidence. The calendar date is worked out from it, so showing both is the honest record. Keep collected_at (AA), which records when you made the copy.

3. Make it readable

1. Select the text and owner_response columns, set them about 60 characters wide, and turn on Wrap text (Format → Wrapping → Wrap in Google Sheets, or Home → Wrap Text in Excel). Long reviews now show in full instead of running off the page.
2. Bold the header row and freeze it (View → Freeze → 1 row), so it repeats on every printed page.
3. Optional: put the business name, address and the date you collected the reviews in a title row above the table. The place_name and place_address columns (A and B) have them.

4. Print to PDF

• Google Sheets: File → Download → PDF. Choose Landscape, Fit to width, and tick Repeat frozen rows under headers and footers.
• Excel: Page Layout → Orientation → Landscape, then Scale to Fit → Width: 1 page, and Print Titles → Rows to repeat at top: row 1. Then File → Save As → PDF.

5. For disputes and evidence

• Keep the original CSV next to the PDF. It holds the review_id (C) for each review, which identifies it uniquely if you need to point Google or a lawyer at a specific one.
• Save a PDF on the day you notice a problem. Reviews can be edited or removed later, and the edited column (L) shows which ones had already been changed when you copied them.
• If you're asking Google to remove reviews, see how to spot fake reviews for the patterns worth pointing out.

Free vs Pro

The free version exports 50 reviews at a time, enough for most disputes and small businesses. For a complete record of a busy listing, Pro ($24.99 once, no subscription) exports every review and can filter by star rating or keyword first, so the PDF holds only the reviews you need.

Updated 2026-10-25.