Note: Google Data Studio is now known as Looker Studio.

Follow the steps below to download a Looker studio report as PDF

Step-1: Open the report which you want to download.

Step-2: Click on the ‘+Share’ drop-down menu on the top right-hand side of your screen:

Step-3: Click on the ‘Download Report’ link:

Step-4: Decide whether you want to download all the pages of your report or only specific pages:

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If you want to download only specific pages then click on the ‘Select Pages’ option and then select the pages you want to download:

Step-5: Click on the ‘Additional options’ drop-down menu:

Step-6: Select the download options that you want to use:

Ignore custom background color

Select this setting if you want Looker Studio to ignore the background color and instead use a transparent background for the downloaded report.

Add a link back to the report

Select this setting if you want to add the ‘Open in Looker Studio’ option under the ‘Bookmarks’ drop-down menu (which appears in your web browser when you open a downloaded report): 

Through this setting, a user can also open the downloaded report within Looker Studio.

Password protect report

Select this setting if you want only those users to be able to view the downloaded report who supply the password that you added.

Step-7: Click on the ‘Download’ button.

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