How do I download my spreadsheet again?
Open the download page, choose your product and your accounting period, and download it again. You need no account and no emailed link. The spreadsheets are free to download, and a donation is optional.
Not sure which package you need? Read which DIY Accounting package should I choose.
The steps
- Open the download page.
- Under Product, choose the package, for example Self Employed or Company Accounts.
- Under Accounting period (year-end), choose the year end of the accounts you want.
- Choose Download Now. You can make a donation first, or skip it.
- Save the zip file in your Documents folder, then extract all of it into a new folder.
Do not open a file before you save it into that folder. A file opened first can create temporary links between the workbooks. The package guide explains this.
The user guide
The download page has a Documentation & User Guides section below the product choice. Pick your package there to download its guide. The guide lists each file in the package, says where to enter your sales and purchases, and explains the opening balances.
Which year end to choose
Each download is one accounting period. The sole trader, Self Employed, Taxi Driver and Payslip packages end on 5 April. The Company package comes in a version for each month-end, so pick the month your company year ends.
The page selects the latest year end within 13 months of today. Change it if you want an earlier year. At 13 November 2026 the sole trader packages listed April 2025, April 2026 and April 2027. The page lists whatever is published at the time you visit.
Older years
If the year you want is not on the download page, look in the GitHub releases for the project, which the download page also links to.
What a new download does not contain
A download is the blank package for that year. It holds none of your entries. If you lost your entries, restore them from your own backup. The package guide suggests emailing the files to yourself each week and filing the latest copy in a separate folder.
Using the package on a Mac
The packages are Excel files. For the options on a Mac, see using our packages on a Mac. If the workbooks show blank figures after you move them, see why linked workbooks show blank figures.
Your books online
The download page also links to DIYA-GL, where you can view and edit your books in your browser with a 35-day sandbox when you sign in.
Article generated by Claude Code for DIY Accounting, November 2026.
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