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Chapter 8 · User guide · 1B Note

Import and export

Bring what you already have from Notion, Evernote, Obsidian or any Markdown app, and take everything with you whenever you want, in open formats.

Import

  1. Open Settings › Export and press Import….
  2. Choose what you have: Import a .zip (Notion or Markdown) for a Notion export (with its databases) or a zip of Markdown files; Choose a folder to import for Obsidian, Joplin or Bear; Evernote (.enex); Markdown or HTML files; or a CSV.
  3. Subfolders become subpages. When it finishes, 1B Note says how many pages it imported and what it couldn't bring.
Import: Notion, Markdown, Evernote and CSV.
Import: Notion, Markdown, Evernote and CSV.

Export

One page: ⋯ › Export › Markdown (.md), or Markdown with subpages (.zip) with its subpages and attachments.

Everything: Settings › Export › Export everything as Markdown (.zip). It's a normal zip with folders, readable by any app and useful as a personal backup.

Settings › Export: import and export everything.
Settings › Export: import and export everything.

Written for 1B Note 0.9 on Windows and Linux, with notes for 1B Note on Android. Real screenshots with example data.