How to Export ChatGPT to Notion (Complete Guide)
Learn how to save your ChatGPT conversations to Notion with one click, preserving all formatting, images, and code blocks. This guide covers everything you need to know about backing up ChatGPT to Notion.
Why export ChatGPT conversations to Notion?
ChatGPT is an incredible AI assistant, but your conversations live in OpenAI's cloud. Exporting to Notion gives you several benefits:
- Ownership: Keep a personal backup of your AI conversations
- Organization: Tag, categorize, and search your chats in Notion's powerful database
- Sharing: Easily share specific conversations with teammates or collaborators
- Integration: Connect your AI insights with other Notion workflows and wikis
- Archiving: Preserve important conversations for future reference
- Compliance: Meet data retention requirements for business or legal purposes
Whether you're a developer saving code snippets, a researcher archiving analysis, or a writer preserving creative sessions, exporting ChatGPT to Notion keeps your valuable AI conversations safe and accessible.
What you'll need
- A ChatGPT account (free or Plus)
- A Notion account (free tier works fine)
- Chrome, Edge, or another Chromium-based browser
- 5 minutes to set up
Don't have the extension yet? Install GPT2Notes first.
Step-by-step: Export ChatGPT to Notion
1 Authorize GPT2Notes with Notion
First, you need to authorize GPT2Notes to access your Notion workspace using OAuth.
- Click the GPT2Notes icon in your browser toolbar
- Click "Connect Notion" or navigate to "Settings"
- Click the "Authorize with Notion" button
- You'll be redirected to Notion's secure authorization page
- Review the permissions requested (read and write access to selected pages)
- Select the pages or databases you want GPT2Notes to access
- Click "Allow access" to complete the authorization
2 Select or create a Notion database
After authorization, choose where to store your ChatGPT conversations.
- In the GPT2Notes extension, you'll see a list of your authorized Notion databases
- Select an existing database, or create a new one from within Notion
- If creating new: In Notion, create a page and add a database (type
/table) - Name it something like "ChatGPT Exports" or "AI Conversations"
- Return to the extension and refresh the database list
- Select your newly created database
3 Export your first conversation
You're ready to start exporting! Here's how to save a ChatGPT conversation to Notion:
- Go to chat.openai.com and open any conversation
- Click the GPT2Notes extension icon
- Select "Export to Notion"
- Wait a few seconds while the extension processes your conversation
- You'll see a success message when the export completes
- Open your Notion database to see the new entry!
What gets exported to Notion?
GPT2Notes preserves your conversations with high fidelity. Here's what makes it into Notion:
- All messages: Both your prompts and ChatGPT's responses
- Formatting: Bold, italic, lists, headers, quotes
- Code blocks: Syntax-highlighted code with language labels
- Inline code:
Code snippetswithin text - Tables: Markdown tables converted to Notion tables
- Images: Embedded images from ChatGPT (like DALL-E outputs)
- Links: Clickable URLs
- Math equations: LaTeX formulas rendered in Notion
The export creates a new page in your database with the conversation title as the page name. All messages are stored in chronological order with clear speaker labels.
Tips for organizing ChatGPT exports in Notion
Add metadata columns
Enhance your Notion database with these useful columns:
- Date: Automatically track when conversations were exported
- Tags: Multi-select for categories (Work, Personal, Code, Creative)
- Project: Relation to link conversations to projects
- Status: Mark as Draft, In Progress, or Archived
- Rating: Star conversations you want to revisit
Create filtered views
Use Notion's powerful filtering to create custom views:
- "Recent" — conversations from the last 7 days
- "Code" — filter by tag to show only programming chats
- "Favorites" — high-rated conversations
- "By project" — group conversations by related projects
Link to other Notion pages
After exporting, you can reference ChatGPT conversations from other Notion pages. This is great for:
- Project documentation citing AI research
- Meeting notes linking to relevant ChatGPT brainstorms
- Knowledge base articles with AI-generated explanations
Troubleshooting common issues
"Unauthorized" error
- Try re-authorizing your Notion account in the extension settings
- Verify that the target database is within the pages you authorized
- Check if you accidentally revoked access from Notion's settings
Formatting looks wrong in Notion
Notion has some limitations with complex formatting. If something doesn't look right:
- Try downloading as Markdown and importing manually
- Check that your Notion workspace supports the feature (e.g., code blocks)
- Report the issue—we're always improving export quality
Images not showing in Notion
Images are embedded by URL. If they don't appear, the original image might be expired or access-restricted. GPT2Notes can't control image availability from ChatGPT's servers.
Export is slow or times out
Very long conversations (500+ messages) can take 30-60 seconds to export. If it times out, try refreshing the page and exporting again.
Other ways to backup ChatGPT conversations
While exporting to Notion is powerful, GPT2Notes also supports other formats if you prefer different workflows:
- Markdown: Best for developers and those using Obsidian, Logseq, or GitHub
- HTML: Great for archiving or sharing via email
- JSON: Perfect for data analysis or building custom tools
- PNG: Quick visual snapshots for presentations
- Plain Text: Universal compatibility with any app
Learn more about these formats in our features overview.