How to save and export your NotebookLM notes
Keep your saved NotebookLM notes outside the app — as a PDF, Word or Markdown file you can share or edit.
Install the free NotebookLM to PDF Chrome extension, open your notebook on notebooklm.google.com, click Export and choose a format — PDF, Word or Markdown. The file downloads instantly with your notes, their formatting and their citations intact.
In NotebookLM, a note is a snippet you save inside a notebook — pinned from an answer or written yourself. Those notes are useful, but they live behind a Google login with no real download button. This guide shows the clean, one-click way to get them out and into a file you actually own.
Why export your notes
Saved notes are trapped in the app. You cannot open them on a flight, paste them into a doc, or hand them to a teammate without copy-paste — and copy-paste drops the citations and the formatting. Exporting fixes all of that. People do it to:
- Read offline — keep a fixed PDF you can open without a login or a connection.
- Keep editing — drop a Word or Markdown copy into your own writing and rework it.
- Share or archive — send a clean file to a colleague or file it alongside the rest of a project.
How to save your NotebookLM notes, step by step
- Install the extension. Add NotebookLM to PDF from the Chrome Web Store. It is free, needs no account, and stays idle until you open NotebookLM.
- Open your notebook. Go to notebooklm.google.com and open the notebook that holds the notes you want to keep.
- Click Export and choose a format. Use the export button the extension adds, then pick PDF, Word or Markdown — and select which notes to include.
- Save the file. The file is built in your browser and lands in your downloads in a second or two — ready to read, edit or share.
Choosing a format for your notes
All three keep your notes intact. Pick by what you plan to do next.
| Format | Best for |
|---|---|
| A fixed copy to read, print or share — it looks the same everywhere. | |
| Word (.docx) | An editable copy you can rework in Word, Google Docs or Pages. |
| Markdown | A portable, plain-text copy for Obsidian, Notion or any note app. |
Exporting several notes at once
For one note, a single click is enough. Working through a whole project? Select several saved notes and export them together in one file. That is the quick way to archive a research log or hand a full set of notes to someone else — no exporting one note at a time.
Not sure which format you want? Export more than one at once — for example a PDF to share and a Markdown copy to keep editing — from the same menu, in the same click.
Is it private?
Yes. NotebookLM to PDF builds every file in your browser. There is no account to create and no server to send your notes to — the extension reads the notebook you are already viewing, builds the file on your own machine, and hands it to you. Nothing is uploaded.
FAQ
Can you download your NotebookLM notes?
Yes. The free NotebookLM to PDF extension downloads your saved notes as a PDF, Word or Markdown file in one click, keeping their formatting and citations — all locally in your browser.
Can I export all my notes at once?
Yes. Select several notes in a notebook and export them together in a single file, instead of saving each one separately.
Do the notes keep their formatting and citations?
Yes. Headings, lists, code blocks and the inline source citations NotebookLM adds are all preserved, and the text stays selectable.
Export your NotebookLM in one click
Free Chrome extension. PDF, Word & Markdown. Processed locally — nothing uploaded.