How to save ChatGPT chats as Markdown

Markdown is plain text with light formatting, so it opens in Obsidian, Notion and almost any notes app, and it will still be readable in twenty years. Here's how to get your ChatGPT chats into Markdown files.

Save and export with Hushfold (free)

1. Add Hushfold to Chrome. It's free, and there's no account to create.
2. On chatgpt.com, click Save next to the chat title, or press Alt+Shift+S. To bring in chats from the past, drop in your official ChatGPT export file instead.
3. Export one chat, a folder or everything to Markdown. Exporting everything gives you one file per chat, in folders like your library.

Markdown and JSON export are free, always, and work for chats saved from Claude and Gemini too. Free saves up to 50 chats; Pro removes the limit for a single $23 payment.

Why keep your chats as files

• They're yours. Files on your computer don't depend on any website staying the same.
• They're searchable in your notes app, next to the rest of your notes.
• JSON keeps every detail, if you want to process your chats with your own tools.

Before you start

Your chats are saved in Chrome on your computer, and nowhere else. Hushfold has no servers, and nothing you save is sent to Glintside. Uninstalling Hushfold removes the chats saved in it, so make a backup or a Markdown export first if you plan to switch computers.

Want a PDF instead? See how to save a ChatGPT chat as a PDF.

Hushfold is made by Glintside and is not affiliated with OpenAI. ChatGPT is a trademark of its owner.