How to export your Claude conversations

Claude lets you download your conversations from its settings. Here's how to request the export, and how to make it searchable alongside your other AI chats.

Request the export from Claude

1. Open claude.ai in your browser, or the Claude desktop app. The export can't be started from the iOS or Android apps.
2. Go to Settings, then Privacy.
3. Select Export data.
4. Watch for an email with a download link. Download the file straight away: you need to be signed in, the link expires after 24 hours, and it may only work once.

These steps come from Anthropic's help article, Export your Claude data, checked on 12 November 2026. On a Team or Enterprise plan, an owner may need to allow members to export their own data first.

What's in the export

The export includes your conversations and account data. It doesn't include the original files you uploaded. Keep the file private, as it can contain personal information.

Search it alongside ChatGPT and Gemini with Hushfold

1. Add Hushfold to Chrome. It's free, and there's no account to create.
2. Drop the Claude export file into Hushfold. It's read on your computer and nothing is uploaded.
3. Search your Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini chats together, in one search box.

To keep new conversations without exporting again, click Save next to the chat title on claude.ai, or press Alt+Shift+S. You can export any saved chat to Markdown or JSON, free.

Hushfold is made by Glintside and is not affiliated with Anthropic. Claude is a trademark of its owner.