How to export your Gemini chats

Gemini chats are exported through Google Takeout, which can be hard to find. Here are the steps, and what to do with the file afterwards.

Export Gemini chats with Google Takeout

1. Go to Google Takeout and sign in with the Google Account you use for Gemini.
2. Under Select data to include, select Deselect all.
3. Tick My Activity, select All activity data included, then Deselect all in the pop-up.
4. Tick Gemini Apps and select OK.
5. Select Next step, choose how you'd like to receive the file (a download link by email is the simplest) and the .zip file type, then select Create export.
6. Wait for the email. It can take a few hours or longer, though most people get it the same day. The download link stays active for 7 days.

These steps come from Google's help article, Download your Gemini Apps data, checked on 12 November 2026. Downloading your data doesn't delete it from your Google Account.

Make your Gemini history searchable with Hushfold

1. Add Hushfold to Chrome. It's free, and there's no account to create.
2. Drop the Google Takeout file into Hushfold. It's read on your computer and nothing is uploaded.
3. Search your Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude chats together, and organise them with folders, tags, pins and notes.

From then on, click Save next to the chat title on gemini.google.com, or press Alt+Shift+S, to keep new chats as you go. Every saved chat can be exported to Markdown or JSON, free.

Hushfold is made by Glintside and is not affiliated with Google. Gemini is a trademark of its owner.