Backup My AI ChatGuides
Guides to exporting and backing up AI chats
Each guide starts with the ways the AI service itself gives you, says plainly what they leave out, and then shows how Backup My AI Chat does the same job. Written by the people who build the extension, and updated when the services change.
How-to guides
- Back up all your ChatGPT chatsThe official export, bulk export, and automatic backup to a folder, with what each leaves out.
- Export a ChatGPT conversationPDF, Word or Markdown from one chat: copy, print, share link, or one click.
- Save AI chats to ObsidianChats as Markdown notes with properties, by hand or kept up to date automatically.
- Move ChatGPT history to Claude or GeminiWhat transfers between assistants, what does not, and how to carry your chats over as files.
- File formats and folder layoutThe Markdown header, the JSON structure, the folder layout and filename patterns.
By service
- Export Claude chatsClaude conversations, projects and artifacts as files.
- Export Gemini chatsGemini conversations as files, beyond Export to Docs and Takeout.
- Export Perplexity threadsThreads with their sources, one at a time or all of them, kept up to date.
- Export Grok chatsGrok conversations on grok.com and in X, with generated images saved alongside.
- Export DeepSeek chatsDeepSeek conversations with thinking, citations and sources as files.
- Export Copilot chatsCopilot conversations as files; export only, no auto-save.
Choosing a tool
- AI chat exporters comparedTen export extensions side by side, with sources and the date each figure was read.
- Supported AI servicesWhich services Backup My AI Chat can export from, and which it can auto-save.