How do I import notes from Standard Notes?

Export a decrypted backup from Standard Notes, unzip it, and bring the files in with Notesnook's Markdown or plaintext importer.

::: warning There is no longer a Standard Notes importer Recent versions of the Notesnook Importer don't list Standard Notes as a source app, so you import the files it exports rather than the backup itself. The steps below take that route.

:::

Export a decrypted backup from Standard Notes

1. Open the Standard Notes desktop app, or go to https://app.standardnotes.com and sign in.
2. Select all your notes, right click, and choose {{export}}.
3. Choose the decrypted backup option. An encrypted backup can only be read by Standard Notes, so nothing can import it.
4. Save the .zip file somewhere you can find it.

Import the files into Notesnook

1. Unzip the backup. Inside it, your notes are plain text and Markdown files.
2. Open Notesnook on web or desktop.
3. Go to Settings > Import & export > Notesnook Importer.
4. Choose Markdown for .md files, or Text for .txt files. Run the importer once for each type you have.
5. Drop the files in, or click the box to pick them, and start the import.

Full steps for each importer are on import Markdown files and import plaintext files.

What carries across

	Imported
Note titles and content	Yes
Plain text and Markdown notes	Yes
Tags	No
Notebooks or folders	No

Your notes arrive as a flat list, so plan to re-file them into notebooks and re-apply tags afterwards.

If you'd like a proper Standard Notes importer back, open an issue — that is where importer requests are tracked.

<GetNotesnook title="Your notes, encrypted the moment they land" text="Notesnook imports run entirely on your device — not one byte of your Standard Notes export is sent to our servers. Once imported, everything is end-to-end encrypted and syncs to all your devices for free." />

Related pages

• Importing notes — every app and file format Notesnook can import
• Import Markdown files — the importer this page routes you to
• Import plaintext files — for .txt exports
• Import from Joplin — moving notes out of Joplin
• Backup and restore — protecting your notes once they're in
• How is my data encrypted? — what happens to your notes after the import