Export Claude Conversations: Download as TXT, Markdown, or JSON

Claude's only native export is a full account data dump via Settings > Privacy > Export data, delivered by email with a 24-hour expiring link, web and desktop only. There is no per-conversation export button or one-click download as a file. AI Toolbox adds one-click per-conversation export in TXT, Markdown (with YAML frontmatter for Obsidian and Logseq), or JSON.

AI Toolbox's Claude module adds a per-conversation export menu on claude.ai that lets paid users export any single chat as TXT, Markdown, or JSON with one click. Export is a paid-tier feature at $9.99/month or $99 lifetime per module. Free users can still use exact-match search and message bookmarks without upgrading.

AI Toolbox supports three export formats on Claude: TXT (plain text), Markdown (.md, with a YAML frontmatter block at the top containing title, date, url, source so the file drops straight into Obsidian, Logseq, Pandoc, Quartz, Astro, Hugo, and any static-site generator), and JSON (structured data). Markdown was added in May 2026. TXT is best for reading and sharing. Markdown is best for knowledge bases and docs sites. JSON is best for programmatic access and data analysis. PDF is supported on the ChatGPT and Gemini modules but not on Claude yet.

Export is a paid feature available with Premium ($9.99/month) or Lifetime ($99 one-time) plans. The free plan includes search (5 results) and bookmarks (2 conversations) but does not include export. A 14-day money-back guarantee applies to paid plans.

AI Toolbox Claude export runs entirely inside your browser against a local IndexedDB index. Nothing is uploaded to a third-party server. The exported file is generated in the browser and downloaded directly to your machine, consistent with the local-first privacy model that governs AI Toolbox search and bookmarks on Claude.

Claude's native export is delivered by email with a 24-hour download link. Delivery time depends on Claude's queue and the size of your account, and the link expires 24 hours after delivery. AI Toolbox's Claude module export is instant in comparison because the conversation is already synced locally.

Not yet on the Claude module of AI Toolbox. The Claude module currently supports TXT, Markdown (with YAML frontmatter), and JSON. For PDF, use your browser's native print-to-PDF flow on the claude.ai conversation, or switch to the ChatGPT or Gemini modules of AI Toolbox, which support PDF today. PDF on Claude is on the roadmap; Markdown with YAML frontmatter was prioritized first because the dominant requested use case was knowledge-base ingestion in Obsidian and Logseq.

AI Toolbox exports any synced Claude conversation regardless of whether it lives inside a Claude Project or outside one. This is useful because Claude's native conversational search is scoped per Project, while AI Toolbox search, bookmarks, and export all span every Project and every standalone chat uniformly across the account.

No. AI Toolbox is a Chromium browser extension and runs on desktop only, in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, and Arc. For mobile Claude, Claude's native full-account export (Settings > Privacy > Export data) is the best available option, though it delivers an email archive rather than an instant per-conversation file.

Exported files download to your browser's default download location, just like any other file download. The file is named after the conversation title for easy identification.