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Help & FAQ/Import guides

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Export your Obsidian vault

Obsidian has no export step and does not need one: a vault is already a folder of Markdown files. That makes this the easiest migration of all. Zip the vault, drop it in.

Ask your AI agent instead

Export your vault

  1. Find your vault folder on disk. If you are unsure where it lives, Obsidian shows the path when you click the vault name in the vault switcher.
  2. Compress the folder to a .zip: right-click > Compress on macOS, or Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder on Windows.
  3. That zip is the import file. No plugins or exports needed.

What comes along

Your folder structure is rebuilt as real folders, not flattened into tags, no matter how deep it nests. A note in Work/Projects lands in a Work > Projects folder. Re-importing the same vault reuses the folders it already created instead of duplicating them.

On the free plan you can browse these folders straight away; creating, renaming, and moving folders is a Pro feature, so an Obsidian import is a good way to try it before you upgrade.

YAML frontmatter is understood: tags, aliases, and created dates are honored, and inline #tags in the body are merged into the tag field. You can also tick "Also tag notes by folder" during import to add each folder name as a tag too, handy if you also like filtering by tag.

Your [[...]] links keep working: PrivacyNotes renders them as note-links, so the connections between notes survive the move. The .obsidian config folder and .trash are skipped automatically.

Import into PrivacyNotes

  1. Open PrivacyNotes and go to Settings > Import & Export.
  2. Pick Obsidian as the source.
  3. Drop in the file you just exported, or click to browse.
  4. Check what the preview says will arrive, then start the import.

Still stuck? Ask your AI agent.

You get an answer in seconds instead of waiting for a reply. Your assistant reads all 89 answers and every import guide at once, so it can combine them, follow up on your question, and explain it in your own words. We never see any of it, because we do not run a chatbot.

  1. Copy the prompt.
  2. Paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or any other AI assistant.
  3. Ask your question, in your own language.
  4. Keep that chat open. Next time, ask straight away.
Show AI prompt 
Answer my questions about PrivacyNotes using only its help center, its changelog and its security documentation.

Start here: https://privacynotes.app/llms-index.txt
It lists every question with the page that answers it. Fetch the one or two that match mine.
If you can only make one request, fetch https://privacynotes.app/llms-full.txt instead.
If you cannot fetch a .txt or .md file, read https://privacynotes.app/help, https://privacynotes.app/changelog and https://github.com/LifetimeLabsDev/PrivacyNotes.app instead.

For what changed, or where something moved, fetch https://privacynotes.app/changelog.md.

For how the encryption works, what the server can read, or how to check any of it yourself, fetch https://privacynotes.app/docs/index.md and follow it to one of the documents it lists. That index is a router: cite the document, never the index.

Rules:
- Use only those pages. If they do not answer something, say so instead of guessing.
- Never invent a feature, a menu path, a price, or a limit.
- End your reply with the "Source:" URL from the page you used, exactly as written.
- Answer in the same language as my question.
- Never ask me for my recovery phrase, my PIN, or the contents of a note.

If no question follows, ask me what I would like to know.

My first question:

Never paste your recovery phrase, your PIN, or a note into an AI.