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Sync, backups and your data2 min readUpdated September 16, 2026

Export your notes

Get a single note or the whole library out as Markdown, HTML or PDF.

Everything you write can leave the app in a standard format. Export is part of the Sync, Pro and Lifetime plans.

One note

Open the note menu and choose Export: Markdown keeps the structure for another app, HTML keeps the formatting for the web, PDF is for sending to somebody who just needs to read it. On mobile the export hands off to the share sheet, so it can go straight to mail or files.

Step by stepOn desktop
1Open the note and click the menu button at the top.
2Choose Export, then Save as PDF, HTML or Markdown.
Step by stepOn mobile
1Open the note and tap the menu in the header.
2Tap Export.
3Choose Save as Markdown, HTML or PDF, then send it on from the share sheet.

The whole library

Open Settings, go to the Data tab and choose Export All Notes. You get a single ZIP of Markdown files with your folder structure recreated as directories, which any other app can read. Locked notes are skipped, and the app tells you how many; unlock one and export it on its own from the note menu.

Step by stepOn desktop
1Open Settings, go to Data and choose Export beside Export All Notes.
2If some notes are locked, Grape says how many it left out.
Step by stepOn mobile
1Open Settings and tap Data.
2Tap Export All Notes.

Export, backup or sync

Three different jobs. Export produces portable files for the world outside Grape. A backup is a complete archive only Grape can restore. Sync mirrors your library between your own devices. When in doubt: leaving, export. Recovering, backup. Both phones, sync.

Why this matters

The underlying database is a file on your disk on every plan, and on a paid plan export turns it into files any other app can read. There is no version of this where your writing is stuck inside an app you no longer want to use.

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