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How to import notes from Simplenote notes app? ​

Here is how to move your notes from Simplenote into Notesnook.

  1. Open Simplenote app on Desktop or Login to https://app.simplenote.com.
  2. Go to sidebar and click Settings. The Settings entry in the Simplenote sidebar
  3. Go to Tools tab in Settings The Tools tab in Simplenote settings, where Export notes lives
  4. Click Export notes to download your notes as a .zip file.
  5. Open the Notesnook app (web or desktop)
  6. Go to Settings > Import & export > Notesnook Importer and select Simplenote from list of apps. The Notesnook Importer app list with Simplenote selected
  7. Drop the .zip backup file you exported earlier from Simplenote in the box or click anywhere to open system file picker to select the backup and click "Start importing". The Notesnook Importer drop zone, ready to accept the export file
  8. Once importing completes you should see all your notes in Notesnook. If you face any issues during importing, report it on github.

Supported formats ​

Simplenote's export is, well, pretty simple and the Notesnook Importer supports 100% of it. It also preserves all the formatting and indenting in the imported notes.

Troubleshooting ​

Some of my notes have weird whitespacing and broken formatting after import. What do I do? ​

This can happen in notes for which you have enabled Markdown in Simplenote. Notesnook Importer follows this flag during processing and respects Markdown rules during the conversion to HTML. If you want to preserve the formatting of your notes, it is best that you disable the Markdown formatting for all your notes in Simplenote. This will force the Notesnook Importer to import all your notes as plaintext.