Claude exporter

Export Claude chats, projects and artifacts.

Claude keeps projects, artifacts and files as well as chats. Here is what each way of exporting keeps of them.

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  • A chatsaved as 2026-09-07-pomodoro-timer-page.md
  • A chat artifactsaved as files/Pomodoro timer.htmllinked from its chat; newer published ones as a link
  • A projectsaved as projects/Thesis research/its instructions.md, files/ and chats
  • A file Claude madesaved as files/heat-island-summary.docxthe original, any type
carry-backup/claude/Saved in the background
What a Claude account holds, and the file each part becomes.

Sound familiar?

What people say about getting their chats out of Claude, and what actually helps, with or without Carry.

  • “Select all on a long chat only copies about two pages.”

    The page holds only part of a long chat at a time. The export reads your account instead, and whatever you use, check the copy for the first message, the last and a phrase from the middle.

    Full answer

  • “If I downgrade from Max, do I lose my projects?”

    Anthropic doesn’t say, and people report different results. Save your projects before the plan ends.

    Full answer

  • “There’s no way to export just one project.”

    Claude’s export is the whole account, and Anthropic doesn’t say what it keeps of projects. Copy the instructions and download the files yourself, or have Carry save the project as a folder.

    Full answer

  • “My chat history and all my projects were just missing.”

    Check claude.ai in a web browser, then request the export: if they’re in it, Anthropic still has them. If not, only a copy you saved earlier can help.

    Full answer

  • “My work account goes away when I leave this job.”

    Save your chats before your last day. On Team and Enterprise plans members can’t export their own data, so ask the primary owner.

    Full answer

Paraphrased from public posts and the searches people type.

Three ways to export Claude chats

Three ways to export Claude chats
What you want outCopy and pasteOne chat, nowClaude’s data exportAll your chats, onceCarryStays current
All your chatsPartlyOne at a time, by hand.YesYour whole account, by email.YesEvery chat as its own file. The trial starts with your latest; a license adds your full history.
One chat on its ownYesFine for a short chat.NoAll or nothing: there’s no option for one chat.YesEach chat is its own file, updated in place when it changes.
Long chats, start to finishPartlySelect-all and print can stop partway through.YesComes from your account, not the page.YesReads the chat through Claude’s internal API, the same data the app loads, not the page.
A format you can readPartlyPlain text, wherever you paste it.PartlyJSON for programs, by user reports. Anthropic doesn’t say.YesMarkdown with frontmatter, one file per chat, ready for Obsidian.
Project instructions and chatsPartlyCopy them out by hand.Not statedYesA folder per project, with its chats and an instructions.md refreshed about once a day.
Project filesNoDownload each file yourself.Not statedPartlySaved in the project’s files/ when you press Save all. Projects in Claude’s newer threads view skip their file library for now.
ArtifactsDocuments, code and pages Claude makes beside the chat.PartlyCopy each one from its panel.Not statedPartlyIn older chats, saved in the note, with code and HTML also as files. Newer published artifacts are saved as a link only.
Files and imagesNoDownload each one yourself.Not statedPartlyYour uploads and the files Claude sends you, as originals of any type. Images Claude shows in a reply get a note.
Stays currentNoRedo it by hand.NoOnly if you request a new one.YesSaves new and changed chats on its own, about every two hours while your browser is open.

Claude’s export: Free, Pro and Max accounts, Settings → Privacy on the web or desktop app, a download link that lasts 24 hours, and no importing into another personal account. “Not stated” means Anthropic’s help article is silent; the JSON format comes from user reports. Source

Everything Carry saves from Claude

What you download vs what Carry saves

Claude’s export arrives as a download link by email. Anthropic doesn’t describe the files, but people who open recent exports find JSON, such as conversations.json, made for programs to read. Here is one chat both ways.

What you download JSON

conversations.json, one chat, trimmed

[
  {
    "uuid": "5f0c7b2e…",
    "name": "Out-of-office reply",
    "created_at": "2026-10-09T16:02:11.482913Z",
    "chat_messages": [
      {
        "sender": "human",
        "text": "Write a short out-of-office reply…",
        "content": [{ "type": "text", "text": "…" }]
      },
      {
        "sender": "assistant",
        "text": "Thanks for your email. I am away…"
      }
    ]
  }
]

What Carry saves Markdown

2026-10-09-out-of-office-reply.md

---
conversation_id: "5f0c7b2e-14d9-4a3e-b8c6-91e2f7a0d435"
source: claude
type: conversation
title: "Out-of-office reply"
aliases:
  - "Out-of-office reply"
tags:
  - capture/claude
created: 2026-10-09T16:02:11
updated: "2026-10-09T16:02:19.307Z"
verified_list_token: "2026-10-09T16:02:19.307Z"
conversation_files_fetched: true
synced: 2026-10-09T16:15:44
url: "https://claude.ai/chat/5f0c7b2e-14d9-4a3e-b8c6-91e2f7a0d435"
message_count: 2
capture_version: 2
content_hash: sha256:d77498646d5e54de2ba991b75ee36d000a30dcedfcdc8a1deb1bcd316886d0ca

---
**Human**

Write a short out-of-office reply for next week. Priya covers anything urgent.

**Assistant**

Thanks for your email. I am away from 13 to 17 October with no access to email. For anything urgent, please contact Priya at priya@example.com. I will reply when I am back on 20 October.
Anthropic doesn’t document the export format. This JSON shape comes from user reports, with the field names of Claude’s own chat data.

An export is a snapshot.

Claude’s export is a copy of the day you ask. Carry keeps saving new and changed chats on its own, and with a license it backfills the history already in your account. How backfill works

What Carry saves from Claude

Checked against Carry 1.6.1, the current release.

Chats

  • Messages and replies
  • Artifactsnewer ones as links
  • Research reports

Files

  • Files you upload
  • Files Claude sends you

Projects and tasks

  • Projects
  • Cowork tasksturn on in Settings

How it’s saved

  • One Markdown file per chat
  • Updated when the chat changes
  • Automatic, about every two hours
  • Older chatswith a license

More on what Carry saves in the FAQ

Use more than one AI? Carry saves them into the same folder. See what it saves from ChatGPT and Grok.

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The folder Carry writes.

Real Carry output for a few sample chats. Pick a file to read it, as Markdown or rendered.

Your folder7 files

2026-09-07-pomodoro-timer-page.md1 KB

A chat with an artifact

---
conversation_id: "3f6a9c2e-8b14-4d7a-9e05-6c1b2d4f8a13"
source: claude
type: conversation
title: "Pomodoro timer page"
aliases:
  - "Pomodoro timer page"
tags:
  - capture/claude
created: 2026-09-07T13:02:18
updated: "2026-09-07T13:09:44.617Z"
verified_list_token: "2026-09-07T13:09:44.617Z"
conversation_files_fetched: true
synced: 2026-09-07T13:30:05
url: "https://claude.ai/chat/3f6a9c2e-8b14-4d7a-9e05-6c1b2d4f8a13"
documents:
  - "Pomodoro timer"
message_count: 4
capture_version: 2
content_hash: sha256:fe6ae9c9c99d81890177ba2d7dc46718cee5e2ec0a6fb7eb33d14d2b4592ccc8

---
**Human**

Make me a simple pomodoro timer I can open in a browser. 25 minutes of focus, 5 minutes of break, and one start/pause button.

**Assistant**

> [!note]- Thought for 6s
> Planning a single-file page with a countdown and one button

Here is a single-file timer page. It counts down 25 minutes of focus, then a 5-minute break, and the tab title shows the time left so you can see it from another tab.

Open it in any browser. Press Space to start or pause.

**Human**

Can it play a sound when the timer ends?

**Assistant**

Yes. It now plays a short beep from the Web Audio API, so there is no sound file to load.

Browsers only allow sound after a click on the page, so the first beep needs one press of Start, which you do anyway.

### 📄 Pomodoro timer

[Pomodoro timer](files/Pomodoro%20timer.html)

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
title
Pomodoro timer page
tags
capture/claude
created
2026-09-07T13:02:18
url
Open in Claude
+12 more fieldsHide 12 fields
conversation_id
3f6a9c2e-8b14-4d7a-9e05-6c1b2d4f8a13
source
claude
type
conversation
aliases
Pomodoro timer page
updated
2026-09-07T13:09:44.617Z
verified_list_token
2026-09-07T13:09:44.617Z
conversation_files_fetched
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synced
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documents
Pomodoro timer
message_count
4
capture_version
2
content_hash
sha256:fe6ae9c9c99d81890177ba2d7dc46718cee5e2ec0a6fb7eb33d14d2b4592ccc8

Human

Make me a simple pomodoro timer I can open in a browser. 25 minutes of focus, 5 minutes of break, and one start/pause button.

Assistant

Thought for 6s

Planning a single-file page with a countdown and one button

Here is a single-file timer page. It counts down 25 minutes of focus, then a 5-minute break, and the tab title shows the time left so you can see it from another tab.

Open it in any browser. Press Space to start or pause.

Human

Can it play a sound when the timer ends?

Assistant

Yes. It now plays a short beep from the Web Audio API, so there is no sound file to load.

Browsers only allow sound after a click on the page, so the first beep needs one press of Start, which you do anyway.

📄 Pomodoro timer

Pomodoro timer

<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head>

Pomodoro timer.html2 KB

The artifact itself, a page you can open in any browser

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Pomodoro timer</title>
  <style>
    body { margin: 0; min-height: 100vh; display: grid; place-items: center;
      font-family: system-ui, sans-serif; background: #f7f4ee; color: #222; }
    main { text-align: center; }
    .mode { letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #777; }
    .time { margin: 0.2em 0; font-size: 5rem; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
    button { font: inherit; padding: 0.6rem 1.6rem; border-radius: 8px;
      border: 1px solid #ccc; background: #fff; cursor: pointer; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <main>
    <p class="mode" id="mode">Focus</p>
    <p class="time" id="time">25:00</p>
    <button id="toggle">Start</button>
  </main>
  <script>
    const FOCUS = 25 * 60;
    const BREAK = 5 * 60;
    let left = FOCUS;
    let onBreak = false;
    let tick = null;

    const time = document.getElementById('time');
    const mode = document.getElementById('mode');
    const toggle = document.getElementById('toggle');

    function show() {
      const m = String(Math.floor(left / 60)).padStart(2, '0');
      const s = String(left % 60).padStart(2, '0');
      time.textContent = m + ':' + s;
      document.title = m + ':' + s + ' · ' + (onBreak ? 'Break' : 'Focus');
    }

    function beep() {
      const audio = new AudioContext();
      const tone = audio.createOscillator();
      tone.frequency.value = 880;
      tone.connect(audio.destination);
      tone.start();
      tone.stop(audio.currentTime + 0.4);
    }

    function step() {
      left -= 1;
      if (left < 0) {
        beep();
        onBreak = !onBreak;
        left = onBreak ? BREAK : FOCUS;
        mode.textContent = onBreak ? 'Break' : 'Focus';
      }
      show();
    }

    toggle.addEventListener('click', () => {
      if (tick) {
        clearInterval(tick);
        tick = null;
        toggle.textContent = 'Start';
      } else {
        tick = setInterval(step, 1000);
        toggle.textContent = 'Pause';
      }
    });

    document.addEventListener('keydown', (e) => {
      if (e.code === 'Space') { e.preventDefault(); toggle.click(); }
    });

    show();
  </script>
</body>
</html>

2026-10-03-chapter-2-reading-plan.md2 KB

A project chat

---
conversation_id: "b18d4e07-6a3c-4f92-8d15-0e7c9a2b4f61"
source: claude
type: conversation
title: "Chapter 2 reading plan"
aliases:
  - "Chapter 2 reading plan"
tags:
  - capture/claude
created: 2026-10-03T09:12:40
updated: "2026-10-03T09:14:02.905Z"
verified_list_token: "2026-10-03T09:14:02.905Z"
conversation_files_fetched: true
synced: 2026-10-03T09:40:21
url: "https://claude.ai/chat/b18d4e07-6a3c-4f92-8d15-0e7c9a2b4f61"
project: "Thesis research"
documents:
  - "Chapter 2 reading plan"
document_versions:
  - document_index: 0
    artifact_id: "chapter-2-reading-plan"
    version_id: "e4b0c2d1-7f3a-4c86-9b25-1a6d8e0f3c74"
message_count: 2
capture_version: 2
content_hash: sha256:534938903b3ebc1e898b4f4e823f46428e246770a0cf8e6832eb79bd1c452462

---
**Human**

Draft a two-week reading plan for chapter 2. Mostly measurement first, then policy. Use my interview notes.

**Assistant**

> [!note]- Thought for 9s
> Ordering the reading from measurement to policy
> Fitting the interview notes into week 2

Here is a plan that moves from measurement to policy, with your interview notes in week 2. The district heat map from interview 3 makes a good baseline for week 1.

### 📄 Chapter 2 reading plan

# Chapter 2 reading plan

## Week 1: measuring the heat island

- Day 1–2: urban climate basics, then how surface and air temperature differ
- Day 3–4: two satellite studies of land surface temperature
- Day 5: compare their methods with the district heat map

## Week 2: what cities do about it

- Day 1–2: tree canopy and cool-roof programmes
- Day 3: your interview notes, coded by theme
- Day 4–5: write a two-page synthesis for the chapter outline
title
Chapter 2 reading plan
tags
capture/claude
created
2026-10-03T09:12:40
url
Open in Claude
project
Thesis research
+13 more fieldsHide 13 fields
conversation_id
b18d4e07-6a3c-4f92-8d15-0e7c9a2b4f61
source
claude
type
conversation
aliases
Chapter 2 reading plan
updated
2026-10-03T09:14:02.905Z
verified_list_token
2026-10-03T09:14:02.905Z
conversation_files_fetched
true
synced
2026-10-03T09:40:21
documents
Chapter 2 reading plan
document_versions
document_index: 0 artifact_id: "chapter-2-reading-plan" version_id: "e4b0c2d1-7f3a-4c86-9b25-1a6d8e0f3c74"
message_count
2
capture_version
2
content_hash
sha256:534938903b3ebc1e898b4f4e823f46428e246770a0cf8e6832eb79bd1c452462

Human

Draft a two-week reading plan for chapter 2. Mostly measurement first, then policy. Use my interview notes.

Assistant

Thought for 9s

Ordering the reading from measurement to policy

Fitting the interview notes into week 2

Here is a plan that moves from measurement to policy, with your interview notes in week 2. The district heat map from interview 3 makes a good baseline for week 1.

📄 Chapter 2 reading plan

Chapter 2 reading plan

Week 1: measuring the heat island

  • Day 1–2: urban climate basics, then how surface and air temperature differ
  • Day 3–4: two satellite studies of land surface temperature
  • Day 5: compare their methods with the district heat map

Week 2: what cities do about it

  • Day 1–2: tree canopy and cool-roof programmes
  • Day 3: your interview notes, coded by theme
  • Day 4–5: write a two-page synthesis for the chapter outline

district-heat-map.png418 KB

An image uploaded to the project, saved as the original file.

PNG image · 418 KB

interview-notes.md228 bytes

A project document, saved as Markdown

# Interview 3, city planning office

- Tree canopy targets slipped two years.
- Cool-roof rebates: popular, underfunded.
- Wants data on night-time temperatures by district.
- Suggested the 2019 district heat map as a baseline.

Interview 3, city planning office

  • Tree canopy targets slipped two years.
  • Cool-roof rebates: popular, underfunded.
  • Wants data on night-time temperatures by district.
  • Suggested the 2019 district heat map as a baseline.

instructions.md181 bytes

The project’s instructions, as written in Claude

You are helping me write a master's thesis on urban heat islands.

- Cite sources in APA style.
- Keep answers short unless I ask for detail.
- Flag any claim you are unsure about.

You are helping me write a master's thesis on urban heat islands.

  • Cite sources in APA style.
  • Keep answers short unless I ask for detail.
  • Flag any claim you are unsure about.

Thesis research.md504 bytes

The project’s index note

---
source: claude
project_id: "7c2e9a41-3b5d-4f0e-9c1a-2d8e6f4b1a37"
url: "https://claude.ai/project/7c2e9a41-3b5d-4f0e-9c1a-2d8e6f4b1a37"
archived: false

---# Thesis research

- **Provider**: Claude
- **Project ID**: `7c2e9a41-3b5d-4f0e-9c1a-2d8e6f4b1a37`
- **Link**: https://claude.ai/project/7c2e9a41-3b5d-4f0e-9c1a-2d8e6f4b1a37
- **Instructions**: [instructions.md](instructions.md)

## Files

- [district-heat-map.png](files/district-heat-map.png)
- [interview-notes.md](files/interview-notes.md)
url
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+3 more fieldsHide 3 fields
source
claude
project_id
7c2e9a41-3b5d-4f0e-9c1a-2d8e6f4b1a37
archived
false

Thesis research

  • Provider: Claude
  • Project ID: 7c2e9a41-3b5d-4f0e-9c1a-2d8e6f4b1a37
  • Link: https://claude.ai/project/7c2e9a41-3b5d-4f0e-9c1a-2d8e6f4b1a37
  • Instructions: instructions.md

Files

Set up once.

Pick your folder

Connect providers

Then it’s automatic

On the trial, Carry starts with your latest 5 chats, can expand to your latest 25, then saves each new one. A license adds the rest.

Your chats stay with you

  • Your chats stay on your computer: they go from your browser straight to your folder, and Carry never uploads them.
  • No Carry account and no API key. Carry reads through the Claude login you already have.
  • Carry asks for access to claude.ai only when you connect Claude.
  • Four browser permissions: scripting, storage, alarms and idle.
  • It does fetch compatibility settings from carry.md and send anonymous usage counts, never your content. You can turn both off.

Questions

Questions, answered.

How do I export my Claude chat history?

For all your chats at once, request Claude’s data export in Settings → Privacy on the web or in Claude Desktop. Anthropic says it holds your conversation data and account data, and the link arrives by email. On Team and Enterprise plans only the primary owner can export. For one chat, copy and paste it. For a copy that stays current, Carry saves your chats as Markdown in a folder you choose. Source: Anthropic’s help article

Does Claude’s data export include projects and artifacts?

Anthropic’s help article doesn’t say: it mentions conversation and account data only, and a user report found the export’s chats don’t record which project they came from. Carry saves each project as a folder with its instructions, chats and files, and artifacts from older chats with their chat. Newer published artifacts are saved as a link, and projects in Claude’s newer threads view don’t include their file library yet.

Can I export just one Claude chat?

Not with Claude’s export, which is all or nothing. Copy and paste works for a short chat; on a long one, check the copy has the first message, the last and a phrase from the middle. Carry keeps every chat as its own file.More: Can I export just one Claude chat?

How long is the export download link valid?

24 hours after it’s delivered. You must be signed in to download it. If it expires, request a new export.

Can I export Claude chats from the mobile app?

Not with Claude’s data export: it works on the web and in Claude Desktop only. Carry runs in Chrome, Edge and other Chromium browsers on a computer, but chats from your phone are in the same account, so it saves them too.

Can I move my Claude chats to a new account?

Not between personal accounts: Anthropic says exported data can’t be imported into another one. Keep your chats as files and attach the ones you need in the new account, or add them to a project there.More: Can I move my Claude chats to another account?

Can I back up Claude chats as Markdown and then delete them?

Yes. Save the chat first, then open the file and check the first message, the last and a phrase from the middle before you delete it in Claude. A file Carry saved stays in your folder after the chat is gone from claude.ai.More: Can I back up Claude chats as Markdown and then delete them?

Is it free?

Claude’s own export comes with your account. Carry has a 14-day trial with no card, then $59 once: a one-time payment, no subscription, with a 14-day refund. The trial starts with your latest 5 chats, can expand to your latest 25, and saves new ones, plus instructions and files for a couple of projects; your full history needs the license. When the trial ends, saving stops and the files you saved stay yours.More: Pricing

Can I export to PDF or Word?

Not with Carry: it saves Markdown only, with no PDF or Word export. For a one-off PDF, use a PDF exporter, or open a saved Markdown file in Obsidian and use Export to PDF.

Does Carry upload my chats?

No. Your chats and files stay on your computer, in the folder you pick, and are never uploaded. There’s no Carry account and no API key: Carry reads through your Claude login and asks for access to claude.ai only when you connect Claude. It does download compatibility settings from carry.md, which sees ordinary request details like your IP address, and it sends anonymous usage counts, never your content. You can turn both off. Pressing Activate sends your license key to Polar, which sells the license.More: Privacy details

Is Carry made by Anthropic?

No. Carry is independent, not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.

More questions? See the full FAQ, or the step-by-step guide: How to export Claude chat history.

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