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Export Grok chats as Markdown.

A Grok chat can hold research replies, edited branches and files Grok made. Here is what each way of exporting keeps of them.

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A chatsaved as 2026-07-26-kyoto-in-late-november.md
A research replysaved as 2026-09-12-heat-pump-running-costs.mdthe report text, in its chat
An edited replysaved as 2026-09-20-weekend-trip-budget.mdeach branch as its own section
A file Grok madesaved as files/trip-budget.htmlthe original, from its file card

carry-backup/grok/Saved when you press Save all

What a Grok chat holds, and the file each part becomes.

Sound familiar?

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

“Ctrl+P only printed one page of a long chat.”
Grok’s PDF option covers one response. Get the chat as a Markdown file first, then print it or use Export to PDF in Obsidian.
Full answer
“My history rolled back weeks, and some chats open empty.”
Check grok.com on a computer as well as the app, then download your account data: a missing chat sometimes turns up there.
Full answer
“The download is one huge JSON file.”
Your chats sit in prod-grok-backend.json, which is made for programs. A converter turns it into readable files.
Full answer
“Select-all misses half the conversation.”
It only copies what the page has drawn. Work from a file instead: the account download, or one Markdown file per chat.
Full answer
“I’m moving to Claude and want my Grok chats there.”
No tool moves them into Claude’s chat list. Save the ones you need as Markdown and add them to a Claude project.
Full answer

Paraphrased from public posts and the searches people type.

Three ways to export Grok chats

Three ways to export Grok chats
What you want out	Copy and pasteOne reply, now	Grok’s data downloadYour account data, once	CarryEvery chat as a file
All your chats	PartlyOne reply at a time, by hand.	YesPart of your account data.	YesEvery chat as its own file. The trial saves your latest 5; a license saves your whole history, slowly.
One chat on its own	YesFine for a short chat.	NoAll or nothing: your whole account.	YesEach chat is its own file, updated each time you press Save all.
Long chats, start to finish	PartlyCtrl+P can print one page, and select-all misses what isn’t drawn.	YesComes from your account, not the page.	YesReads the chat through Grok’s internal API, the same data the app loads, not the page. A thread past 1,024 messages keeps its newest, with a note.
A format you can read	PartlyPlain text, wherever you paste it.	PartlyOne large JSON file, by user reports. xAI doesn’t say.	YesMarkdown with frontmatter, one file per chat, ready for Obsidian.
Edited repliesBranches from editing or regenerating a reply.	NoOnly the branch on screen.	Not stated	YesEvery branch as its own section of the note.
Files and images	NoDownload each one yourself.	Not stated	PartlyYour uploads and files Grok shows as cards, as originals of any type. Images Grok generates aren’t saved.
ProjectsProject instructions and files.	PartlyCopy the instructions by hand.	Not stated	NoProject chats save as ordinary chats, without instructions or files.
Stays current	NoRedo it by hand.	NoOnly if you request a new one.	PartlyPress Save all while signed in to grok.com, and Carry opens the tab itself. Nothing runs in the background.

Grok’s download: xAI says you can download your data from Settings → Data Controls, on grok.com or in the Grok app, but not what it holds or in what format. The JSON file comes from user reports; “Not stated” means xAI’s FAQ is silent. Source

Everything Carry saves from Grok

What you download vs what Carry saves

Grok’s account download is a zip. Your chats are in one large JSON file, prod-grok-backend.json, made for programs to read. Here is one chat both ways.

What you download JSON

prod-grok-backend.json, one chat, trimmed

{
  "conversation": { "id": "a4d27e90…", "title": "Quicksort vs mergesort" },
  "responses": [
    {
      "response": {
        "sender": "human",
        "message": "Compare quicksort and mergesort."
      }
    },
    {
      "response": {
        "sender": "assistant",
        "message": "Both run in O(n log n) on average…"
      }
    }
  ]
}

What Carry saves Markdown

2026-08-14-quicksort-vs-mergesort.md

---
conversation_id: "a4d27e90-3f1c-4b85-9e62-0c7d5b18f3a9"
source: grok
type: conversation
title: "Quicksort vs mergesort"
aliases:
  - "Quicksort vs mergesort"
tags:
  - capture/grok
created: 2026-08-14T07:31:40
updated: "2026-08-14T07:31:52.880Z"
verified_list_token: "2026-08-14T07:31:52.880Z"
conversation_files_fetched: true
synced: 2026-08-14T07:45:10
url: "https://grok.com/chat/a4d27e90-3f1c-4b85-9e62-0c7d5b18f3a9"
model: "grok-4"
message_count: 2
capture_version: 2
content_hash: sha256:42bbc52c86ad7afb287228f795153cc96b062953d7768d9408b8a88a121b4c68

---
**Human**

Compare quicksort and mergesort.

**Assistant**

Both run in O(n log n) on average. The difference is in the worst case and in memory.

| | Quicksort | Mergesort |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Worst case | O(n²) | O(n log n) |
| Extra memory | O(log n) | O(n) |
| Stable | No | Yes |

xAI doesn’t document the download. This shape comes from a write-up checked against a real export, so it can change.

A download is a snapshot.

Grok’s download is a copy of the day you ask. Carry saves new and changed chats each time you press Save all, and with a license it saves your whole Grok history. How to read Grok’s download

What Carry saves from Grok

Checked against Carry 1.6.1, the current release.

Chats

Messages and replies
DeepSearch reports
Every version of a reply

Files

Files you upload
Files Grok sends you

How it’s saved

One Markdown file per chat
Updated when the chat changes
Older chatswith a license

The folder Carry writes.

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

Your folder4 files

carry-backup
grok
2026-07-26-kyoto-in-late-november.md26 Jul
2026-09-29-hiking-newsletter-names.md29 Sep
2026-10-06-household-budget-csv.md6 Oct
files
household-budget.csv6 Oct

2026-07-26-kyoto-in-late-november.md2 KB

A Grok chat with its sources as footnotes

---
conversation_id: "c93e1f58-2a7b-4d60-8e14-5b0f6a9d2c87"
source: grok
type: conversation
title: "Kyoto in late November"
aliases:
  - "Kyoto in late November"
tags:
  - capture/grok
created: 2026-07-26T21:05:12
updated: "2026-07-26T21:11:37.902Z"
verified_list_token: "2026-07-26T21:11:37.902Z"
conversation_files_fetched: true
synced: 2026-07-26T21:30:48
url: "https://grok.com/chat/c93e1f58-2a7b-4d60-8e14-5b0f6a9d2c87"
model: "grok-4"
message_count: 4
capture_version: 2
content_hash: sha256:e1cd6f55c9d3686f358d571e75f736f3ea7c46779f41c71290c009960f7391c8

---
**Human**

Is late November a good time to visit Kyoto? I care about autumn leaves but hate crowds.

**Assistant**

Late November is peak leaf season in Kyoto, so it is beautiful and busy at the same time.[^1]

| Week | Leaves | Crowds |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mid November | Turning, best in the hills | Busy at weekends |
| Late November | Usually at their peak | Busiest of the year |
| Early December | Fading, still colourful in shaded gardens | Noticeably quieter |

To dodge the worst of it, go to famous temples like Kiyomizu-dera right at opening time, and spend the middle of the day in smaller gardens.[^2] The north of the city tends to turn a little earlier than the centre.[^3]

**Human**

So early December is the better trade-off for me?

**Assistant**

Probably, yes. You give up the very best colour for far fewer people, and many gardens still look good into the first week of December. Book a room early either way: hotels fill up for the whole season.

**Sources**

[^1]: [Kyoto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto)
[^2]: [Kiyomizu-dera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyomizu-dera)
[^3]: [Autumn leaf color](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autumn_leaf_color)

title: Kyoto in late November
tags: capture/grok
created: 2026-07-26T21:05:12
url: Open in Grok

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conversation_id: c93e1f58-2a7b-4d60-8e14-5b0f6a9d2c87
source: grok
type: conversation
aliases: Kyoto in late November
updated: 2026-07-26T21:11:37.902Z
verified_list_token: 2026-07-26T21:11:37.902Z
conversation_files_fetched: true
synced: 2026-07-26T21:30:48
model: grok-4
message_count: 4
capture_version: 2
content_hash: sha256:e1cd6f55c9d3686f358d571e75f736f3ea7c46779f41c71290c009960f7391c8

Human

Is late November a good time to visit Kyoto? I care about autumn leaves but hate crowds.

Assistant

Late November is peak leaf season in Kyoto, so it is beautiful and busy at the same time.¹

Week	Leaves	Crowds
Mid November	Turning, best in the hills	Busy at weekends
Late November	Usually at their peak	Busiest of the year
Early December	Fading, still colourful in shaded gardens	Noticeably quieter

To dodge the worst of it, go to famous temples like Kiyomizu-dera right at opening time, and spend the middle of the day in smaller gardens.² The north of the city tends to turn a little earlier than the centre.³

Human

So early December is the better trade-off for me?

Assistant

Probably, yes. You give up the very best colour for far fewer people, and many gardens still look good into the first week of December. Book a room early either way: hotels fill up for the whole season.

Sources

Kyoto
Kiyomizu-dera
Autumn leaf color

2026-09-29-hiking-newsletter-names.md2 KB

A chat with an edited message

---
conversation_id: "e2b7c4d9-5a13-4f68-9c0e-8d41a6f2b379"
source: grok
type: conversation
title: "Hiking newsletter names"
aliases:
  - "Hiking newsletter names"
tags:
  - capture/grok
created: 2026-09-29T19:40:12
updated: "2026-09-29T19:43:11.604Z"
verified_list_token: "2026-09-29T19:43:11.604Z"
conversation_files_fetched: true
synced: 2026-09-29T20:05:33
url: "https://grok.com/chat/e2b7c4d9-5a13-4f68-9c0e-8d41a6f2b379"
model: "grok-4"
message_count: 6
capture_version: 2
content_hash: sha256:7d23bd2af5cee5c9391609d1b3059151c205a0c229752500fe240d9704cfefb4

---
*Conversation branches are shown separately below. Shared messages repeat in each branch.*

## Branch 1

**Human**

I’m starting a monthly email newsletter about easy day hikes near where I live. Can you suggest five names?

**Assistant**

Here are five, from plain to playful:

1. **The Day Hike**: says exactly what it is.
2. **Trailhead Monthly**: clear about when it arrives.
3. **Out and Back**: a nod to the most common kind of short hike.
4. **First Light Trails**: for a newsletter that likes early starts.
5. **Small Summits**: easy hikes that still end with a view.

Adding your area’s name to any of these makes it easier for local readers to find.

**Human**

I like Out and Back. Can you write a one-line description to go under it?

**Assistant**

**Out and Back**: one easy day hike a month, with the trail, how long it takes and where to get coffee after.

## Branch 2

**Human**

I’m starting a monthly email newsletter about easy day hikes near where I live. Can you suggest five names?

**Assistant**

Here are five, from plain to playful:

1. **The Day Hike**: says exactly what it is.
2. **Trailhead Monthly**: clear about when it arrives.
3. **Out and Back**: a nod to the most common kind of short hike.
4. **First Light Trails**: for a newsletter that likes early starts.
5. **Small Summits**: easy hikes that still end with a view.

Adding your area’s name to any of these makes it easier for local readers to find.

**Human**

I like Out and Back. Can you write a short welcome for the first issue?

**Assistant**

Welcome to the first issue of **Out and Back**. Once a month I’ll send you one easy day hike: where it starts, how long it takes, and a good place to stop on the way home. This month it’s a two-hour loop with a lake at the halfway point.

title: Hiking newsletter names
tags: capture/grok
created: 2026-09-29T19:40:12
url: Open in Grok

+12 more fieldsHide 12 fields

conversation_id: e2b7c4d9-5a13-4f68-9c0e-8d41a6f2b379
source: grok
type: conversation
aliases: Hiking newsletter names
updated: 2026-09-29T19:43:11.604Z
verified_list_token: 2026-09-29T19:43:11.604Z
conversation_files_fetched: true
synced: 2026-09-29T20:05:33
model: grok-4
message_count: 6
capture_version: 2
content_hash: sha256:7d23bd2af5cee5c9391609d1b3059151c205a0c229752500fe240d9704cfefb4

Conversation branches are shown separately below. Shared messages repeat in each branch.

Branch 1

Human

I’m starting a monthly email newsletter about easy day hikes near where I live. Can you suggest five names?

Assistant

Here are five, from plain to playful:

The Day Hike: says exactly what it is.
Trailhead Monthly: clear about when it arrives.
Out and Back: a nod to the most common kind of short hike.
First Light Trails: for a newsletter that likes early starts.
Small Summits: easy hikes that still end with a view.

Adding your area’s name to any of these makes it easier for local readers to find.

Human

I like Out and Back. Can you write a one-line description to go under it?

Assistant

Out and Back: one easy day hike a month, with the trail, how long it takes and where to get coffee after.

Branch 2

Human

I’m starting a monthly email newsletter about easy day hikes near where I live. Can you suggest five names?

Assistant

Here are five, from plain to playful:

The Day Hike: says exactly what it is.
Trailhead Monthly: clear about when it arrives.
Out and Back: a nod to the most common kind of short hike.
First Light Trails: for a newsletter that likes early starts.
Small Summits: easy hikes that still end with a view.

Adding your area’s name to any of these makes it easier for local readers to find.

Human

I like Out and Back. Can you write a short welcome for the first issue?

Assistant

Welcome to the first issue of Out and Back. Once a month I’ll send you one easy day hike: where it starts, how long it takes, and a good place to stop on the way home. This month it’s a two-hour loop with a lake at the halfway point.

2026-10-06-household-budget-csv.md1 KB

A chat where Grok made a file

---
conversation_id: "9a4e2f71-c8d3-4b56-8e19-2f7c0b6d4a85"
source: grok
type: conversation
title: "Household budget CSV"
aliases:
  - "Household budget CSV"
tags:
  - capture/grok
created: 2026-10-06T08:12:44
updated: "2026-10-06T08:15:09.488Z"
verified_list_token: "2026-10-06T08:15:09.488Z"
conversation_files_fetched: true
synced: 2026-10-06T08:30:17
url: "https://grok.com/chat/9a4e2f71-c8d3-4b56-8e19-2f7c0b6d4a85"
model: "grok-4"
message_count: 4
capture_version: 2
content_hash: sha256:c8c9bbb4a749f8286ce0328ebe81899477725b2b76e3d4f7f7aa4890bd5735da

---
**Human**

Turn my monthly budget into a CSV I can import into a spreadsheet, with a column for each item’s share of the total.

Rent 1450
Groceries 420
Utilities 165
Transport 120
Phone and internet 85
Savings 400
Everything else 260

**Assistant**

Here’s your budget as a CSV, with a share column and a total row. It comes to 2,900 a month.

[household-budget.csv](files/household-budget.csv)

Rent takes exactly half. Groceries and savings come next, at about 14% each.

**Human**

If I cut everything else to 200, what share does savings get?

**Assistant**

Savings stays at 400, but its share rises to 14.1%, because the total drops to 2,840. If you move the 60 you cut into savings instead, the total stays at 2,900 and savings becomes 460, or 15.9%.

title: Household budget CSV
tags: capture/grok
created: 2026-10-06T08:12:44
url: Open in Grok

+12 more fieldsHide 12 fields

conversation_id: 9a4e2f71-c8d3-4b56-8e19-2f7c0b6d4a85
source: grok
type: conversation
aliases: Household budget CSV
updated: 2026-10-06T08:15:09.488Z
verified_list_token: 2026-10-06T08:15:09.488Z
conversation_files_fetched: true
synced: 2026-10-06T08:30:17
model: grok-4
message_count: 4
capture_version: 2
content_hash: sha256:c8c9bbb4a749f8286ce0328ebe81899477725b2b76e3d4f7f7aa4890bd5735da

Human

Turn my monthly budget into a CSV I can import into a spreadsheet, with a column for each item’s share of the total.

Rent 1450
Groceries 420
Utilities 165
Transport 120
Phone and internet 85
Savings 400
Everything else 260

Assistant

Here’s your budget as a CSV, with a share column and a total row. It comes to 2,900 a month.

household-budget.csv

Rent takes exactly half. Groceries and savings come next, at about 14% each.

Human

If I cut everything else to 200, what share does savings get?

Assistant

Savings stays at 400, but its share rises to 14.1%, because the total drops to 2,840. If you move the 60 you cut into savings instead, the total stays at 2,900 and savings becomes 460, or 15.9%.

household-budget.csv201 bytes

The CSV Grok made, saved as the original file

category	monthly_amount	share_of_total
Rent	1450	50.0%
Groceries	420	14.5%
Utilities	165	5.7%
Transport	120	4.1%
Phone and internet	85	2.9%
Savings	400	13.8%
Everything else	260	9.0%
Total	2900	100.0%

Set up, then save.

Pick your folder

Connect Grok

Press Save all

On the trial, Carry saves your latest 5 Grok chats, then new and changed ones each time you press Save all while signed in to grok.com. Carry opens the grok.com tab itself. A license saves the rest, slowly, with your browser open.

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 Grok login you already have.
Carry asks for access to grok.com only when you connect Grok.
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.

Does Grok have an export button?

Not for a single chat. xAI lets you download your account data from Settings → Data Controls, on grok.com or in the Grok app. Carry saves each chat as its own Markdown file instead. Source: xAI’s FAQ

What’s in Grok’s data download?

xAI’s FAQ doesn’t say. People who have downloaded it describe a zip with your chats in one large JSON file, prod-grok-backend.json, which needs a converter to read. The table above shows what Carry saves instead.More: How to export Grok chats

Does Carry save Grok chats in the background?

No. Grok saving is manual: open Carry and press Save all while you’re signed in to grok.com in the same browser. Carry finds or opens a grok.com tab itself and reads your chats there, because Grok only answers requests from its own page. ChatGPT and Claude are different: Carry saves those on its own.More: Does Carry save my chats on its own?

How much of my Grok history does Carry save?

The trial saves your latest 5 chats, then new and changed ones each time you press Save all. A license saves your whole Grok history. Carry spaces out its requests to Grok, so a long history takes a while with your browser open. If it stops, you can resume it.

Does Carry save DeepSearch and research replies?

Yes, the report text, in its chat. Grok no longer shows DeepSearch as a separate mode, and older DeepSearch reports and newer research replies save the same way. Turn on Include sources in Carry’s settings and citations become footnotes with a sources list. The search steps and result lists aren’t saved.

What happens to edited or regenerated replies?

Carry saves each branch as its own section in the chat’s file, so two answers never merge into one timeline.

Does it save images, videos or files Grok made?

Files Grok shows as cards are saved as originals, any type, in files/ next to the chat, and so are files you upload. Other files in the chat’s workspace are only listed by name. Images Grok generates or edits, and anything from Grok Imagine, aren’t saved.

Does Grok save my conversations?

Yes, in your history on grok.com and in the app, except Private Chat, the ghost icon. Those chats aren’t kept in your history and are deleted within 30 days, so Carry can’t save them either.

Is it free?

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 saves your latest 5 Grok chats; a license saves your whole history. 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. Grok’s own PDF option covers one response, so print a saved Markdown file instead, or use Export to PDF in Obsidian.

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 Grok login and asks for access to grok.com only when you connect Grok. 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 xAI?

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

More questions? See the full FAQ, or the step-by-step guide: How to export Grok chats.

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