# How do I back up NotebookLM?

Source: https://nlmexporter.com/guides/questions/how-to-back-up-notebooklm  
Section: Questions  
Last verified: November 2026  
Plan: Free + Pro

NotebookLM has no backup or full export, so the only copy of your notes, chats and Studio outputs is in your Google account. To make your own copy, open the notebook with NotebookLM Ultra Exporter installed and click the archive button at the top of the Studio panel. It saves an indexed ZIP. One full archive is free.

## Steps

1. Install [NotebookLM Ultra Exporter](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/notebooklm-ultra-exporter/afchokljnhhggkhedfbmkcmdagjmjchj) in desktop Chrome, then refresh any open NotebookLM (Gemini Notebook) tab.
2. Open the notebook.
3. Click the archive button at the top of the Studio panel.
4. Choose what to include and download the ZIP.

## What to know

- The archive contains notes, reports, chat history with cited sources, Studio items and source text.
- Pro adds unlimited archives, several notebooks at once, and incremental sync to a local folder.
- Keep archives somewhere other than the same Google account.

> Google changes these menus often. The item's own menu in your notebook shows what is built in today.

## Frequently asked questions

### How often should I back up?

After any session whose results you would not want to redo, and before deleting sources or notebooks.

## Related guides

- [Back up a whole NotebookLM notebook as a ZIP archive](https://nlmexporter.com/guides/export/notebook-to-zip-backup)
- [Archive a whole NotebookLM notebook as a ZIP](https://nlmexporter.com/guides/features/whole-notebook-archive)
- [How to back up your NotebookLM notebooks](https://nlmexporter.com/guides/use-cases/notebooklm-for-backup-and-archiving)
- [How do I move a NotebookLM notebook to another Google account?](https://nlmexporter.com/guides/questions/how-to-move-a-notebooklm-notebook-to-another-account)
- [How do I export all my NotebookLM notebooks?](https://nlmexporter.com/guides/questions/how-to-export-all-notebooklm-notebooks)
- [Can you duplicate a NotebookLM notebook?](https://nlmexporter.com/guides/questions/can-you-duplicate-a-notebooklm-notebook)