QUESTIONS · ORGANIZING NOTEBOOKS
How do I save prompts in NotebookLM?
Short answer
NotebookLM has no saved prompts; you retype or paste them each time. NotebookLM Ultra Exporter adds a prompt library: save a prompt once, then type / in the chat box to insert it. Free saves 10 plain prompts; Pro adds variable templates, folders and backup.
What to know
- Inserting a prompt only fills the chat box. You review it and press send.
- A bundled catalog of source-grounded prompts is available offline.
- Notebook-level custom instructions, where Google offers them, are separate from saved prompts.
Google changes these menus often. The item's own menu in your notebook shows what is built in today.
Free or Pro?
The basics are free; the advanced options listed on this page need Ultra Exporter Pro. Pro covers the extension only; it does not include a Google subscription or raise NotebookLM's own limits. Current prices are on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
Where can I find good prompts?
This site has copy-ready prompts for research, study, teaching, work and writing.
Related guides
NotebookLM does not save prompts. Ultra Exporter adds a prompt library: save reusable instructions and insert them into the chat box by typing /.
A variable template is a saved NotebookLM prompt with named blanks, such as topic or audience, that you fill in each time you use it.
Untick the sources you want to exclude in the Sources panel; NotebookLM answers only from ticked sources.
NotebookLM lists notebooks in one flat grid and has no folders of its own. NotebookLM Ultra Exporter adds collections, which behave like folders, plus tags.
The NotebookLM home page shows notebooks as a grid with little filtering, which gets slow past a few dozen.
NotebookLM removes sources one at a time from each source menu. With NotebookLM Ultra Exporter, tick the sources in the Sources panel and choose delete.
Google documents a limit of 50 sources per notebook on the free tier, with each source limited to 500,000 words or 200 MB.
You cannot raise the limit, but you can fit more into it. Merge related sources into one text source, combine small text files before importing, and split.