QUESTIONS · BACKUP AND MOVING
How do I share NotebookLM notes with someone outside NotebookLM?
Short answer
Sharing a notebook requires the other person to have a Google account and open NotebookLM. To send the content itself, export it as a file: a PDF or Word document for reading, an offline HTML page for quizzes and flashcards, or a PowerPoint deck. NotebookLM Ultra Exporter creates all of these.
What to know
- PDF is the safest format for people who only need to read.
- Offline HTML quizzes and flashcards work in any browser without an account.
- Remove anything confidential before sending; a file can be forwarded.
Google changes these menus often. The item's own menu in your notebook shows what is built in today.
Free or Pro?
Free within a shared daily quota: Word, PDF, image PPTX, long image and video exports share 5 successful exports per local day. Pro removes that quota. 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
Can I publish a notebook publicly?
Public sharing options are controlled by Google and vary by account type. An exported file is independent of those settings.
Related guides
How to export NotebookLM notes to PDF. You get a print-ready PDF of the note with its headings, tables and citation references.
How to export NotebookLM quizzes to an offline practice page. You get a single HTML file that runs the quiz in any browser with no connection.
How to export NotebookLM slides to PowerPoint. You get a .pptx in which each slide is the original slide image.
NotebookLM has no backup or full export, so the only copy of your notes, chats and Studio outputs is in your Google account.
NotebookLM cannot transfer ownership of a notebook. You can share it with the other account, which leaves the original owner in control, or rebuild it there.
There is no built-in way to export every notebook. With NotebookLM Ultra Exporter you archive notebooks one at a time for a single free archive, or with Pro.
NotebookLM has no dependable one-click duplicate for a whole notebook with its notes and chats.
Yes. Gemini Notebook now keeps the conversation in each notebook so it is there when you return, which older versions of NotebookLM did not do.