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How to Convert Obsidian to Notion

Obsidian stores your notes as local Markdown files, which makes moving easier than with most tools. Notion combines notes, databases, and wikis in one flexible workspace. Learn how to convert your Obsidian notes to Notion in a few simple steps below.

Locate your Obsidian vault

Your notes are stored as Markdown files inside your vault folder. Open Obsidian, then go to File → Open Vault… and look at the path it shows — for example /Users/you/Documents/Obsidian Vault on macOS, or C:\Users\you\Documents\Obsidian Vault on Windows. On iPhone or iPad, compress the vault folder into a .zip file.

Convert your notes

With your vault located, the conversion itself takes seconds. We'll use our app Notes Convert, the only notes conversion tool on the market, that runs entirely on your device. You can download Notes Convert here. It's free for 50 notes, and inexpensive for unlimited notes.

  1. Import into Notes Convert: Open Notes Convert and set the import format to Obsidian. Click Open Folder… and select your Obsidian vault folder, or, if you compressed your vault, click Open File… and select the .zip file. If you only need to convert one individual note, click Open File… and select that note's .md file. Notes Convert reads them straight from disk.

  2. Choose Notion and convert: Pick Notion as the output format, click Convert, choose where to save your notes, and wait for the conversion.

Import into Notion

  1. Open Notion: Use the desktop app or any browser.

  2. Open the import dialog: Go to Settings → Import.

  3. Import the ZIP file: In the "Convert Zip to pages" section, drag and drop the .zip file Notes Convert produced, or click Choose file… and select it. Notion converts your notes into pages inside your workspace. Notion support in Notes Convert is currently experimental, so a few features may not come over perfectly — compatibility keeps improving in future versions.

Done

Your Notion notes are ready to be used any way you want. Enjoy!

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