How to back up Grok and Microsoft Copilot chats (2026)

Grok and Microsoft Copilot keep your chats on their own sites. If a thread is deleted or an account changes, that work can disappear. This page is a practical backup using ThreadVault 1.2.3, which can export both sites to Markdown and JSON on your computer. It does not describe a built-in official account export for either site, because we have not verified one.

What a ThreadVault backup looks like

From a signed-in tab on the site, ThreadVault reads the chats you choose and saves them on your device. Chats are not sent to Loomwise. You do not need a Loomwise account.

Grok: open grok.com, signed in. Full steps: export Grok chats to Markdown and JSON.
Microsoft Copilot: open copilot.com or copilot.microsoft.com, signed in. Full steps: export Microsoft Copilot chats.

For each site: click the ThreadVault icon, choose Bulk export, pick the chats (or use Select all shown), and export. One ZIP lands in your Downloads. Repeat on the other site, in its own signed-in tab. ThreadVault uses the site of the tab you have open, so the two libraries are two exports.

What's in the backup

A folder per site (grok/ and copilot/), with one Markdown file and one JSON file per chat. Names look like grok/2026-11-10 Your Chat Title.md.
YAML frontmatter on each Markdown file: title, date, created, updated, source, url, and model when present.
A manifest that lists what was exported, and any chat that could not be read, instead of failing silently.

Keep the ZIP (or the unzipped folders) somewhere you control, alongside any other AI chat backups. The Markdown opens in Obsidian or any notes app; see Grok chats into Obsidian or Notion.

Limits to know so the backup is complete

Grok: ThreadVault follows the newest branch of the conversation. Regenerated replies that are not on screen are left out.
Copilot: if the usual chat list does not load, ThreadVault lists chats already visible in the open sidebar and shows a warning. Scroll the sidebar to load more, then refresh. If Copilot indicates that more history pages exist than it sent, older messages may be missing.
On either site, if a conversation request fails for a reason other than sign-in or a rate limit, ThreadVault can save the open chat from the page text. That fallback is lossy and is labeled in the file.
Images, files and citations on Grok and Copilot were not part of the 1.2.3 test (text, turn order and code blocks were, on 10 November 2026), so they are not claimed here.
The free tier is 25 threads on this browser, across the chats you export, not 25 per site. Unlimited is $9 for the first 50 buyers, then $19, one-time.

For ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity official-export backups, see how to back up all your AI chats. ThreadVault can also export Perplexity, ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.

Back up Grok and Copilot chats on your computer. ThreadVault (disclosure: we make it) is a Chrome extension that exports those chats to Markdown and JSON from a tab you are already signed into. Free for 25 threads.
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Not affiliated with xAI or Microsoft. Grok and Copilot are trademarks of their owners. Last checked November 12, 2026 against ThreadVault 1.2.3 (listing, privacy policy and extension source). This page does not claim a built-in official export for Grok or Copilot. Questions or corrections: hello@loomwise.app.