How to export Claude and Gemini chats to Word (.docx) (2026)

You can get a Claude or Gemini conversation into a Word .docx file in two ways: paste the part you need, or save the chat as Markdown and convert it with a free tool. The second route keeps headings, bold text and code blocks as real Word formatting, and it scales to many chats. ThreadVault 1.2.4 exports Claude chats from claude.ai and Gemini chats from gemini.google.com as Markdown. It does not create Word files itself.

You need	Best route
One answer in a report	Copy and paste (Option 1)
One whole chat as a tidy .docx	Markdown plus Pandoc (Option 2) or Google Docs (Option 3)
Many chats, one .docx each	Markdown files plus a Pandoc loop (Option 4)

Option 1: copy and paste into Word

Open the chat on claude.ai or gemini.google.com, select the text you want, and copy it.
In Word, paste with Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on a Mac), then use the Paste Options button to choose Keep Source Formatting, Merge Formatting or Keep Text Only, as described in Microsoft's paste formatting help page.

This is fine for a paragraph or two. For a long conversation it is slow, it is easy to miss a message, and code blocks, tables and math may not paste cleanly. Our ChatGPT to Word guide lists what tends to break; the same issues apply to any chat site.

Option 2: one chat, Markdown to .docx with Pandoc

Export the chat with ThreadVault. In a signed-in Claude or Gemini tab, use Export this chat for the chat you have open. You get a Markdown file with the chat title and date at the top, then ## You and ## Claude (or ## Gemini) sections in order. Step-by-step: export Claude chats or export Gemini chats.
Install Pandoc, a free, open-source converter, from pandoc.org/installing.
Open a terminal in the folder with the file and run (with your own file name):
```
pandoc "Your Chat Title.md" -o "Your Chat Title.docx"
```

We ran this with Pandoc 3.9 on 13 November 2026, on Claude-format Markdown produced by ThreadVault 1.2.4's own exporter code. The chat title became the Word document's title, the date appeared under it, each "You" and "Claude" heading became a Word heading, bold text stayed bold, code blocks stayed code blocks, and a short sources list stayed a list. The other frontmatter fields, such as source and url, do not appear in the body of the document. Gemini files use the same layout.

Claude thinking sections. When a Claude reply includes thinking text, ThreadVault puts it in a collapsed "Thinking" section in the Markdown. Word has no collapsed sections, so in our test Pandoc wrote it as ordinary paragraphs under a "Thinking" line, right before the answer. Delete those lines in Word if you only want the final answers.

For fonts, a table of contents (--toc) and math, see the extras in our ChatGPT to Word guide; they work the same on Claude and Gemini Markdown. Pandoc's manual notes that conversions are not always perfect, so skim the result.

Option 3: no install, through Google Docs

Google Docs can open Markdown files (Google's Markdown in Docs help). Upload the exported .md file with File, Open, Upload, check it, then use File, Download and choose Microsoft Word (.docx) (Google's download help). This is handy for one chat at a time. More detail, including what does not carry over cleanly, is in our Google Docs guide.

Option 4: many chats, one .docx each

Use ThreadVault's Bulk export in your Claude or Gemini tab, and unzip the ZIP. Claude chats are in a claude/ folder and Gemini chats in a gemini/ folder, each as a .md file plus a matching .json file.

Open a terminal in that folder and convert every Markdown file.
Mac or Linux:

for f in *.md; do pandoc "$f" -o "${f%.md}.docx"; done

Windows (PowerShell):

Get-ChildItem *.md | ForEach-Object { pandoc $_.FullName -o ($_.BaseName + ".docx") }

The quotes keep file names with spaces working; we tested the Mac/Linux loop on file names with spaces. Keep the .md files too. They are small, searchable, and open in any editor.

Before you export a big library

Gemini: if you use more than one Google account, open Gemini on the account you want (the address shows /u/1/, /u/2/ and so on for other accounts). ThreadVault reads chats from the account in the open tab.
The manifest in the ZIP lists every chat that was exported, and any chat that could not be read, so you can check nothing is missing before you convert.
ThreadVault saves the visible text and code of each chat. Images, uploaded files, Claude artifacts and Projects, and Gemini Canvas and Gems are not covered by our tests, so check those by hand.

Pricing

ThreadVault is free for 25 threads on this browser. Unlimited is $9 for the first 50 buyers, then $19, one-time, inside the extension. No subscription. It also exports Perplexity, ChatGPT, Grok and Microsoft Copilot chats.

Get Claude and Gemini chats as Markdown, ready for Word. ThreadVault (disclosure: we make it) exports your Claude and Gemini chats from a tab you are already signed into, built in your browser so your chats never touch our servers. Then run one Pandoc command per folder. Free for 25 threads.
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Not affiliated with Anthropic, Google, Microsoft or the Pandoc project. Claude is a trademark of Anthropic; Gemini is a trademark of Google LLC. Last checked November 13, 2026 against Microsoft Support, Google's Docs Editors Help, the Pandoc manual and ThreadVault 1.2.4; app menus change, so verify names in the app. Questions or corrections: hello@loomwise.app.