How to export Gemini chats to Markdown and Obsidian (2026)

Gemini does not give you a folder of Markdown notes you can drop into Obsidian. Google Takeout can download a Gemini Apps activity archive, but we have not tested that archive’s format, and Google describes it as an activity log rather than tidy conversations. This page shows how to get one Markdown file per chat with ThreadVault 1.2.4, which we tested on 12 November 2026, and how to file those notes in an Obsidian vault.

1. Optional: keep a Takeout backup

If you want Google’s own copy as well, follow Download your Gemini Apps data: at takeout.google.com, signed in to the same account, click Deselect all, tick My Activity, then under its options keep only Gemini Apps (the box labeled “Gemini” is your Gems, not your chats). The emailed link stays active for 7 days. Downloading does not delete anything. Treat this as a raw backup, not as Obsidian notes.

2. Export readable Markdown with ThreadVault

ThreadVault (disclosure: we make it) is a Chrome extension that exports chats from your signed-in gemini.google.com tab as Markdown plus JSON, built in your browser so your chats never touch our servers.

Open gemini.google.com in Chrome and sign in. If you use more than one Google account, stay on the account you want (the address may include /u/1/ or similar). ThreadVault keeps that /u/N/ path in the exported URL.
For one chat: open it, click the ThreadVault icon and choose Export this chat.
For many: click Bulk export, then Check connection and Refresh library, tick the chats you want (or Select all shown), and export. You get a ZIP named like ThreadVault-gemini-2026-11-13.zip.

Unzip it. A gemini/ folder holds a Markdown file and a matching JSON file for each chat, and manifest.json lists what was exported and any chat that could not be read.

Each Markdown file starts with YAML frontmatter that includes source: gemini and the chat’s url, then the conversation as ## You and ## Gemini sections, oldest first. We tested single-chat and bulk export on a real Gemini test account on 12 November 2026, including a non-default Google account at a /u/2/ URL: the visible text, turn order and fenced code blocks came through without duplicated “You said” / “Gemini said” labels. Images, uploaded files, Gems and Canvas docs were not part of that test, so don’t rely on ThreadVault for those.

3. Organise the notes in Obsidian

Move the gemini/ folder into your vault, for example AI chats/gemini/.
The frontmatter becomes note properties. In search, [source:gemini] finds only those notes, and path:"AI chats/gemini" limits a query to the folder (see Obsidian’s search help).
If you use the Dataview community plugin, you can list every Gemini note where source = "gemini", sorted by date. Dataview is not part of ThreadVault.
Add tags as you reread, and link chats into project notes with [[wikilinks]].

4. The same vault for every AI you use

ThreadVault 1.2.4 uses this same Markdown shape for Perplexity, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Microsoft Copilot. Unzip each site’s export next to the others, then one search such as path:"AI chats" pricing covers all of them. See how to search all your AI chats, Claude into Obsidian, and Perplexity and ChatGPT in one vault.

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.

Get Gemini chats into Obsidian as Markdown. ThreadVault bulk-exports them to one local ZIP of Markdown plus JSON. Free for 25 threads.
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Not affiliated with Google or Obsidian. Gemini is a trademark of its owner. Official Takeout steps are from Google’s Gemini Apps Help, checked November 13, 2026. ThreadVault facts are from a 1.2.4 test on November 12, 2026. Search operators were checked against Obsidian’s help. Menus change, so follow what the app shows. Questions or corrections: hello@loomwise.app.