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Evernote Export your Evernote notebooks as .enex files and import them into Notesnook — attachments, web clips, tags and notebooks included. How to import Evernote notes into Notesnook (.enex)
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How do I import notes from Evernote?

Here is how to move your notes from Evernote into Notesnook.

Exporting your Evernote notebooks

::: info If you are tech savvy and know your way around a computer, you can use a tool like evernote-backup to quickly export all your Evernote notes as .ENEX files.

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  1. Open the Evernote desktop app — exporting is not possible from the Evernote web app — and go to {{notebooks}} in the side menu: The Notebooks section in the Evernote desktop app side menu
  2. Click the three dot button on each notebook and click Export Notebook The three dot menu on an Evernote notebook, showing Export Notebook
  3. Choose ENEX format then click {{export}}, and save it to your desired location. Repeat this for all the Notebooks you want to import into Notesnook. The Evernote export dialog with ENEX chosen as the format

Importing .ENEX files into Notesnook

Once you have the .enex files containing your Evernote notes, it is time to import them.

  1. Open the Notesnook app (web or desktop)
  2. Go to Settings > Import & export > Notesnook Importer and select Evernote from the list of apps. The Notesnook Importer app list with Evernote selected
  3. Drop (or select) the .enex files you exported earlier from Evernote, and click the "Start importing" button. The Notesnook Importer drop zone, ready to accept the export file
  4. Once the importing completes you should see all your notes in Notesnook. If you face any issues during importing, feel free to report them on GitHub.

Supported formats

Notesnook Importer is one of the most robust Evernote importers, supporting almost 100% of Evernote formats. Here's a list of everything that can (or can't be) imported into Notesnook:

  • Attachments
  • Web clips (full page, screenshot, bookmark, article, & simplified article are all supported)
  • Tasks (currently only the task items get imported without any metadata)
  • Links
  • Images
  • Rich text (bold, italic, lists etc.)
  • Reminders
  • Internal note links (limitation: links only resolve correctly if the link text exactly matches the Evernote note title)
  • Notebooks
  • Tags