# Sync NotebookLM tags and prompts across devices

> Sync your NotebookLM tags, prompts, notes and templates across computers. Kortex saves them to your account. It is not a backup of your notebooks.

https://www.kortex-notebooklm.com/features/sync-and-backup

1.  [Features](/features)
2.  Sync and backup across devices

Workspace

# Sync and backup across devices

Kortex syncs your prompts, tags, notes and templates to your Kortex account, so they appear on every computer you sign in on. This is the organizing layer for Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM). It is not a copy of your notebooks.

[Add to Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/kortex/hdapplggdhndkblofffknpmnnnnbncbn) [Follow the tutorial](/tutorials/how-to-sync-kortex-across-computers)

## At a glance

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Workspace

There is no screenshot of this one on the page yet. The tutorial and the docs walk through it.

## What does Kortex sync across computers?

Kortex syncs your prompts, tags, notes, templates and similar organizing data to your Kortex account. They appear on your other computers when you sign in. It syncs your organizing data. It is not a copy of your notebooks.

## What you get

-   ### Set up once
    
    Tags, prompts and templates made on your laptop show up on your desktop after you sign in there.
    
-   ### A copy that is not stuck in one browser
    
    Your organizing data sits on Kortex's servers, not only in one browser's storage.
    
-   ### Prompts, tags, notes and templates
    
    Saved prompts, source tags, notes and templates follow you. Workflow definitions sync too.
    
-   ### Clear about what stays local
    
    Prompt versions, Recently deleted, use history, run history and whether an automation is on stay on the computer where you made them.
    

## What syncs across computers?

The data Kortex uses to organize your work syncs to your Kortex account. It appears on your other computers. The extension’s own docs list it as prompts, tags, notes, templates and similar organizing data. Workflow definitions and source tags sync as well.

## What does not sync

Some things stay on one computer on purpose:

-   prompt versions and **Recently deleted**
-   your prompt use history
-   automation run history
-   whether an automation is switched on or off

If you turn a [rule](/features/automation-rules) off on your laptop, it still runs on your desktop.

## Not a backup of your notebooks

Your notebooks, sources and Studio outputs live in Gemini Notebook, in your Google account. Kortex syncs the organizing layer on top: the tags, prompts, notes and templates. It is not a copy of your sources, and it does not restore a deleted notebook.

## Signing in

Kortex needs you signed in to sync prompts and views across devices. Kortex talks to Gemini Notebook with your own Google session, from your browser. Its servers never see your Google sign-in.

Related: [the prompt library](/features/prompt-library) and [templates](/features/templates).

## How it works

Want every step? [Follow the tutorial](/tutorials/how-to-sync-kortex-across-computers).

1.  ### Sign in on the first computer
    
    Sign in to Kortex with your account. Sync starts once you are signed in.
    
2.  ### Install Kortex on the other computer
    
    Add the extension from the Chrome Web Store on the second computer.
    
3.  ### Sign in with the same account
    
    Sign in to Kortex there with the same account.
    
4.  ### Check your prompts and tags
    
    Open the Prompts page or the tag views in the Workspace. Look for what you made on the first computer.
    

## Questions people ask

Something we missed? [Ask us](#contact).

### Does this back up my notebooks and sources?

No. It syncs Kortex's organizing data: prompts, tags, notes and templates. Your notebooks and their sources live in Gemini Notebook, in your Google account.

### What stays on one computer?

Prompt versions, Recently deleted, your use history, automation run history, and whether an automation is on or off.

### Do I need to sign in?

Yes. Kortex syncs your saved prompts and views across devices when you sign in.

### Where is the synced data kept?

On Kortex's servers, in Firebase. Kortex's servers never see your Google sign-in. It stays in your browser.

### What does Kortex sync for NotebookLM?

Kortex syncs the organizing layer on top of Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM): your tags, prompts, notes and templates. Your notebooks, sources and Studio outputs stay in your Google account.

## Related features

-   [Kortex Workspace dashboard One tab for every notebook. A table with filters, columns, dark mode and keyboard shortcuts.](/features/kortex-workspace)
-   [Multiple Google accounts Switch between your Gemini Notebook accounts in one click.](/features/multiple-google-accounts)
-   [Tags and source labels Colored tags for notebooks, and a separate set of tags for single sources.](/features/tags-and-source-labels)

[All Kortex features](/features)

## Try it on your own notebooks.

100,000+ people use the Kortex extension. Install it and try sync and backup across devices on a notebook you already have.

[Add to Chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/kortex/hdapplggdhndkblofffknpmnnnnbncbn)

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