# How to export a ChatGPT conversation to PDF > Export any ChatGPT conversation to a PDF file with Kortex. Open the saved chat, click the menu and choose Download as PDF. The file saves on your computer. https://www.kortex-notebooklm.com/tutorials/how-to-export-chatgpt-conversation-to-pdf 1. [Tutorials](/tutorials) 2. How to export a ChatGPT conversation to PDF # How to export a ChatGPT conversation to PDF 1 minute 5 steps Updated November 10, 2026 ## Quick answer Install Kortex and let it save your ChatGPT chats. Open the chat on ChatGPT, click the Kortex tab on the right edge, open its ⋯ menu and choose Download as PDF. You can also do it in the Library from the chat's ⋯ menu. The PDF goes to your downloads folder. ## Watch it first How to export a ChatGPT conversation to PDF Read the transcript Here's how to export a ChatGPT conversation to PDF with Kortex. The file saves on your computer. Kortex exports chats it has saved. On first use, it asks to keep your AI chats in your Library. Click Keep my chats in my Library. ChatGPT chats then save every few minutes. On the ChatGPT conversation, click the small Kortex tab on the right edge. A panel opens with the chat's note, pins, folder and tags. Click the three dots in the Kortex tab and choose Download as PDF. Kortex builds the file from your saved copy and sends it to your downloads folder. You can also download it from the Library. Open the chat, click the three dots at the top right, and choose Download as PDF. The same menu has Download as Markdown and Copy chat. Open the PDF from your downloads. Look at lists, tables and long code blocks. If they're not how you want them, Download as Markdown gives you plain text you can edit. Any saved chat, as a PDF. ## What you need - The [Kortex extension](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/kortex/hdapplggdhndkblofffknpmnnnnbncbn) in Chrome, Edge or Brave - Saving turned on (click Keep my chats in my Library when Kortex asks) - A ChatGPT conversation that Kortex has saved ## On this page 1. [Make sure the chat is saved](#step-1) 2. [Open the Kortex tab on the chat](#step-2) 3. [Choose Download as PDF](#step-3) 4. [Or download it from the Library](#step-4) 5. [Open the PDF and check it](#step-5) 6. [If it doesn’t work](#trouble) 7. [Questions](#faq) 1. ## Make sure the chat is saved Kortex exports chats it has saved. On first use it asks **Keep your AI chats in your Library?** Click **Keep my chats in my Library**. ChatGPT chats then save by themselves every few minutes while Chrome is open. [![The Kortex notice Keep your AI chats in your Library beside a ChatGPT chat, with the button Keep my chats in my Library.](/images/library/consent.webp)](/images/library/consent.webp) The notice Kortex shows before it saves a single chat. 2. ## Open the Kortex tab on the chat On the ChatGPT conversation, click the small Kortex tab on the right edge of the page. A panel opens with the chat's note, pins, folder and tags. Its ⋯ menu has the download options. [![A ChatGPT chat about a grant budget with the Kortex tab open on the right, showing the chat's folder, note, pinned answer and a ⋯ menu button at the top.](/images/library/kortex-tab.webp)](/images/library/kortex-tab.webp) The Kortex tab keeps your note, pins and related chats next to the chat. 3. ## Choose Download as PDF Click ⋯ in the Kortex tab and choose **Download as PDF**. Kortex builds the file from your saved copy and sends it to your downloads folder. 4. ## Or download it from the Library Open the Library from the side panel's **Chats** tab, open the chat, click ⋯ at the top right and choose **Download as PDF**. The same menu has **Download as Markdown** and **Copy chat**. [![A chat's ⋯ menu in the Library reader with Copy chat, Download as Markdown, Download as PDF, Open in Google Docs and Save to Notion listed in order.](/images/library/notion.webp)](/images/library/notion.webp) Save to Notion sits in every chat’s menu. 5. ## Open the PDF and check it Open the file from your browser's downloads. Look at long code blocks, tables and lists to make sure they came out as you want. If not, **Download as Markdown** gives you plain text you can edit. ## If it doesn’t work Download as PDF is missing, or the chat is not listed Kortex only exports saved chats. Open the side panel's Chats tab, click the gear and check that Save my AI chats on this computer and ChatGPT are on. A new chat can take a few minutes to appear. Nothing happened when I clicked Download as PDF Look in your browser's downloads for the file, and check that Chrome is not blocking downloads for the extension. Then open the chat in the Library and try the same menu there. I need many chats as PDF Put the chats in a folder. A folder's ⋯ menu has Download all as one PDF. You can also use Select in All chats to pick several chats and download them. ## Questions people ask Something we missed? [Ask us](#contact). ### Does it export the whole ChatGPT conversation? Yes. The PDF comes from the full chat as Kortex saved it, with what you asked and what ChatGPT answered. ### Can I export a Claude or Gemini chat to PDF the same way? Yes. Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok chats have the same Download as PDF in the chat's ⋯ menu. ### Is the PDF made on my computer? Yes. The chat is read from the Library in Chrome on your computer and the file is saved to your downloads. Nothing is uploaded. ### Can I export to something other than PDF? Yes. Choose Download as Markdown for a text file, Open in Google Docs to paste the chat into a new doc, or Save to Notion to put it on a Notion page. ### Does it work on a phone? Kortex runs in Chrome on your computer. The Kortex docs describe the Library and its downloads only on a computer. ## Keep going [Chat Library Keep your AI chats on your computer and search them, next to your YouTube videos and notebooks.](/features#organize) [Kortex docs The full reference for this feature, with every option.](/docs/chat-library) ### More tutorials - [How to export Claude chat history (Claude's built-in export)](/tutorials/how-to-export-claude-chat-history) - [How to export a Claude conversation to PDF](/tutorials/how-to-export-claude-conversation) - [How to export a Gemini chat to PDF, Markdown or Google Docs](/tutorials/how-to-export-gemini-chat) - [How to export Gemini chat to Google Docs](/tutorials/how-to-export-gemini-chat-to-google-docs) [All tutorials](/tutorials) ## Do it on your own notebooks. Install the Kortex extension and follow these steps on a notebook you already have. 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