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How to export a Perplexity thread to PDF or Markdown

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Install Kortex and click Keep my chats in my Library. Perplexity chats save only while a Perplexity tab is open, so open your thread there first. Then open the Library, find the thread, click ⋯ and choose Download as PDF or Download as Markdown.

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Here's how to export a Perplexity thread to PDF or Markdown with Kortex. Click Keep my chats in my Library when Kortex asks. One answer covers Perplexity and the other AI sites.

Your chats stay on this computer. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok save in the background. Perplexity saves only while a Perplexity tab is open.

So open your thread on Perplexity. Then leave the tab open for a few minutes. Next, open the side panel's Chats tab and click the gear.

The Perplexity row shows how many chats are saved. Check that its switch is on. Open the Library from the Chats tab.

Type perplexity and a word from the thread in the search box. Open the thread, then click the three dots at the top right of the reader. Choose Download as PDF or Download as Markdown.

The file goes to your downloads folder. Save to Notion and Open in Google Docs are in the same menu. Any saved Perplexity thread, as a file.

  1. Say yes to saving your chats

    Click Keep my chats in my Library when Kortex asks Keep your AI chats in your Library? One answer covers Perplexity and the other AI sites. Your chats stay on this computer.

    The Kortex notice Keep your AI chats in your Library, with two buttons, Keep my chats in my Library and Don't save my chats.
    The notice Kortex shows before it saves a single chat.

  2. Keep your Perplexity thread open in a tab

    ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok save in the background. Perplexity saves only while a Perplexity tab is open. Open your thread on Perplexity and leave the tab open for a few minutes.

  3. Check the Perplexity row

    Open the side panel's Chats tab and click the gear to open Saving your chats. The Perplexity row shows how many chats are saved and when Kortex last checked. Check that its switch is on.

    The Saving your chats sheet with a Perplexity row that reads 7 chats saved and up to date, with its own switch and a Delete saved Perplexity chats link.
    Each site says what saving is doing, with its own switch.

  4. Open the thread in the Library

    Open the Library from the Chats tab. Type perplexity and a word from the thread in the search box, then click the thread to open it in the reader. You can also choose Read in the Library in the Kortex tab's ⋯ menu on Perplexity.

    The Library's All chats view with saved chats from several AIs listed by day and one chat open in a reader beside the list.
    All chats lists every saved chat by day. Open one to read it in full beside the list.

  5. Click ⋯ and choose Download as PDF or Markdown

    Click ⋯ at the top right of the reader. Choose Download as PDF or Download as Markdown. The file goes to your downloads folder. Save to Notion and Open in Google Docs are in the same menu.

    A chat's ⋯ menu in the Library listing Copy chat, Download as Markdown, Download as PDF, Open in Google Docs, Save to Notion, Archive and Delete from Library.
    Save to Notion sits in every chat’s menu.

If it doesn’t work

My Perplexity thread is not in the Library
Perplexity saves only while a Perplexity tab is open. Open the thread, wait a few minutes, and check again. Also check that the Perplexity switch is on in Saving your chats.
An old Perplexity thread is missing
Kortex reads each site's newest 500 chats, and only while a Perplexity tab is open. Open Perplexity and give it a few minutes.
I also need the sources the answer cited
On Perplexity, a second NotebookLM button in the Sources panel imports every cited link into a Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) notebook as its own source.

Questions people ask

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Can I export a whole Perplexity thread?

Yes, if Kortex saved it. Open the saved thread in the Library and choose Download as PDF or Download as Markdown from its ⋯ menu.

Why does Perplexity need a tab open?

Perplexity saves only while a Perplexity tab is open. The other AI sites save in the background.

Does this work for ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini too?

Yes. Every saved chat has the same download menu, whichever AI it came from.

Where is my saved thread stored?

On your computer, in a database inside Chrome. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you send it.

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.

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