Hello friends! I think a useful feature would be the ability to export chat as markdown/pdf. This would be super useful when compiling local knowledge bases, such as Obsidian, Notion, Gitbook, and so on. What do you think?

I second this. There ia a project on Github where this is supported… or at least, was supported until the last interfacae update.

If someone knows this stuff well, and would be willing to contribute a fix for it, it would be great!

The code is here: GitHub - lencx/ChatGPT: 🔮 ChatGPT Desktop Application (Mac, Windows and Linux)

And the bug report is here:

opened 10:57PM - 19 Apr 24 UTC

bug

### Non-ChatGPT bug - [X] This issue does not occur on chat.openai.com and only… occurs on this app. ### Version 1.1.0 ### Bug description The Export function no longer seems to work. I suspect there is a change in the naming of the various components but I'm not sure how to correct it. Is suspect the problem is with this line i const allBlocks = document.querySelectorAll(SELECTOR); which is used to find the blocks to process in processNodes. If someone know what the problem is and can add a comment with the fix it would be greatly appreciated! ### OS Windows 11 ### Environment _No response_

And I had faced the problem before and found a fix, but now it’s beyond my knowledge and I don’t have the patience to track it down:

opened 01:50PM - 29 Nov 23 UTC

enhancement

### Feature description These options were located in the bottom left corner. R…ight now I can only share with the link (top right). ### Motivation To have the functionality that previously existed. ### Alternatives Sharing to access the chat from a link and later trying to save it as PDF but it doesn't save the whole chat, just on the screen so less than one page. Alternatively there could be an Export option in the menu up top. ### Additional context _No response_

Hopefully posting these links isn’t bad form…

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I came here to suggest this feature! While ChatGPT allows users to copy its individual responses as markdown, it doesn’t have the same for exporting the entire chat.

I really wish this feature was in place. I wanted to share chats with my brother, who is in a treatment program without access to the internet. I had to do a lot of copy/paste to a Word document, and print it. A simple “export to PDF” would have made it a LOT easier.

you guys should just use ChatGPT Atlas in agent mode. ask it in the chat to create me a markdown file of this chat.

How to Save ChatGPT Conversations as Markdown or PDF

ChatGPT still does not have a built-in option to directly export a conversation as Markdown or PDF. Here are a few methods you can try:

1. Export ChatGPT to Markdown

Ask ChatGPT to create the file

You can simply ask ChatGPT to turn the current conversation into a Markdown file with a prompt like:

Convert this entire conversation into a Markdown .md file for me.

This works well for shorter conversations.

Use a browser extension

There are also Chrome extensions that can export ChatGPT conversations to Markdown and PDF. You can search the Chrome Web Store for ChatGPT export tools.

One option I found is AI Chat Exporter by Backrun.

2. Export ChatGPT to PDF

Use the browser print function

The simplest option is:

Ctrl + P → Save as PDF

This works without installing anything.

Ask ChatGPT to create a PDF

Similar to Markdown, you can ask ChatGPT to turn the conversation into a PDF file.

Use a browser extension

Export extensions can also be useful if you regularly save conversations or need to export longer chats while keeping formatting such as headings, code blocks, tables, and links.

Each method has its own advantages and limitations. Personally, I find using an extension the fastest and most convenient option, especially for longer conversations.