Kindle Clippings Converter
Turn your Kindle's My Clippings.txt into clean Markdown, CSV, Obsidian notes, Anki flashcards, or JSON. Free, no sign-up, and the file never leaves your browser.
Drop your My Clippings.txt here
or click to choose the file
Private by design: the file is parsed in your browser and never uploaded anywhere.
What is My Clippings.txt?
Every Kindle keeps a plain-text log of everything you mark while reading. Connect the device to a computer with a USB cable, open it as a drive, and you will find the file in the documents folder at the root of the device: My Clippings.txt. It records each highlight, note, and bookmark with the book title, author, page or location, and a timestamp, in the order you made them.
Unlike Amazon's notebook page, it includes highlights from sideloaded books and personal documents, which have no clipping limit. Store-bought books are different: publishers set a clipping limit, and once you pass it the Kindle writes a placeholder line saying you have reached the clipping limit instead of the highlighted text (this converter skips those placeholders). The file is also famously messy: everything from every book is interleaved in one file, notes are separated from the highlights they belong to, and every time you adjust the edge of a highlight the Kindle appends a new copy instead of replacing the old one.
What this converter does
Drop the file above and the converter groups clippings by book, reattaches notes to the highlights they annotate, and removes the duplicate and overlapping highlights created by re-highlighting, keeping the longest version of each passage. It understands the localized formats Kindle writes in other languages (Japanese, Spanish, German, French, and Portuguese), so a mixed-language file parses fine.
From there you choose the output: one Markdown document, a CSV for spreadsheets, one Markdown note per book for an Obsidian vault, a tab-separated file that imports straight into Anki as flashcards, or structured JSON for your own scripts.
Privacy note: the parsing happens entirely in your browser. There is no upload, no server, and no account. Your reading data stays on your machine.
Going beyond a one-time export
A converted file is a snapshot. If you want your Kindle highlights to stay in sync, be searchable across every book, and work with AI chat, import them to Glasp. And if flashcards are the goal, our guide to turning Kindle highlights into AI flashcards covers how to pick which highlights are worth reviewing. More free utilities live on the Glasp tools page.
Frequently asked questions
Where do I find My Clippings.txt on my Kindle?
Connect your Kindle to a computer with a USB cable. It mounts as a drive; open it and look in the documents folder at the root of the device. The file is always named My Clippings.txt and contains every highlight, note, and bookmark you have made on that Kindle.
Does my clippings file get uploaded anywhere?
No. The file is read and parsed entirely in your browser with JavaScript; nothing is sent to any server. You can disconnect from the internet after the page loads and the converter still works.
Why do I see fewer highlights than I expected?
A few reasons. Sideloaded books and personal documents have no clipping limit, but store-bought books can hit a publisher-set clipping limit: past it, the Kindle records a placeholder line saying you have reached the clipping limit instead of the highlighted text, and this tool skips those placeholders. The converter also skips bookmarks (they have no text) and removes duplicates created when you re-highlight or adjust a passage, so the final count is often lower than the raw record count. And the file only contains clippings made on that specific device.
Can I get my Kindle highlights without connecting the device?
Yes, for books bought from the Amazon store. Kindle Cloud Reader holds those highlights, and the free Glasp browser extension imports them in one click with no cable and no file. My Clippings.txt is still the better route for sideloaded books and personal documents, which never appear in Kindle Cloud Reader.
How do I import the Anki file?
Choose the Anki format, download the file, then in Anki go to File and then Import, select the downloaded file, and make sure the field separator is Tab. Each highlight becomes the front of a card; the back is your note on that highlight, or the book and location when there is no note.
Keep every highlight in one place
A converted file is a snapshot of one device. Glasp collects highlights from everywhere you read — the web, PDFs, YouTube, Kindle, and the apps you are already using — and exports them wherever you take notes.