How to Export Highlights & Notes to Notion

Want to organize all your reading notes in one place? With Glasp, you can easily export highlights and notes from web articles, PDFs, Kindle, and even YouTube transcripts directly into Notion. This makes it easy to build a personal knowledge base, connect ideas, and keep your notes searchable.

In this tutorial, we’ll walk you through how to copy and paste highlights into Notion, and how to use the Notion API integration for automatic syncing.

If you haven't signed up for Glasp or installed the Glasp browser extension, please do so. You can refer to this tutorial.

YouTube Tutorial

👉 How to Export Highlights and Notes to Notion and Obsidian

Step 1. Go to your profile page by clicking “My Highlights” at the top left (a red circle at the left)

• Select an article you want to export, then click “Copy Content” at the top right (a red circle at the right).

• If you click another article, you can export that article’s highlighted sentences.

Step 2. Paste sentences on Notion

• Open a new page on Notion and paste highlighted sentences by Command+V for Mac and Ctrl+V for Windows.

• Yay, you got everything copied and pasted from the web article 🎉

• You can edit the sentence or style as you want 🙂

Bonus

If you want to export highlights and notes to Notion with API, please see the tutorial below:

• How to Integrate with Notion

FAQs

Q. Do I need the Glasp extension to export highlights to Notion?

Yes. You’ll need the Glasp browser extension to collect highlights from the web, YouTube, or PDFs. Once saved, you can export them into Notion.

Q. Can I export multiple articles at once?

Currently, you can export highlights one article at a time by using the Copy Content button. For bulk exports, use the Notion API integration.

Q. How does the Notion API integration work?

By connecting your Notion account to Glasp, highlights are automatically sent to your chosen Notion database without manual copy-paste.

Q. Can I edit the highlights after exporting to Notion?

Yes. Once in Notion, you can freely edit, reorganize, or style your highlights however you like.

Q. Does exporting to Notion cost extra?

No. Both manual export (copy-paste) and the Notion API integration are available for free Glasp users.

Q. Can I also export Glasp highlights to other apps?

Yes. Glasp supports exporting highlights and notes to Obsidian, Logseq, Roam Research, and even as text, CSV, HTML, MD, or JSON files.

Before you leave

Thanks for reading. We hope this guide helps you export your highlights and notes to Notion more smoothly.

See you next time,

Glasp team

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