Help & FAQ/Import guides
Import from Obsidian
An Obsidian vault is already a folder of Markdown files, which makes this the easiest migration of all: zip the vault, drop it in.
Export your vault
- Find your vault folder on disk. If you are unsure where it lives, Obsidian shows the path when you click the vault name in the vault switcher.
- Compress the folder to a .zip: right-click > Compress on macOS, or Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder on Windows.
- That zip is the import file. No plugins or exports needed.
What comes along
YAML frontmatter is understood: tags, aliases, and created dates are honored. Subfolder paths become tags (a note in Work/Projects picks up "work" and "projects"), and inline #tags in the body are merged into the tag field.
Your [[...]] links keep working: PrivacyNotes renders them as note-links, so the connections between notes survive the move. The .obsidian config folder and .trash are skipped automatically.
Import into PrivacyNotes
- Open PrivacyNotes and go to Settings > Import & Export.
- Pick Obsidian as the source.
- Drop in the file you just exported (or click to browse) and start the import.
- Imported notes arrive tagged with their source, so you can review or bulk-edit the whole batch afterwards.