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Import from Samsung Notes

Samsung Notes exports one file per note, in two flavors. Prefer the Microsoft Word (.docx) export: it keeps your formatting, while the plain text export loses it.

Export your notes from Samsung Notes

  1. In Samsung Notes, long-press to select the notes you want (or Select all).
  2. Tap the three-dot menu and choose "Save as file".
  3. Pick "Microsoft Word file" (.docx) for formatted notes, or "Text file" (.txt) for plain text.
  4. Samsung saves one file per note to your device storage. Collect them into a single .zip (select them in your file manager and compress) if you exported more than a few.

What comes along

From .docx exports: bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, bullet and numbered lists, and checkboxes (which become native task lists) all survive. From .txt exports: the text, nothing else.

One honest limitation: images embedded in a Samsung note are not imported yet; the importer flags each note where that happens so you can bring the pictures over by hand.

Import into PrivacyNotes

  1. Open PrivacyNotes and go to Settings > Import & Export.
  2. Pick Samsung Notes as the source.
  3. Drop in the file you just exported (or click to browse) and start the import.
  4. Imported notes arrive tagged with their source, so you can review or bulk-edit the whole batch afterwards.