# Import Conversations (https://www.librechat.ai/docs/features/import_convos)

Conversations Import lets you bring conversations exported from other AI chat applications into LibreChat. Supported sources are [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com/), [Claude](https://claude.ai/), and [ChatbotUI v1](https://github.com/mckaywrigley/chatbot-ui/tree/b865b0555f53957e96727bc0bbb369c9eaecd83b?tab=readme-ov-file#legacy-code).

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Import lives under **Settings** → **Data Controls** in LibreChat.
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## Export from the source application

First, export your data from the application you are migrating away from. The steps differ by source.

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See [Export from LibreChat](#export-from-librechat) at the bottom of this page.
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**Request your export.** Follow the [ChatGPT export instructions](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/7260999-how-do-i-export-my-chatgpt-history-and-data) to export your conversations.

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**Download the archive.** You will receive an email with a download link. The archive is a zip file with a random name such as `d119d98bb3711aff7a2c73bcc7ea53d96c984650d8f7e033faef78386a9907-2024-01-01-10-30-00.zip`.

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**Extract the archive** to access the `conversations.json` file inside.

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**Request your export.** Follow the [Claude export instructions](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/9450526-how-can-i-export-my-claude-data) to export your conversations.

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**Download the archive.** You will receive an email with a download link for your export archive.

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**Extract the archive** to access the `conversations.json` file inside.

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Export your conversations from [ChatbotUI v1](https://github.com/mckaywrigley/chatbot-ui/tree/b865b0555f53957e96727bc0bbb369c9eaecd83b?tab=readme-ov-file#legacy-code), then import the resulting JSON file directly. No extraction step is required.

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## Import into LibreChat

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**Open Data Controls.** In LibreChat, go to **Settings** → **Data Controls**.

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**Select your file.** Click **Import** and choose the `conversations.json` file from your extracted archive (or the exported JSON file for ChatbotUI v1).

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**Wait for confirmation.** A notification appears once the import finishes.

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## Export from LibreChat

Export is per conversation, and lives in the **Export and Share** menu in the chat header (under the overflow menu on mobile). Open the conversation you want, choose **Export**, pick a format, and confirm.

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  options={[
    ['markdown', '.md', 'Readable transcript. The default.', ''],
    ['text', '.txt', 'Plain-text transcript.', ''],
    ['json', '.json', 'Structured export that preserves the full message data.', 'Supports exporting all message branches'],
    ['csv', '.csv', 'Tabular export, one row per message.', 'Supports exporting all message branches'],
    ['screenshot', '.png', 'Image of the rendered conversation.', ''],
  ]}
/>

Two options in the dialog depend on the format you pick:

- **Export all message branches** applies to `json` and `csv` only. Other formats export just the visible branch.
- The remaining export options are unavailable for `csv` and `screenshot`.

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There is no built-in bulk export of every conversation at once, and a brand-new or search-results conversation has nothing to export, so the menu does not appear for those.

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