Import and export

Import

Open Settings → Import and pick a source:

Source	Notes
Markdown files or a zip	Pick .md files, or a zip exported by ivyNote
Markdown folder	Sub-folders become notebooks; images and attachments come along
Joplin export	In Joplin choose "Export all → MD", then pick that folder

How it works:

1. Files are read and parsed on your device first, and you see an overview (notes, notebooks, attachments, tags, links). Nothing is uploaded until you confirm.
2. Choose the target notebook and click Start import.
3. Attachments upload first, then notes in batches, with live progress.

Details:

• Importing never changes existing notes. Importing the same files again skips what is already there.
• An interrupted import continues where it stopped when you run it again. Keep the tab open meanwhile.
• Relative links between notes become ivyNote note links.
• Notes keep their original dates; notes without dates use the file's modification time.
• Picking single files cannot read the images they reference; pick the whole folder to include them.

Export

In Settings, choose Export all notes (Markdown + attachments zip):

• One folder per notebook
• Attachments in _attachments/
• Links between notes kept as relative paths

Any Markdown editor can open the result, and ivyNote can import it again (for example to move a local library to a synced one).