You and your team manage all your projects in Notion — all your folders, assets, and documents are stored in there. Frequently backing up your data on Notion ensures that you have access to the latest version of your data available, without relying on Notion for data safety. Even if you are unable to access your data in Notion due to accidental deletion of files, prolonged outages, or any other reason — you can access it from the backup.
In this article, we will show how to manually backup your Notion workspace, pages, and databases. Let’s get started.
Here are the four steps to backing up Notion workspace:
After opening the workspace that you want to backup…
1. Click on “Settings & Members”
2. Click on “Settings”, scroll down, and then click on “Export all Workspace Content”
3. Select the suitable download option
Notion allows three download formats - PDF (for business accounts), HTML, Markdown & CSV. You can pick the one based on your requirement. Irrespective of the option you choose, you can easily import any file format back into Notion.
4. Notion initiates download and sends you a mail once that’s done
Finally, click on “Export” to initiate file download.
How to backup a page in Notion?
At times, you may not be too concerned about the workspace database, but you might want to backup important pages alone. To backup a Notion page:
1. Click on the “...” icon at the top right corner of the page and click on “Export”
2. Select suitable download option
3. Download begins in the background and save the file in your local storage
FAQs
Can you backup Notion to Google Drive?
You can backup your Notion instance to Google Drive by following the below steps:
1. Export the Notion workspace
Go to “Settings & Members” > “Settings”, and then scroll down to click on “Export all Workspace Content”. Notion will prompt you to select your preferred file type - select the suitable option. Finally, click on export to download the file in your local drive.
2. Drag and Drop the backup into your Google drive
You can simply drag and drop the local backup into your preferred folder in your Google Drive account.
How to import a backup into Notion?
Your backup is available in your local drive now. Follow these steps whenever you need to import it back into Notion:
1. Click on “Settings & Members”
2. Click on “Import”
3. Select the file source
4. Notion will trigger a pop-up to select the backup from your drive
How to backup Notion database?
To backup your database in Notion, simply click on the “...” icon at the top-right corner of your screen and click on “Export”. Notion will prompt you to select the download file type, and once all is set, just click on “Export” to create a backup file for your Notion database.
