Archive your notes in a standard, universally readable format. Learn how to convert your Evernote notebooks into local PDF files with all formatting, layouts, and attachments preserved.
Your notes represent years of memories, research, design specs, and decisions. Keeping them solely in the cloud exposes you to changes in pricing and service terms. Converting them to local PDF files is one of the most reliable ways to archive your data for the long term.
PDF is a universal format that will display exactly the same way on any device, decades from now, without requiring any proprietary note-taking application.
In this guide, we'll show you how to convert your entire Evernote library to cleanly formatted, local PDF files on your computer automatically using NoteMigrator.
Unlike proprietary database formats or Markdown files (which can sometimes render slightly differently across various editors), a PDF file is frozen in its visual state. It looks identical on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, or Android.
With NoteMigrator, the PDF conversion happens on your computer. Your notes, images, and attachments are processed locally for this export flow instead of being sent through a separate conversion service.
You can copy a folder of PDFs to an external drive, burn them to a disc, upload them to your private cloud, or keep them on a backup server. Finding notes inside them is as simple as running a system-wide search.
Other export solutions often strip attachments or break page layouts. NoteMigrator retains key aspects of your notes:
Here is the step-by-step tutorial to convert your Evernote notes to PDF:
Open NoteMigrator and sign in to access the local migration dashboard.
Log in to NoteMigrator
Choose Evernote as your source note application.
Select Evernote source
Authorize NoteMigrator to safely connect to your Evernote account.
Connect Evernote Account
Select "Local PDF" as the destination option.
Select Local PDF target
Choose which of your Evernote notebooks or sections you want to download as PDFs.
Select Source Notebooks
Select the folder on your hard drive where you want the resulting PDF files to be saved.
Select Target Folder
Verify your source, target, and output path choices before running the tool.
Review Selections
Click "Start" and watch live progress as Evernote notes are compiled and rendered to PDF.
Migration Progress
Once complete, open the selected folder to view your beautifully formatted PDF files.
Review Result
Start securing your note archive today. NoteMigrator is a one-time purchase of $19.90, allowing you to run unlimited backups and exports to PDF, Markdown, and OneNote.
Download NoteMigrator to backup your notes.
NoteMigrator Team
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We build NoteMigrator and document note-migration workflows, destination-specific constraints, and privacy tradeoffs so readers can plan migrations with fewer surprises.
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