How to export your Granola notes and transcripts

Short answer: your Granola notes are not locked in. Granola's own export, Settings > Profile > Generate CSV, emails you a CSV with the title, summary, transcript and basic details of every note you own, and it includes your full note history, even notes older than 30 days that the free Basic plan hides in the app (Granola docs). It is not instant (the email arrives within a few hours), you get one export per 24 hours, and the link expires after 24 hours, so plan ahead before you cancel, switch tools or delete your account.

What MinuteHaul does and doesn't support

• Supported: tl;dv, in the web exporter and the free CLI. Fireflies, in the web exporter (beta). Avoma, in the CLI only (beta).
• Not supported yet: Granola. MinuteHaul cannot export from Granola today. This page explains Granola's own export options so you can do it yourself.
• Once you have transcripts out of Granola, the free transcript cleaner tidies a transcript for ChatGPT or Claude in your browser.

Option 1: export everything as a CSV (all plans where export is enabled)

1. In the Granola app, click your workspace name in the bottom-left corner, then select Settings.
2. Open Settings > Profile and click Generate CSV.
3. Choose the workspaces to include. The export only covers notes you own in those workspaces.
4. Wait for the email; Granola says it arrives within a few hours.
5. Open the link while signed in to Granola with the same email address that requested the export. If you see "Make sure you're signed in with the right account", log out and sign in with that account.
6. Download within 24 hours; after that the link stops working. You can generate a new export, but only one every 24 hours per account.

What the CSV contains, per Granola: title, note summary, transcript and other basic details for each note. What it leaves out: deleted notes and notes without a summary, so your export can have fewer notes than the count in the app (Granola: Exporting notes).

Plan notes: data export is on by default on Basic and Business. On Enterprise it is off by default, and only a workspace admin can switch on Allow exporting data for members. There is no admin-level export of the whole team; each person exports their own notes (Granola docs).

Option 2: copy one note or one transcript at a time (any plan)

• Full transcript: open the note, click the transcript button (the waveform bars icon to the left of the "Ask anything" bar), then click the copy icon in the top right of the transcript panel. You can also copy individual chunks (Granola: How transcription works).
• AI notes as Markdown: in the note's three-dots menu, Copy enhanced notes copies the AI-enhanced notes and the note link to your clipboard in Markdown, which pastes cleanly into Obsidian. Granola points out this copies the summary, not the transcript (Granola: Sharing notes).
• Email: Send notes via email opens a Gmail or Outlook draft with the note contents.

Option 3: send notes to Notion, Slack or Zapier

Granola lists integrations including Slack, Notion, HubSpot, Salesforce, Affinity, Attio and Zapier for sharing a note from its menu (Granola docs). Two limits matter for an archive: on the Basic plan, integrations are Slack only (Granola: plans), and the Notion integration sends notes one at a time, with no bulk or automatic sync. Granola suggests Zapier's Note Added to Granola Folder trigger for automatic sending to Notion going forward (Granola: Notion). Notion receives the enhanced notes, so for full transcripts the CSV export is the more complete route.

Option 4: the Granola API or MCP (for developers and AI assistants)

Any workspace member on Business or Enterprise can create an API key in the desktop app under Settings > Connectors > API keys (Granola: API). The API gives programmatic access to notes, transcripts and AI summaries, but it only returns notes that have a generated summary and transcript. Granola MCP connects Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants to your notes; on Basic it covers notes from the last 30 days, and some folder, search and transcript tools are paid-only (Granola: MCP). Neither is needed for a one-off archive: the CSV export already includes transcripts.

What happens when you cancel or delete

• Cancel: your subscription continues to the end of the current billing period, then the workspace moves to the Basic (free) plan (Granola: Cancelling). On Basic the app shows only the last 30 days; older notes are stored, not deleted, and come back if you upgrade (Granola: plans). The CSV export still includes them.
• Delete account: permanent. Your private folders and all notes you own are removed, including your notes inside folders shared with others, and they cannot be recovered. Notes you already transferred to another Granola account stay with that account (Granola: Deleting your account).
• Audio: there is none to save. Granola says it does not record or save audio or video, so there is no way to access audio from your meetings (Granola docs).
• Moving to another Granola account (new email, work vs personal): Granola's note import moves notes and transcripts, including notes older than 30 days, between two Granola accounts. It moves rather than copies, and it can't import from other apps (Granola: Import notes).

Pre-cancel and pre-switch checklist

1. Request the CSV (Settings > Profile > Generate CSV) at least a day before you cancel or delete, so a failed or expired link can be retried after the 24-hour wait.
2. Select every workspace you have notes in; each export only covers notes you own in the selected workspaces.
3. Open the CSV and spot-check a few old and new notes, including transcripts.
4. Look for notes with no summary; Granola leaves them out of the export, so copy anything you need from those notes by hand (for example from the transcript panel).
5. On Enterprise, ask your admin to turn on Allow exporting data if Generate CSV is unavailable.
6. Leaving a team? Your private notes are not accessible to admins after you leave, so export your own notes before your account is removed.
7. Check the trash: notes in the trash for over 30 days are permanently deleted (Granola docs), and deleted notes are not in the export.
8. Only delete your account after the export checks out; deletion cannot be undone.
9. Moving to Fireflies, tl;dv or another tool? Keep the CSV as your archive; see the meeting-tool switch checklist.

Sources (checked Oct 26, 2026)

• Granola: Exporting notes (CSV, transcripts, full history, 24-hour limits, Enterprise toggle)
• Granola: How transcription works (copy transcript, no audio saved)
• Granola: Sharing notes (copy enhanced notes, email, integrations)
• Granola: Notion (one note at a time, no bulk sync)
• Granola: Subscriptions and billing (plan table, Basic 30-day history)
• Granola: Cancelling your subscription
• Granola: Deleting your account
• Granola: API (Business and Enterprise)
• Granola: MCP
• Granola: Import notes from another account
• Granola: Deleting and restoring notes

Want a one-click Granola exporter? MinuteHaul doesn't support Granola yet. If you would use one (for example, one file per note in Markdown instead of a single CSV), email us; requests decide which source we add next. Exporting from tl;dv or Fireflies? Use the web exporter (free for your 10 most recent meetings).

FAQ

Can I export all my Granola notes at once? Yes. Granola's help center says Settings > Profile > Generate CSV emails you a CSV within a few hours with the title, note summary, transcript and other basic details for each note you own in the workspaces you select. You can create one export every 24 hours, and the download link is valid for 24 hours.

Does the Granola CSV export include transcripts? Yes. Granola says the CSV includes the transcript for each note. It only includes notes that have a summary; deleted notes and notes without a summary are left out, so the count can be lower than the app shows.

I'm on the free Basic plan. Can I export notes older than 30 days? Yes. Granola says Basic only shows the last 30 days in the app, but older notes are stored, not deleted, and the CSV export includes your full note history, including notes older than 30 days.

Does cancelling Granola delete my notes? No. Granola says your subscription runs to the end of the billing period, then the workspace moves to the Basic (free) plan; older notes are hidden, not deleted, and come back if you upgrade. Deleting your account is different: it permanently removes your notes and cannot be undone.

Can I download the audio of my Granola meetings? No. Granola says it does not record or save audio or video, so there is no way to access audio from your meetings. The transcript and notes are what you can keep.

Can a workspace admin export everyone's Granola notes? No. Granola says there is no company-wide or admin-level export; each person's export only includes their own notes.

Does MinuteHaul export from Granola? Not yet. MinuteHaul supports tl;dv (web exporter and CLI), Fireflies (web exporter, beta) and Avoma (CLI beta). This page explains Granola's own export options.

Related guides

• Switching from Fireflies to Granola without losing your transcripts
• Export your meeting archive before switching tools (2026)
• The meeting-tool switch checklist (free, printable)
• How to export your Otter.ai transcripts before you cancel
• Export your Fireflies meetings before you cancel
• Export your tl;dv meetings before you cancel

Last checked: Oct 26, 2026. Granola features, plans and limits change; verify against Granola's own help center and pricing page before relying on details here.