# ChatGPT Export

> Export your ChatGPT conversations to PDF, HTML or Markdown. Your chats are never sent to a converter service. The file is built directly by your own browser

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/chatgpt-export](https://chrome-stats.com/d/chatgpt-export)

## Overview

- **ID:** `chatgpt-export`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** bearer
- **Category:** social-communication
- **Daily users:** 4,278
- **Weekly downloads:** 448
- **Rating:** 4.27 / 5 (41 ratings)
- **Version:** 9.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **First published:** 2024-12-24
- **Size:** 2.15 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/chatgpt-export/)

## Description

ChatGPT Export is a lightweight Chrome extension that lets you quickly export any ChatGPT conversation as a clean, readable HTML file. It preserves the full chat history, including code blocks and formatting, and saves the file locally so nothing is sent to third-party services or cloud converters.

Designed for simplicity and privacy, the extension adds a single “Export to HTML” button—no complicated settings, no sync, no analytics. Use it to share conversations with colleagues, archive important chats, or keep readable records of prompts and responses while keeping your data on your machine.

## Rankings

- #1,322 — Overall
- #137 — Social & Communication
- #3 — chat gpt
- #4 — csv export
- #4 — export
- #4 — gpt4

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `https://chatgpt.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `chatgpt.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has recently changed publisher email (might be a transfer in ownership)

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## Review summary

Reviewers praise ChatGPT Export for clean HTML with good formatting, fast local saves, and a simple, no-bloat workflow, with PDFs achievable via the HTML export. The main drawbacks are formatting fidelity and output consistency: exports often alter layout and appearance; dark mode is forced with little theme control; and some outputs aren’t faithful to the on-page chat. Despite its usefulness for archiving, users want more fidelity, theme options, and clearer UI guidance.

### Pros

- High-quality HTML export with clean formatting and styling.
- Fast export and reliable saving of chat history (often in seconds) with local/offline saving.
- Simple, lightweight, no-bloat design and workflow.
- PDF workflow: HTML export can be used to create PDFs later.

### Cons

- Exported HTML often does not preserve the original formatting or layout, leading to misalignment and altered structure.
- Forced dark mode with limited user control to switch to light mode or follow browser theme.
- Exported output is not consistently faithful to the on-page chat (fonts, spacing, and content appear differently).

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