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Export your Kindle highlights to Markdown

Upload the clippings file from your Kindle. Duplicates are removed automatically. Your file is never uploaded to our servers.

Drop My Clippings.txt here

.txt · Processed in your browser · Never uploaded

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How to get your clippings file

From a Kindle device

  1. 1.Connect your Kindle to your computer via USB
  2. 2.Open the Kindle drive in Finder or File Explorer
  3. 3.Find the file called "My Clippings.txt" in the root folder
  4. 4.Copy it to your computer and upload it here

From Kindle for Mac/PC

  1. 1.Kindle desktop app doesn't export clippings directly
  2. 2.Use a physical Kindle or Kindle Paperwhite via USB instead
  3. 3.Alternatively, open My Clippings.txt from the Kindle drive
  4. 4.The file is always named "My Clippings.txt"
FAQ

No. Your file is parsed entirely in your browser. Nothing is sent to our servers. Your highlights stay on your device.

Connect your Kindle to your computer via USB. Open it like a USB drive. The file is called "My Clippings.txt" and is in the root folder of the device.

Amazon imposes a per-book clipping limit (usually 10% of the book's length). When you hit the limit, new highlights replace old ones, and the file will say "<You have reached the clipping limit for this item>" instead of the content.

You get a ZIP file with one .md file per book. Each file has YAML frontmatter (title, author, highlight count) and your highlights as Markdown blockquotes with notes inline.

Yes. Kindle keeps duplicate clippings when you re-highlight the same passage. This tool removes exact duplicates automatically and shows you how many were removed.