# Import Google docs?

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/import-google-docs/41100>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [29 September 2024 11:00 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/import-google-docs/41100 "2024-09-29T11:00:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![kmf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9f8e36/32.png) [@kmf](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/kmf)\
**Post date:** [29 September 2024 11:00 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/import-google-docs/41100/1 "2024-09-29T11:00:11Z")

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Hello, I'm looking at Joplin, Logseq, Obsidian, Roam, Tana and Atlassian (Trello and Jira).

I have some documents on Google Drive and I'm wondering if Joplin has an easy way to import all these Google Docs.  
The Google Docs have an Index with H1-H6 and also Dates in format YYYYMMHHhhmm.

Also, my Google Docs file structure to find things is in folders like: House/Office/Network/WiFi/UAP-AC-HD/Knowledge base.doc

This helps me find info when I can't remember things, by navigating through the house where things might logically be.  
However I appreciate Joplin and Logseq use the new bi-directional information management, so I'm trying to get my head around how I might find my information once it's imported from Google Drive?

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**Author:** ![Marph](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/marph/32/10800_2.png) [@Marph](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Marph)\
**Post date:** [29 September 2024 12:29 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/import-google-docs/41100/2 "2024-09-29T12:29:30Z")

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> [@kmf](#):
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> I have some documents on Google Drive and I'm wondering if Joplin has an easy way to import all these Google Docs.

There is some [similar thread in the Obsidian forum](https://forum.obsidian.md/t/automating-doc-to-markdown-conversion-from-google-drive-to-obsidian-vault/69872/2). Maybe you can use this workflow.

In general, you need to convert your notes to HTML or Markdown. Both formats can be imported to Joplin.

> [@kmf](#):
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> Also, my Google Docs file structure to find things is in folders like: House/Office/Network/WiFi/UAP-AC-HD/Knowledge base.doc
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> This helps me find info when I can't remember things, by navigating through the house where things might logically be.  
> However I appreciate Joplin and Logseq use the new bi-directional information management, so I'm trying to get my head around how I might find my information once it's imported from Google Drive?

The structure can be similar in Joplin. You can have nested notebooks like `House/Office/Network/WiFi/UAP-AC-HD` and in the last notebook a note `Knowledge base`.

**Edit** : Actually there is another option, that I just tested: You can export via Google Takeout and use [GitHub - marph91/jimmy: Convert your notes to Markdown](https://github.com/marph91/jimmy) for conversion to Markdown. Here are the instructions in case you want to try:

> **[Google Docs - Jimmy](https://marph91.github.io/jimmy/formats/google_docs/)**
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> Jimmy is tool to convert your notes from various formats to Markdown. This can be used to import to note applications such as Joplin and Obsidian.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [24 September 2025 12:30 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/import-google-docs/41100/3 "2025-09-24T12:30:25Z")

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