Keep a conversation as a document
Use this workflow when you want the questions and answers from a copilot.com chat in a file. Choose PDF for a paged document, Markdown for a .md file, JSON or CSV for data work, or TXT for plain text.
These steps describe the extension's workflow. They do not depend on a particular native Microsoft export menu or claim that Microsoft lacks another export method.
Export the whole Copilot conversation
- Install the extension and open the chat you want to save at copilot.com in Chrome, Microsoft Edge or Firefox.
- Set PDF, Markdown, JSON, CSV or TXT as your default format.
- Choose a folder inside Downloads, or choose to be asked where to save each file.
- Use the extension's Export button on the chat page. It saves the whole chat in the default format.
The toolbar popup detects the current site and chat and can export it too. These steps use the extension, not a provider-specific download button.
Save selected prompts and responses
Open Select mode. Each message has a checkbox in the sidebar. Use All, Human, Assistant, None or Invert to adjust the selection. Shift+Click selects a range. Selected messages are outlined on the page. Review the selection, then export it.
If you're keeping an explanation, consider keeping the question that led to it as well. The selection changes which conversation messages are in the file; it does not add content from other Microsoft apps.
Check PDF suitability before saving
PDF limitation: PDFs do not support emoji or Chinese, Japanese or Korean characters. PDF message text is plain, without bold or list formatting. These limits apply on every plan and to PDF Packs. Choose Markdown, JSON, CSV or TXT to keep content PDF cannot represent. TXT remains plain text and does not carry rich styling.
Free PDF allowance: the Free plan includes 3 PDF exports per day, shared across all seven sites and reset at 00:00 UTC. Markdown, JSON, CSV and TXT exports are unlimited on every plan.
Set the PDF filename and title, A4 or Letter, portrait or landscape, margins, light or dark theme and font size. You can include a link to the original conversation, start each prompt on a new page and toggle page numbers. Font choice is not available. Code blocks are kept intact, including long ones.
Search what you've exported
Each export is saved in the local archive on your machine. Search by keyword and narrow results with code and site filters. A result reopens the original copilot.com conversation. Search is free.
Re-exporting replaces the old archived copy. Only exported chats are included: this does not import all Microsoft account activity, sync across devices or restore chats. Reopening the original chat is not a promise that it remains available on the provider site.
Optional: make a multi-chat pack
Starter and Standard, the paid plans, add PDF Packs and ZIP packs of up to 200 saved chats from the local archive, ordered newest first. A PDF Pack has a title page and clickable table of contents; a ZIP pack has one file per chat in any of the five formats. Choose the chats, pack title, page size, theme and page numbers. Each chat in a PDF Pack counts as one PDF toward your daily allowance; a ZIP pack in a non-PDF format is not counted. Exports and packs are built in your browser.
Paid plans also remove the PDF branding footer and the pop-up after each export. With a Single provider plan, paid features apply only to the site you choose at checkout—Microsoft Copilot, for example—and the other sites stay on Free. All providers plans cover all seven sites. Paid plans do not change the PDF character or formatting limits. Paid plans do not expand the supported Copilot site scope.
What this does not export
Images or media downloads, web sources, AI thinking, artifacts, message timestamps and tool steps are not available. Font choice and date filters are not available. This guide does not describe Microsoft account-data export or Microsoft 365 administration.
Compare formats, see plan differences or follow the setup walkthrough. See the ChatGPT PDF guide for another paged-document workflow, or the Perplexity guide for conversation text without web sources. Browse every provider guide, read the FAQ or learn how your data is handled.
What the Free plan includes
The Free plan covers Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, DeepSeek and Microsoft Copilot. It includes unlimited Markdown, JSON, CSV and TXT exports, 3 PDF exports per day with a branding footer, Select mode and local archive search. The extension is available for Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Firefox. Need more PDFs, packs or no branding? Compare Free, Starter and Standard.