Perplexity guide

How to save Perplexity AI conversations

Perplexity AI is a powerful research tool — but saving and organising your conversations for future reference is something it doesn't make easy by default. This guide covers everything available, from built-in features to automatic solutions.

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Built-in options

  • Perplexity Collections: bookmark any thread to a labelled Collection. Good for organising related research — but it's a reference, not an export.
  • Share link: generates a public URL of any thread including cited sources. Not a true archive.
  • Export to PDF: Ctrl/Cmd+P → Save as PDF for individual threads.
  • Official data export: account settings → data export. Provides conversation history as JSON — complete but not human-readable.

Third-party export tools

  • SaveMyPhind: exports Perplexity conversations to Markdown. Free and open source.
  • Perplexity to Notion extension: syncs threads to Notion automatically.
  • These all require manual triggers per conversation.

One-click summaries with thredly

  • For Perplexity, paste the research thread into the thredly web app and click Summarize. You get a clean structured summary stored privately to your account, ready to reuse alongside summaries from your other AI tools. (thredly's in-page Summarize button is on ChatGPT, Claude, and DeepSeek; Gemini and Perplexity are supported via the web app.)

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Frequently asked questions

Does Perplexity delete old conversations?

Perplexity doesn't publish a specific retention policy for conversation history, but they may delete data per their privacy policy. Don't assume your research threads are there forever.

Can I search through my Perplexity history?

Perplexity has a basic library search, but it's limited. For full-text search across all your past AI research, thredly provides a better solution.