Export Chrome Tab Groups: Markdown, CSV and Backup Files

Choose the format for the job

Markdown makes a research collection readable in a text editor or notes app. CSV is useful for reviewing links in a spreadsheet. Neither should be treated as a full browser-profile backup.

Nest’s Backup HTML and JSON exports serve a different purpose: archiving open and closed tab records. A Backup export is not an export of all Nest Categories, Notes and settings.

Save the project before exporting

Create a named Session from the tabs you intend to keep, then export that Session. Review its links before sharing: page addresses may contain private document identifiers or access tokens.

If you need to reopen the browser arrangement, restore the named Session in Nest. A readable export is useful outside Nest, but may omit metadata needed to reconstruct the exact arrangement.

Moving from another extension

Keep the original export from your current tool. Nest supports imports from OneTab, Session Buddy and Tab Session Manager. Review the preview and verify a restored sample before removing the source extension.

Sharing is not live collaboration

An exported file is a copy. Changes made after exporting do not update someone else’s copy. Nest’s roadmap discussion of shared collections does not make those features part of this release.