Frequently asked questions

Click the Notakuna icon in Chrome’s toolbar, at the top right of the window. Your notes open in a panel on the side, so you can keep browsing while you write.

Don’t see the icon? Click the puzzle piece (Extensions) in the toolbar, then the pin next to Notakuna. It will stay in the toolbar from then on.

1. Open Notakuna.
2. Press the round + button at the bottom right.
3. Type your note.
4. Press Save. You can also press Ctrl + Enter (⌘ + Enter on a Mac).

Click the note to open it, then press Edit. You can also double-click the text to start editing right where you clicked. Press Save when you’re done.

Nothing is lost by accident. If a note has changes that aren’t saved, Notakuna asks Leave without saving? first, so you can go back and save them.

While writing, type /. A menu opens with Heading, Bulleted list, Numbered list, To-do list, Quote, Code and Divider. Pick one with the mouse, or with the arrow keys and Enter.

If you know Markdown, its shortcuts work too: for example, # and a space starts a heading, and - and a space starts a list.

Pin them. Press the pin icon on a note, either in the list or with the note open. Pinned notes stay in their own Pinned section, above your recent notes. Press the pin again to unpin.

Type a word in Search notes… at the top: only the notes that contain it are shown. Clear the search to see everything again.

Yes, if you’re quick. Right after you delete a note, a Note deleted message appears at the bottom with an Undo button. Once that message is gone, the note can only come back from a backup (see “How do I move my notes to another computer?” below).

Yes. Go to the website, open a saved note in Notakuna and turn on Attach to current tab. From then on, the note shows up under Current tab whenever you visit that page again, and the page is listed under Pages on the main screen.

The first time, Notakuna asks for tab access. To attach every new note to the page you’re on, turn on Auto attach to tab in Settings.

1. Open a note and start editing it.
2. Press the camera button at the top.
3. Choose Full screenshot for everything you can see in the tab, or Partial screenshot to drag a box around just one part, then press Add to note.

Select some text on the page, or point at a picture, then right-click it and choose Create a note. Notakuna opens with the new note.

While a note is open in Notakuna, you can also choose Add to current note to add it at the end of that note.

That’s the name Chrome gives to tab access. Notakuna only uses it to see the address and title of the tab you’re on, so it can attach notes to pages. It never reads what’s on the page and never sends anything anywhere. You can turn it off anytime in Settings › Security & Permissions.

Your notes are saved only in Chrome, on this computer. There’s no account, nothing is sent to us or anyone else, and Notakuna works without an internet connection.

Removing the extension from Chrome deletes your notes too, so make a backup first.

Open the note (not while editing it) and press the download button at the top. Choose Markdown, PDF, Plain text or Word. To print a note, save it as a PDF and print that file.

Notes don’t move between computers by themselves; you copy them with a backup file:

1. Open Settings (the gear at the top right of Notakuna), then Backup & Sync.
2. Press Export notes. A backup file is saved to your Downloads.
3. On the other computer, install Notakuna, go to the same place and press Import notes. Pick the backup file. Notes already there are kept.

Open Settings and change Appearance to Dark. Choose System to follow your computer’s setting.

In Settings, choose Reset app data. This permanently deletes every note and resets all settings, so export a backup first if you might want them back.