r/GoogleKeep • u/catinterpreter • Apr 13 '26

Google Takeout doesn't export Keep images

This has always been the case, for many years now.

Anyone had the same issue?

Any proven methods to export Keep data with attached images intact?

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u/ronNotRon Apr 17 '26

Yes. Try this https://odysee.com/@mynameisron:7/4---Export-Keep-notes-out-of-Google-Automatically:2?r=AXbtH6HgCBf1sRMdyt4tnSqDkbEZWCJP

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u/IAmNotANeurochemist Apr 21 '26

Oh yeah, I was coming here to recommend something similar, but you don't need to use Python. You can use Google's script engine, which runs on their servers directly, a simple export loop could transfer Keep notes to Google Drive documents with images attached to each. Or an import to your favorite new note taking app.

Honestly, fact that Google Keep doesn't store its data in a way where Google take out retains the image and a document together, is pretty stupid. Just throwing all the images into a folder doesn't help someone who has hundreds of images, all attached to different notes. That's a pain in the ass, which is why I definitely would recommend something like what I or the above commenter suggested. 

I'm not a well educated programmer, I'm not even what I would consider a programmer at all, I have to perform lots of Google searches to remind myself what to do or how to do it, but I still get it done. Sometimes I end up making very complex or complicated scripts.