How do I move out of Pocket, Instapaper or Notion Web Clipper without losing my saves?

Moving a list of links is the easy part. What people lose is everything attached to the links: tags, highlights, dates and the saved text of an article. Plan around those.

Pocket: check if you already have an export

Mozilla shut Pocket down in July 2025, and the export window closed afterward. If you did not export, Mozilla's service will not give your saves back. Search your email and downloads for a Pocket export, because it arrived as a ZIP by email.

People on r/mozilla described what is in it: JSON files for collections and CSV files with title, URL, time added, tags and status: r/mozilla thread. So tags did survive, even though people feared they would not. The time column is a raw Unix timestamp, so one person there asked how to read it. A spreadsheet formula or an online converter will do it, and most importers handle it for you.

If you did not export, some links may be recoverable from your browser history or from links you shared, but expect gaps.

One person on r/mozilla moved about 15,000 saves into Raindrop on its free account and was happy with the result, finding tags easy to search: r/mozilla thread.

Instapaper

Export from your account settings on the Instapaper website, which Raindrop's help pages describe as a CSV export. Check that highlights are included in what you get before you leave, and if they matter, keep them somewhere separate. Instapaper is still active, so there is no rush.

Think about why you are leaving. One long-time user on r/instapaper said they never try to clear their list, and another reported tens of thousands of pages: r/instapaper thread. If guilt about the backlog is your reason, a new app will fill up the same way.

Notion Web Clipper

Web Clipper saves into Notion pages, so leaving Notion is a Notion export. Use the export option in your workspace settings, or the menu on a single page, and choose Markdown and CSV. Notion's menus do change, so look for Export if the wording differs.

On r/ObsidianMD, the launch of Obsidian's Notion importer got a warm response, since it handles pages and databases and leaves you with plain Markdown files: r/ObsidianMD thread. Check database relations and formulas after the import, as those can be the hardest part of a Notion setup to carry over.

Do not wait for a crisis. An r/Notion post told of a workspace being suspended without warning, and the most useful replies said to keep your own backups no matter which service you use: r/Notion thread.

A safe order for any move

• Export and store the file in two places, one of them away from that service.
• Pick your target by what you use. On r/mozilla, people suggested Raindrop for tagged links, Readwise or Instapaper for reading, and Wallabag or Obsidian for owning your files: r/mozilla thread.
• Import 20 items first. Check the titles, tags, dates and how a few open.
• Check what you care about most. An r/ProductivityApps commenter said moving the list is easy and losing where a highlight belonged is what makes switching painful: r/ProductivityApps thread.
• Import the rest, then keep both for a month before closing the old account.
• Set a repeating reminder to export. Twice a year is enough.

Know what a link is. Most imports give you a list of addresses, not copies of the pages, so a dead page stays dead. Some tools keep a copy. Even those can fail, since one r/BookmarkManagers commenter found a site that served a saved card with no image or price: r/BookmarkManagers thread. If an article really matters, save it as a PDF.

Where Nemos fits

Nemos imports Pocket CSV, mymind JSON, Raindrop CSV, Evernote .enex, Notion exports and browser bookmarks HTML, and keeps the library in your own iCloud. Links arrive next to your screenshots, notes and voice transcripts in one search.

Instapaper files are not on that list. Raindrop's help pages list Instapaper as an import source, so one route is through Raindrop and its CSV export. Test a small batch first. If you only read long articles, a dedicated reader may suit you better.