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Import Evernote notes into Asterive

Move an ENEX export into a Markdown-based note library. Preview your notes, review attachment warnings, and choose what to import before creating copies.

After import, organize the new notes in Asterive’s library. This is the library view, not the import preview.
After import, organize the new notes in Asterive’s library. This is the library view, not the import preview.

1. Prepare an ENEX export

Export the notes you want to move from Evernote in ENEX format, and keep the original export as a backup. Asterive accepts Evernote ENEX/XML exports. An HTML export is not the Evernote import path. Start with a small representative group that includes formatted text, tags, and attachments so you can inspect the result before moving the rest.

2. Upload and review the preview

Sign in to Asterive and open Import existing notes from the new-note choices, the header, or Manage → Imports. Choose Evernote and upload the export. Review the detected notes, labels, and warnings. You can search the preview and choose which notes and labels to include before confirming.

3. Check the result before moving on

Confirming creates new notes in your account; it does not delete or synchronize your Evernote library. Open several imported notes and check their formatting and files. Supported attachments are verified before they become available. Unsupported or missing attachments can be skipped with warnings; review those warnings on completion or later in Manage → Imports.

Large exports and interrupted imports

Free accepts import files up to 25 MiB and previews up to 2,000 parsed notes; Pro accepts up to 100 MiB and 20,000 parsed notes. The resulting notes and files must also fit your account’s capacity. If an export exceeds the limit, create smaller exports in Evernote. Preview and import processing continue in the background; reopening Import recovers unfinished work after a refresh.

Duplicates, undo, and your backup

Uploading the same export again can create duplicates: Asterive does not automatically merge repeated notes. Retrying the same unfinished job is different and does not create a second batch. Manage → Imports offers batch-wide Undo, which removes the notes and exclusive files created by that import. Files still used by another note are kept. Retain the original ENEX until you have checked the migration.

Evernote’s export instructions