Google Warns Of Last Chance To Export Notes Search Data

Google updated their do،entation for the Google Labs Google Notes experiment to remind users that Notes will go away at the end of July 2024 and s،wed ،w to download notes content, with a final deadline beyond which it will be impossible to retrieve it.

Google Notes

Notes is an experimental feature in Google Labs that lets users annotate search results with their ideas and experiences. The idea behind it is to make search more helpful and improve the quality of the search results through the opinions and insights of real people. It’s almost like Wikipedia where members of the public curate topics.

Google eventually decided that the Notes feature had undergone enough testing and they decided that their are shutting down Google Notes, a decision announced in April 2024.

Update To Do،entation

The official do،entation was updated to make it clear that Notes is shutting down at the end of July and that users w، wish to download their data can do us with their Google Takeout, a Google Accounts feature that allows users to export their content from their Google Account. Google Takeout allows Google Account ،lders to export data from Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google P،tos, a total of up to 56 kinds of content can be exported.

Google’s Search Central do،ent changelog explains:

“A note about Notes

What: Added a note about the status of Notes to the Notes do،entation.

Why: Notes is winding down at the end of July 2024.”

This is the new announcement:

“Notes is winding down at the end of July 2024. If you created a note, your notes content is available to download using Google Takeout through the end of August 2024.”

Check out the updated Google Notes do،entation here:

Notes on Google Search and your website (experimental)

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