How to Import Evernote to Noteshik in 60 Seconds (.enex Guide)

If you’re ready to leave Evernote, the only thing standing between you and a working Noteshik account is a single file: your Evernote .enex export. This guide walks you through the export-and-import in under five minutes — and you can usually have everything moved over in 60 seconds of upload time.

Why people are switching from Evernote

Evernote’s entry paid plan, Starter, costs about $99.96 a year. Noteshik Pro costs $24.99 a year for the same essentials — note-taking, sync, search, web clipper, AI summarize, AI ask-your-notes, and tasks. That’s a 75% lower bill for a feature set that covers what most Evernote users actually use.

Migration used to be the friction point. Not anymore. Noteshik has a one-click .enex importer that preserves your notebook structure, tags, attachments, and note metadata — including original creation dates so your timeline isn’t squashed to today.

Step 1 — Export your Evernote notes to .enex

Evernote lets you export a notebook (or all notebooks) as a .enex file, an XML format that contains every note, attachment, tag, and timestamp. Here’s how:

1. Open the Evernote desktop app (Mac, Windows, or Linux). You can’t do this from the web app.
2. In the left sidebar, right-click a notebook and choose “Export Notebook…” Or, to export everything: select all notebooks (Cmd/Ctrl-A in the notebook list), right-click, “Export Notebooks…”
3. In the dialog, choose ENEX format and click Save.
4. Pick a location — your Desktop is fine. You’ll get one .enex file per notebook (or one big file if you exported all).

If you have hundreds of notebooks, the export can take a few minutes. The file size depends mostly on attachments — text-heavy users typically see 5–50 MB, attachment-heavy users can hit 1+ GB.

Step 2 — Sign up for Noteshik

1. Visit app.noteshik.com and create a free account.
2. Verify your email (link arrives within seconds).
3. Sign in. The free tier handles up to 75 notes and 500 MB of storage — plenty to test the import.

If your Evernote export has more than 75 notes, no problem: the free import lets you preview everything, and the upgrade prompt to Pro ($24.99/yr) appears mid-import so you can unlock the rest.

Step 3 — Drop the .enex file into Noteshik

This is the easy part:

1. From the Noteshik web app, open Settings → Import → Evernote.
2. Drag your .enex file onto the upload zone, or click Choose file.
3. Watch the progress bar. Noteshik parses the XML, recreates each notebook as a Noteshik notebook, recreates tags, and uploads attachments — all in one pass.

| What gets imported | Preserved | |---|---| | Note title and body | Yes | | Note creation date | Yes (original timestamps) | | Notebook structure | Yes (1-to-1) | | Tags | Yes | | Attachments (PDF, images, audio) | Yes | | Encryption keys | No (you set new ones in Noteshik) | | Reminders | Migrated as Noteshik tasks | | Internal note-to-note links | Yes (rewritten to Noteshik IDs) |

Most users finish this step in under a minute for sub-1,000-note libraries. Larger libraries (10k+ notes) can take a few minutes.

Step 4 — Verify everything came across

After the import completes, Noteshik shows a summary: “Imported X notes, Y notebooks, Z tags.” Spot-check a handful:

• Open a recent note — does the formatting look right?
• Check an old note — is the original date preserved?
• Search for a unique phrase you remember — does it return the right note?
• Open a note with an attachment — does the PDF or image load?

If anything looks off, contact support before you cancel Evernote — we can re-run the import or pull missing items.

Step 5 — Cancel Evernote (when you’re ready)

There’s no rush. Many people keep Evernote running for a billing cycle while they get used to Noteshik. When you’re comfortable:

1. In Evernote, go to Settings → Account Summary → Manage subscription.
2. Cancel auto-renewal.
3. Your Evernote data stays accessible until the period ends, so you have a safety net.

What about AI features?

Noteshik Pro includes AI features that Evernote charges separately for: summarize, ask-your-notes (RAG), and auto-tag — all metered as part of your Pro subscription, not a separate AI bill. Try them on your imported notes and see how much faster you find what you’re looking for.

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