Save anything useful in Keep

The Capture menu is the quickest way to save something as Markdown. Write a note, save a link, upload a file, transcribe audio, or capture a screenshot.

Open the menu with the Capture button in the app header. You can also press Command Shift C on macOS or Control Shift C on Windows and Linux. The older Command Shift K and Control Shift K shortcuts also open Capture.

Choose what you want to capture

The menu has seven actions.

Choose Subscription to follow RSS feeds, channels, and other sources, or watch a website for changes. See subscriptions. Search remains available from the app’s search bar.

Write a note

Use a note for a decision, idea, handoff, plan, or anything else you wrote.

1. Open Capture.
2. Select Write.
3. Add a title if the note needs one.
4. Write the body in Markdown.
5. Select Save note.

The new note opens in the note editor. You can add a Project, state, kind, tags, and other properties there. The notes guide explains how those fields work.

Save a link

1. Open Capture.
2. Select Link.
3. Paste the page URL.
4. Add a collection if you use one for this work.
5. Add any useful tags.
6. Write why you saved the page in Notes.
7. Select Save link.

Keep adds the page to Saved. Personal also keeps readable page content when extraction is available. The saved item remains available while any background processing finishes.

To convert one page without saving it, use the free URL to Markdown tool. If you already have the page source, use the HTML to Markdown converter.

Paste or drop something into Keep

Keep watches for useful clipboard and file input while you use the app.

• Paste a web URL to save it to Saved.
• Paste a file to upload it.
• Drop files anywhere in the app to upload them.
• Drop one Markdown file to create a note.
• Drop an audio file to open the transcription form.
• Drop a supported bookmark or subscription export to open the matching import flow.

A dropped Markdown file keeps its supported frontmatter. This includes the title, Project, repository, kind, state, tags, and custom properties.

Keep accepts one Markdown file at a time. Drop several other supported files together when they belong in the same upload.

Upload documents and images

Document uploads require Personal.

1. Open Capture.
2. Select Media.
3. Select one or more files.
4. Turn on Summarize uploaded documents if you want a summary.
5. Select Upload.

The current upload form accepts PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets, images, HTML, XML, and OpenDocument files. Keep converts supported documents to Markdown and adds them to Saved.

Use the free PDF to Markdown converter or Word to Markdown converter for a one-off conversion. The EPUB to Markdown converter turns an ebook into one Markdown file.

Record a voice note

Voice notes require Personal. Talk instead of typing and Keep turns what you said into a Markdown note. For an overview with an example recording and note, see Voice notes.

1. Open Capture.
2. Select Voice.
3. Allow microphone access if your browser asks. Recording starts as soon as the microphone is ready.
4. Talk. The timer and level meter show that Keep is recording. Recording carries on if you switch to another tab.
5. Select Pause if you need a moment, then Resume to carry on. Paused time is not recorded.
6. Select Stop when you are done. You can then Play the recording to check it, or Record again to start over.
7. Select Save voice note, or Discard to throw the recording away.

Keep opens the new note while it works and shows a cleaned version with filler words removed, sentences punctuated, and short paragraphs. Your wording, facts, numbers, and links stay as you said them. The exact words you said stay in the note history as the first revision. See voice notes for details.

A voice note can run for up to 30 minutes. Recording works in current versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari.

Transcribe audio

Audio transcription requires Personal. Keep accepts MP3, M4A, and WAV files up to 100 MB.

1. Open Capture.
2. Select Audio.
3. Choose one audio file.
4. Check the estimated duration.
5. Select Upload audio.

Keep opens the new item while transcription runs. The item updates when the transcript is ready.

Capture a screenshot

1. Open Capture.
2. Select Screenshot. The first time, Keep explains what happens next. Select Continue.
3. Choose the screen, window, or tab in your browser prompt.
4. Confirm the share.

Keep captures the current frame as a PNG and adds it to Saved. Press Escape in the browser prompt to cancel without saving anything. Your browser may hide this option when screen capture is unavailable.

Capture from another app

The browser extension saves pages and highlights without opening Keep first. The mobile sharing guide covers the iOS Shortcut and the Android share target.