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Export your recipes

Take your recipes to another app, or keep a copy of your own.

GuideYour data4 steps

1Open Privacy and data

Open Settings, then the Privacy and data tab. Find Export recipes.

The Export recipes section of Privacy and dataThe Export recipes section of Privacy and data

2Choose a format

Pick the one the other app reads: Paprika file (a .paprikarecipes file that Paprika, Mela, AnyList and other recipe apps import), Recipe JSON (schema.org recipes with their photos, as a zip), or Printable PDFs (one PDF per recipe).

3Choose what to export

All my recipes, A collection, or Selected recipes: the ones you selected in your library. One export holds up to 5,000 recipes.

4Download

Choose Export recipes. Thyme Kept prepares the file and downloads it; keep the page open until it finishes. Your notes come too, marked private.

Next

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  1. Organise your libraryGuide
  2. Export your recipesHelp · Your data
  3. Download your dataHelp · Your data
  4. Delete your accountHelp · Your data

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Updated October 25, 2026