Export Your Claude Chats to Email

Use this if you want to save copies of your Claude conversations before your access ends, or just want a record of a chat in your inbox. Claude reads a conversation from claude.ai and emails you the full contents — one email per chat.

What you’ll need

Cowork mode — the Claude desktop app.
Claude in Chrome connected, and signed in to claude.ai in that browser.
Outlook connector enabled, so Claude can send email from your mailbox.

How to do it

Open a new Cowork session.
Make sure you are logged in to claude.ai in your connected Chrome browser.
Copy the prompt below, paste it into Cowork, and edit the two lines written in CAPITALS to fit what you want.
Claude opens your chat list, pulls the conversation text, and shows you the email before sending. Confirm when it looks right.

The prompt to copy

Copy the text in the box below into Cowork. Replace WHICH CHATS and MY EMAIL ADDRESS with your own details.

Please export my Claude chats to email using the browser.

Steps:
1. Open claude.ai/recents in my connected Chrome browser and confirm I am logged in.
2. Export these chats: WHICH CHATS (for example: "just my most recent chat", "my last 5 chats", or "the chat titled ___").
3. For each chat, open it and capture the FULL conversation text — both my messages and Claude's responses, in order.
4. Send me one email per chat to MY EMAIL ADDRESS with:
   - Subject line: the chat title
      - Body: the full conversation, clearly labeled "You said:" and "Claude responded:", with the chat link at the top.
      5. Show me the first email before sending so I can confirm the format, then continue.

      If I ask for several chats, do them one at a time and keep the emails readable.

Tips

Start with one. Ask for just your most recent chat first to confirm the format looks right, then run the prompt again for more.
Watch the inbox volume. One email per chat fills your inbox quickly for a big batch. If you prefer fewer messages, ask Claude for one combined email instead.
Long chats are fine. Claude captures the whole thread, not just what is visible on screen.
Review before send. Claude always shows you an email and waits for your OK before sending on your behalf.

Troubleshooting

Not logged in to claude.ai. Sign in to claude.ai in the connected Chrome browser, then run the prompt again.
Claude cannot send email. The Outlook connector is not enabled. Turn it on in Cowork connector settings, or contact the ITS service desk.
The email did not arrive. Check your Junk folder and confirm the email address in the prompt is correct.

Why not the built-in export? On the Claude Enterprise deployment, individual users do not get the consumer-style “export all your data” button.