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Import your Evernote notes into Prevon
Export each Evernote notebook as an ENEX file, then point Prevon at the files. Titles, tags, created and updated dates, notebook names and attachments come across, and every note is encrypted on your device during the import.
How to get your notes out
What Prevon reads: ENEX (.enex) files, one per notebook
- Open the Evernote desktop app for Mac or Windows — export is not available on the web.
- Use the notebook’s Export option and save it as an ENEX file. Repeat for each notebook.
- Put the .enex files in one folder, then in Prevon choose Import, pick Evernote, and select that folder.
What comes across, and what doesn't
Comes across
- Note titles and content, converted from Evernote’s format to Markdown
- Tags
- Created and updated dates
- The notebook each note came from
- Attachments stored in the export
- Source URL and author fields, where Evernote recorded them
Stays behind
- Shared-notebook permissions and reminders
- Notes you did not export — ENEX is per notebook, so each one is a separate file
Re-importing an updated export
ENEX files carry no unique ID for each note, so Prevon recognises a note by its position in the file. If you delete or reorder notes in Evernote and export again, some notes may come in as new rather than updating the old copy. Importing once, after you have stopped editing in Evernote, avoids this.
What happens after you point Prevon at it
The import reads your export on your device and encrypts each note there before it is stored. Nothing is uploaded, and the original export is left exactly as it was — the import reads files, it never edits or deletes them.
When it finishes you get a report: how many notes came in, which folders were re-created, and every file it skipped with the reason. Nothing is dropped silently.
Run the same import again later and it updates the notes that changed instead of creating duplicates, so you can keep using your old app while you decide.
Prevon is in private beta.
There is no public download yet, so this import runs in the private beta for now. Join the waitlist and we write once, when Prevon opens to everyone.