Import guideLast reviewed 2026-09-12

How to import your Pocket export into Nook

Upload the CSV file you downloaded from Pocket under Profile, Import and export, then press Import links. Nook reads Pocket's CSV format directly, keeps your tags and original save dates, skips links already on your shelf, and queues every new link for an AI summary, reading time and tags. The whole import takes under a minute for a few thousand links.

Before you start

Pocket shut down in July 2025 and the export window closed on 8 October 2025. If you downloaded your CSV before then, this page is for you. If you did not, there is no longer a way to get the data out of Pocket, and Nook cannot recover it either.

The file Pocket produced is named something like part_000000.csv, with the columns title, url, time_added, tags and status. Nook detects the format from those headers, so you do not need to pick a format or rename the file.

Import steps

The import lives on your Profile page, not on the shelf, so it is out of the way once you are done with it.

  1. Sign in to Nook, or create an account with an email and password.

  2. Open Profile from the navigation and scroll to Import and export.

  3. Choose file and select the Pocket CSV. Nook shows the detected format and how many links it found.

  4. Press Import links. Rows with a broken URL are listed individually instead of failing the whole file.

  5. Return to your shelf. Links appear immediately and summaries fill in over the next few minutes as enrichment runs.

What carries over

Pocket's export is thin, but everything in it is preserved.

  • Tags. Pocket separates them with a pipe character, and each one becomes a Nook tag on the link.
  • Save dates. The time_added column becomes the link's saved date, so your shelf keeps its original order.
  • Titles. Pocket writes the URL into the title field for untitled saves. Nook drops those placeholders and lets enrichment fetch the real title.

What does not

Two things to know before you press the button.

  • Read state. The status column marks items as unread or archived, and Nook currently imports every row as unread. Archive them in Nook afterwards if that matters to you.
  • Folders. Pocket had none, so no collections are created. Use tags or build collections after the import.
  • Article text. Pocket did not export it, so Nook fetches every page again to write the summary. Pages that have gone offline since you saved them get a link but no summary.

Limits

One file can hold up to 5000 links and about 3 MB of text. Larger libraries import fine in parts: split the CSV and upload each piece, and links already on your shelf are skipped rather than duplicated.

Common questions

Can I still export my data from Pocket?
No. Pocket stopped accepting export requests on 8 October 2025 and deleted user data after that. Nook can only import a CSV you already downloaded.
Do my Pocket tags come across?
Yes. Every tag in the CSV becomes a tag on the imported link. Nook's automatic tagging adds to them once the summary is written.
Will archived Pocket items stay archived?
Not yet. Nook reads the URL, title, tags and date from each row but ignores the status column, so every imported link starts as unread.
What happens to duplicates?
Links already on your shelf are skipped and counted in the import result, so re-running an import does not create copies.
Can I get my links out of Nook again?
Yes. Profile has an Import and export section that downloads your whole shelf as JSON, CSV, Markdown, a plain URL list or Netscape bookmark HTML, so nothing you import is locked in.
Is the import free?
Nook is free while it is in beta. Every feature is unlocked with no card required. The published plans are Free at €0 and Pro at €4 per month, or €36 a year, and they start charging only after beta ends.

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Try it on the links you already saved

Import your existing export, let the summaries fill in, and see whether the shelf reads better than the list did.