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Guides for the Sidekick Note web app and Chrome extension — from your first note to private notebooks, AI and shortcuts.
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- Sync & devicesHow notes reach your other devices: Auto or Manual sync, Save now, offline use, conflict copies and the devices list.
- Import notesBring in Markdown files, a folder, or exports from Obsidian, Notion, Bear, Joplin, Logseq, Evernote, Google Keep and Day One, Word documents, EPUB books and saved web pages (or a .zip of them): the preview, what is converted, how to undo and what to do if something looks wrong.
- Getting startedSign in with IDUnify, pick Retro or Clean, write your first note, and choose between the web app and the Chrome extension.
- Tour of the screenOne annotated screenshot of the web app and one of the Chrome Side panel, with the name of every part.
- UI names (glossary)The official name of every part of Sidekick Note — the words we use in the app, in these guides and in our replies.
- Writing in MarkdownWrite, Split, Read and Rich (beta); the toolbar and helpers; tables, tasks, code, math, diagrams, callouts; YAML front matter; paste from the web or Word.
- Widgets: cards in your notesTurn a few lines of Markdown into a card: a recipe you can scale, a checklist, a bill splitter, a unit converter, a chart, a songbook with chords above the lyrics, a trade journal with a candlestick chart. Let the AI write it, share it, export it.
- Search, ⌘K Command palette & tagsFind any note fast, filter by #tag, and run actions, tools and themes from the Command palette.
- ImagesPaste, drop or link images, and draw on them: arrows, text, numbered steps, blur, crop. Encrypted on your device before upload; size limits per plan.
- Protection & private notebooksStandard protection for every note by default; private notebooks with their own passphrase and recovery code for end-to-end privacy.
- Sharing a notePublish links with chat previews, live or snapshot, password, expiry and custom addresses; the Shared view; Duplicate to my Sidekick; end-to-end private links.
- Keyboard shortcutsEvery shortcut for Mac and Windows — layout, writing, AI and the Chrome extension.
- Chrome extensionInstall the beta, open the Side panel, pin notes to pages, capture selections and use page AI.
- Export & importTake your notes anywhere as .md, .html or one .zip, import Markdown files, folders, Obsidian vaults and Notion exports, and bring notes over from the old Sidekick extension.
- Troubleshooting & FAQSign-in trouble, an old page or DNS cache, stuck sync, a lost private-notebook passphrase, and reloading the extension.
- What's newThe latest changes to the web app, the Chrome extension and this help center.
Topics
Getting started
Sign in, write your first note and learn the names of the parts.
Notes & writing
Notebooks, Markdown, search, the Command palette and images.
AI
The AI menu, change preview, AI chat, credits and privacy.
Sync, protection & sharing
Devices and Save now, private notebooks, encrypted share links.
Look, layout & keys
Nine themes, folding panes and every keyboard shortcut.
Chrome extension
Notes beside the page: the Side panel, pins, capture and page AI.
Your data & account
Export and import, plans and credits, fixes for common problems.
For your team
Admin pages and roles, for the Sidekick Note team.
Popular articles
- Getting startedSign in with IDUnify, pick Retro or Clean, write your first note, and choose between the web app and the Chrome extension.
- Tour of the screenOne annotated screenshot of the web app and one of the Chrome Side panel, with the name of every part.
- Protection & private notebooksStandard protection for every note by default; private notebooks with their own passphrase and recovery code for end-to-end privacy.
- Sync & devicesHow notes reach your other devices: Auto or Manual sync, Save now, offline use, conflict copies and the devices list.
- AI: menu, chat and privacy⌘J AI menu, the change preview, smart paste, AI chat with Context chips, models, credits — and exactly what is sent.
- Keyboard shortcutsEvery shortcut for Mac and Windows — layout, writing, AI and the Chrome extension.
What is that part called?
Every part of the screen has one name — the same in the app, these guides and our replies.
Help inside the app
Click ? at the bottom of the Sidebar for the Help menu, a 5-step tour and the keyboard shortcuts (⌘/ or Ctrl/).
Still stuck?
Write to support@plaazaa.com — a person reads every message.