Notes

Notes is Cherry Studio’s built-in Markdown editor, making it easy for you to organize ideas, save interim work, and integrate with chat/agent capabilities outside of AI conversations.

Open Notes

Click the top Tab bar Notes, or click the Notes app icon in the launcher.

When opening Notes for the first time, the left side is the directory tree and the right side is the editor

Create your first note

1. Click the first icon in the upper left New Note icon
2. Enter the main text in the editor on the right; Markdown syntax and the rich-text shortcut toolbar are supported
3. Right-click a note in the note list and name it

A workspace that already contains several notes

Import an existing Markdown file

• Directly drag .md files or directories containing .md filesinto the notes area to import them as new notes or new foldersYou can also click the second icon in the upper left
• New Folder icon to create the directory first, then drag items into it icon to create the directory first, then drag into it

Editor features

The toolbar at the top of the note editor provides common rich-text functions:

• Formatting: bold (B), italic (I), underline (U), strikethrough
• Structure: inline code / H1–H3 headings / unordered list / ordered list / code block / quote / task list / formula
• Embedding: tables, hyperlinks

Editor after creating a new note and writing content

The bottom status bar shows the current character count, the A✓ icon in the lower left can toggle spell check, and the dropdown in the lower right switches between live preview、source mode or reading mode.

Directory management

At the top of the left sidebar are, in order:New Note / icon to create the directory first, then drag items into it / Sort / Favorites / Search.

• Sort: 6 options — name A→Z / Z→A, update time descending/ascending, creation time descending/ascending
• Favorites: star button switches to the "Favorites" view
• Search: magnifying glass button; just type in the search box.Search matches both title and body, and items matched in the body will show a "Content" or "Both" tag next to the title to indicate the source

Right-click menu (AI integration + export)

In the left directory treeright-clickany note to open the action menu — this is the entry point for AI integration and multi-format export:

Menu that appears when right-clicking a single note

• Generate note name ✨: Let AI automatically generate a title based on the body (files only)
• Rename / Open externally(Show in Finder / File Explorer)
• Favorite note / Remove from favorites
• Export note to knowledge base: Send to the specified Knowledge Base
• Export › Submenu: Markdown / Word (.docx) / Notion / Yuque / Obsidian / Joplin / SiYuan, as well as "Copy as image / Export as image" — can be toggled individually in Settings → Display Settings .
• Delete

The folder right-click menu is simpler, with only: New Note / New Folder / Rename / Open Externally / Delete.

Top "⋯" menu (view settings)

The "⋯" at the top right of the note title isthe quick entry for the current note’s view/export options, and should not be confused with the right-click menu:

Top-right "⋯" menu

• Copy content: copy as plain text
• Export as Word: quick .docx(for the full format list, use the "Export ›" in the right-click menu)
• Reduce column width: limit the maximum number of characters per line
• Show outline: show the current note’s heading tree on the right
• Font settings ›: default / serif font, three font sizes
• More settings: go to Settings → Notes Full panel

Working directory and backup

Note content is stored as local files.Working directory in Notes → Settings → Data Settings can be viewed and modified there.

• By default, it is stored in Cherry Studio’s application data directory
• It can be changed to Application button to a custom path (changes will not automatically migrate existing files; you need to copy them manually)
• It is recommended to combine backups with WebDAV / S3-compatible storage

Display settings

Notes → Settings → Display Settings allows you to adjust:

• Default font and Font size(between 10–30px)
• Reduce column width(limit the maximum number of characters per line so long lines do not span the whole screen)

Tips and tricks

• Notes support task list - [ ] syntax, which can be used for daily to-dos
• into the notes area to import them as new notes or new folders .md Drag files (or directories containing .md ) into the directory tree to import them in bulk
• If the notes directory appears empty after restoring configuration across devices, manually copy the files according to the path提示

If you want AI directlyto answer questions based on note content, the easiest way is to export the target note to the knowledge base, and then enable that knowledge base in the chat.

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