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[magickalsapphic]

Evernote to Notion Tutorial!

As an avid Notion user whose first love was Evernote, I was also very upset at the sudden high charge and limit of Evernote to 50 free notes... I already had 565 notes in there, and was a fan of the simplistic yet useful mechanism for taking notes with a click, organizing them in notebooks, and being able to use tags, archived files, etc.

So I have taken it upon myself to recreate the mechanism as closely as possible.

This is my final result: easy to make into your own!

Template link, though I suggest looking over this tutorial most of all:)

I also have to say, I love how it is relatively great for the mobile option as well! Especially with my gallery views and button for new notes.

**I recommend using a computer/laptop for this!

Step 1: Importing all your notes

- Instructions directly quoted from the Notion website:

You can import all of your Evernote data into Notion in one go, and retain its organization.

From the import window, choose Evernote

Sign into your Evernote account.

Authorize Evernote to connect to Notion.

Once your Evernote account is linked, check the boxes next to the notebooks you'd like to move and click Import

Your Evernote notebooks will appear as pages in Notion's sidebar. Inside, you'll find your notes as items in a list database.

Each note can be dragged and dropped anywhere else within Notion

Step 2: Move notebooks into ONE database

Let all your notebooks load correctly -- I personally checked the amount of notes each notebook had to match the ones in Evernote. The notebooks will go into the Notion pages on the sidebar like the picture, and each page will automatically add the notes into a NEW DATABASE table, which tells the amount of notes at the bottom.

Create a new blank page: this will be your EVERNOTE HOME layout

Inside this page, create a New Database (preferably in Table form)

This will be the MAIN DATABASE

In this database, click ...

Then click + Add a new property and click Select.

I named the property "notebook". Then include in the options all the different notebooks you had in Evernote! Here is my specific example:

4. Add ALL the notes to the new database

Each "notebook" is automatically a separate database, we don't want that!

With tedious work, copy all the notes from the first notebook into the new database

Go into the first "notebook" (on the sidebar, just imported from Evernote) and press CTRL-A or Command-A to select all the notes. Then copy them with CTRL-V or Command-V.

Then go into your EVERNOTE HOME LAYOUT

Paste the notes into your MAIN DATABASE

Make sure the notes are inside the database, they will be part of the MAIN DATABASE table!

WARNING!!! BEFORE PASTING THE OTHER NOTEBOOKS' NOTES:

After pasting the First Notebook notes on the MAIN DATABASE, put the correct notebook property in each one!

I could not find a better way to do this than selecting a Single Note > Click on the "Notebook" property > Select the preferred notebook ("plot/story ideas") > click away > click back on the square until it is selected (the whole square turns blue) > then copy it (CTRL-C or Command-C) > then select the rest of the notes in that property column (like in picture 3) - and pasting the property to all of them at once.

(select property + CTRL-C or Command-C)

(select the rest of the notes - for ease, click on one, then press SHIFT and arrow down!)

(Paste the property to the rest of the notes all at once)

-- Thank you @ myself for complicating a very simple procedure --

Continuing:

5. Next - copy and paste the notes of each note book into the MAIN DATABASE, each time making sure you add the "notebook" property as said in Step 4.

For ease: I found it helpful to sort the notes (... > Sort > Updated > Descending)

When this is done, you should have all your notes into a single database (MAIN DATABASE), organized by notebooks.

Make the Evernote Home Layout - 2 options

*If you're new to Notion, you will slowly get the hang of databases, don't worry. I am making this as detailed as possible:)

Option 1: Use my free template!

Please let me know if you have any problems accessing it.

Option 2: Follow my instructions and make your layout your own

You can follow my steps as I create my preferred layout, and change things around (magic of notion) to make this into your own.

I prefer to make my page Full Width, Small text, and change the font (upper right corner: ...)

With the space bar I give some space to the whole ordeal.

Now, what exactly am I saving from a normal Evernote Home Page?

Recent notes

Scratch pad

(Would be so very easy to get a pinned note, and recently captured as well, though I don't do this in this tutorial)

Notebooks Gallery Tutorial

Press anywhere on the page > Click + > Scroll and Click on Gallery View > Click New Database

It should look like this

This here is a new database that we will call "Notebooks Database"

Each page shown there can be each notebook, and if you don't wish to show it in Gallery view, and instead have a simple list, you can!

For that Press ... > Layout > List

I will continue showing how to make the Gallery View like my own layout however:)

You can customize each page by clicking on it, changing the name (to each notebook you have), adding a cover and icon, however you wish.

Notion Tip: Instead of having to download images, you can Copy Image Link to almost any GIF of image on Google, Pinterest, etc, and then pasting the link!

Make sure you select "Page Cover" to be shown for your Notebooks Database Gallery View!

... > Layout > Gallery > Card Preview > Page Cover

My final result:

Notion Tip: To hide the name of "Notebooks Database", click the three dots ... next to it and click Hide Database Title

2. Recent Notes Gallery Tutorial:

To explain how to add the RECENT notes view I will make a video:

This is exactly what I do:

Make space after the title > Move a Block next to another Block to create 2 columns > Drag the Notebooks Database Gallery to Column 1

In column 2: Add a New Gallery View > Choose Main Database > Add whatever Properties you would like shown > Sort > By Created Time/ Updated Time (depending on preference)

For this one, make sure you put "Page Content" to be shown

... > Layout > Gallery > Card Preview > Page Content

3. New Note Shortcut Button Tutorial

To add a button so you can quickly add a new note like in Evernote, do the following (shown in the video below)

Click anywhere > + > Button > Add page > (Add page to) "MAIN DATABASE" > (Delete the name property) > + Add another step > Open Page > Select Page > New Page Added

Explore all the other features of this new button!

4. Finally, customize each Notebook Page:

Click on each Notebook page > Add a Gallery/List/Table view > Filter > Choose selected notebook tag > Sort > Updated time > Descendant

(video/gif tutorial shows how i personalized mine, I still have more stuff I want to add but those are the basics!)

BONUS: Add a Scratch Pad

Click anywhere > + > Add a Toggle List > ::: > Customize color

OR

Click anywhere > + > Add Callout > Customize color and Icon

Thank you for following this tutorial and I hope it was helpful and less daunting for new Notion users after the Evernote downfall:) Please send any questions, feel free to add your own ways to make things easier and other tips and hacks you may have!

[emmastudies]

Free Digital Library & Reading Tracker Notion Template

It's Day 5 of the 12 Days of Giving! As someone who always wishes they could read more, I thought a space to store all my owned books, finished books, to read books, etc would be wonderful. This Notion helps to add detailed info to all your books and make organising and planning your reads manageable. Included fun features are built in genre & recommendations collections, and a "reread" suggestion date!

Download Free Here

Check back in each day for a new free item! Hopefully they're all useful and a fun way to end the year 🥰🎁

[xuethms]

✂ dollars notion template.

Links: install (free) | more notion templates

Dollars is a free Notion template for tracking your daily expenses and income. Take full advantage of the new charts update to visualise your spending over the months, and easily add recurring payments like bills and salaries.

Features: charts (breakdown of monthly expenses, track expenses & income over the months), buttons for adding recurring payments, money overview page to view all transactions

Note: You will need a Notion Plus plan (or above) in order to save more than one chart in your workspace.

[sugar-plum-senpai]

The Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon Notion Dashboard

New! Introducing the Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon Notion Dashboard, courtesy of my latest obsession!

Includes:

♡ Home Page

♡ Navigation

♡ Daily Routine Page

♡ Habit Tracker

♡ Prompted Journal

♡ Academics Page

♡ To-Do Lists

♡ Widgets

All images belong to Ryouko Kui (九井諒子) and Studio Trigger.

[notiongirlie]

Pastel Blue Inspired Notion Life Planner ( FREE )

This is one of my favorite notion planners i ever made, i put a lot of work in it and i would love to see you guys give it a try ! It's free to use and has all the features mentioned in the description so make sure to check it out :)

[bluefireferrets]

The free Re: Dracula Notion template is now available! I loved working with the creators of Re: Dracula on this project, and you should absolutely check out their podcast if you haven’t already!

[ltmidnights-resources]

FANFIC LOG - NOTION FREE TEMPLATE CONTENT: - reading list, division by fandom, pairing, rating, tags and quotes. EXTRA: - you can drag the item from the reading list to the fanfic list afte you've read it - the list view can be altered according to your preferences

LINK HERE!! + (buy me a coffee?)

MOBILE VERSION

[theextendedbriechyne]

You've Got Nothing To Lose

So, productivity. Yeah. Let’s talk about it.

If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably had that moment—you know, when your to-do list is longer than your lifespan, your tabs are multiplying like rabbits, and your brain is just ✨ refusing ✨ to cooperate. Being a full-time student and a creator means my life is basically a constant balancing act, and let me tell you… I was dropping so many balls.

I tried every planner, every system, every method that productivity YouTube threw at me, and nothing really stuck. Bullet journaling? Loved the idea, hated the effort. Google Calendar? Cute, but I forgot to check it. Sticky notes? Everywhere. Chaos. Absolute chaos.

Then I found Notion, and listen—I was skeptical. It looked overwhelming, like an empty void of endless possibilities (and not in the fun way). But once I actually took the time to figure it out? Oh, it was over for me.

Now, my entire life lives in Notion. It’s where I plan my assignments, track my creative projects, and pretend I have my life together. And because I love making things both cute and efficient, I’ve spent way too much time tweaking my setup to be as ✨ functional but aesthetic ✨ as possible.

This post is just a little peek into the things that helped me get my Notion workspace together. Nothing too deep, just some surface-level tips. I’ll get more in-depth later, but for now—here’s what made the biggest difference for me:

🌿 How I Revamped My Notion Setup: 📌 Made It Pretty – Because if I’m going to stare at it every day, it has to be cute. Matching colors, simple layouts, and an aesthetic cover image make it 10x more enjoyable to use.

📌 Created a “Homebase” – Everything I need in one place. No more digging through five different pages for my assignments, projects, and notes. My dashboard is literally my lifesaver.

📌 Kept It Simple – Look, I love a good Notion setup, but if it’s too complicated, I just won’t use it. I stick to a system that works for me: clean, minimal, and easy to navigate.

📌 Automated Whatever I Could – Linked databases? Buttons? Widgets? Yes, please. Anything that saves me even a little time is a win.

✨ Want to try it for yourself? I actually put together a Notion template based on my setup, so if you’re looking for something that’s aesthetic and functional, I got you. It’s perfect for students, creators, or anyone who wants to get their life together in a ✨ cute ✨ way.

🔗 Check it out here! → BRIE BLOSSOMS

I’m still tweaking and improving my setup all the time, so I’ll definitely share more in the future! But for now—what’s your biggest struggle with productivity? Let’s talk in the tags ⬇️ or drop your Notion questions in the replies! 💭💖

[sugarplumplanners]

NEW! Aesthetic Pink Notion Dashboard Template ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

Includes:

- Aesthetic Dashboard (To-Do List, Spotify Playlist, Widgets, Calendar, Navigation)

- Personal Space (Goal Tracker)

- Inspo Board (Image Gallery)

- Media Libraries (Anime, Books & Manga, Fanfiction)

- Journal

- Academics (Courses, To-Do List, Notes)

- Habit Tracker

- Calendar for Upcoming Events & Important Dates

[cloudyplanner]

[FREE] Notion Template for Students

Hello! I’m thrilled to introduce my latest Notion template—the Tracker Notion Template, also known as the That Girl Student Planner—and yes, it’s totally FREE!

LINK HERE!!

This planner is crafted to help you track assignments, organize your study goals, and stay stylishly on top of your schedule. Perfect for adding a bit of glam to your everyday student life! This is the first version, so I’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions to make it even better.

Message me anytime with your thoughts—I’m here to make studying more fabulous and organized!

[voyage-of-venus]

FREE | Greek and Roman Art Study Guide Notion Template

[speculativepages]

Notion has taken over my life so I made this cute icon collection to share with other writers trying to make aesthetic notion pages for every writing idea under the sun.

Get the icons free on gumroad here!

[emmastudies]

Free Intentional Spending Tracker for Notion

It's Day 8 of the 12 Days of Giving!

Track your wishlist and fill in details to help make more informed decisions regarding your purchases. Comes with an comprehensive way to categorise your wants & seeing the impact on your budgets. Whilst this has budgeting features, it's more about how you're spending and making sure those purchases are considered. Features include:

spending goals for 2024

active wishlist & watching space

detailed digital wishlist and budget impact

wishlist categorises & year budgeting

pre-populated dates with calendar view for revisiting items after "cool off period"

gift gifting ideas (by idea, rather than recipient for more intentional gifting!)

recipient database

Download Free Here

Check back in each day for a new free item! Hopefully they're all useful and a fun way to end the year 🥰🎁

[xuethms]

✂ kitchen notion template.

Links: install (free) | more notion templates by xue

Kitchen is a free Notion template for home chefs (anyone really!) to keep track of their favourite recipes, shopping lists, and plan meals. It’s a simple layout optimised for both mobile and desktop viewing.

Features: cookbook database, recipe templates, views for now cooking & new recipes, pantry database, shopping list views, two meal plan styles (page/calendar)

[sugar-plum-senpai]

FREE | The Delicious in Dungeon Monthly Planner | Dungeon Meshi Notion Dashboard

Includes:

♡ Home Page

♡ Navigation

♡ Daily Routine Page

♡ Habit Tracker

♡ Prompted Journal

♡ Academics Page

♡ Monthly Overview/Planner

All images belong to Ryouko Kui (九井諒子) and Studio Trigger.

[notiongirlie]

All-In One Notion Life Planner ( F R E E ) 🌟

Take control of your life with this comprehensive, all-in-one Life Planner.

The Template Includes:

- Daily Planner

- Weekly Planner

- Monthly Planner

- Habit Tracker

- Goal Setting

- Chores Section

- Budget Planner

- Task Lists

- Journal Section

- Projects/Work Planner

- Watchlist

- Notes Section