Migrate Existing Content to Reader
If you've used another read-it-later app before Reader, you might have quite a lot of content saved elsewhere. Instead of manually re-saving your content, we've developed various integrations to migrate your content automatically.
Migrate from Pocket
Pocket will be shutting down on July 8, 2025, but existing users will be able to export their data until October 8, 2025.
Reader has two options for migrating your content from Pocket: a direct integration, or an upload of your exported Pocket data.
Connect Reader to your Pocket account
To use the direct integration, navigate to the Integrations preferences of your Reader account. Next to the Pocket option, click Connect.
This will prompt you to log in to your Pocket account. Once you've done so, your Pocket articles should begin syncing to Reader. (Note that if you have a large Pocket library, the initial import may take some time.)
Once you've connected your accounts, any new documents you save to Pocket will also be saved to Reader.
Where are my Pocket documents?
The ten most recently saved and unarchived documents in your Pocket account will go to the Inbox in Reader. The rest of your unarchived content will go to the Later tab. Any documents that were archived in Pocket will go to the Archive.
If you'd like to see all of your imported Pocket documents in one place, you can create a filtered view using the query saved_using:pocket.
Upload your pocket.zip file
If you would prefer not to connect your accounts, you can instead upload the .zip file generated by Pocket. To get your data, you'll need to request an export from Pocket.
Once you've downloaded the pocket.zip file, upload it to the Integrations preferences of your Reader account.
Warning for Safari users
If you download your Pocket data while using Safari, note that Safari may automatically unpack the file. Trying to upload the unzipped file or recompressing it yourself can cause a partial or failed import.
To avoid this, go to the General tab of Safari's settings and uncheck the Open "safe" files after downloading option.
Migrate from Matter
You can import your Matter articles to Reader by generating an export inside the Matter app, which will send you an email with a link to download your data.
Forward this email to read@readwise.io from the same email associated with your Reader account, and Reader will automatically follow the link and import the documents you saved to Matter.
At this time, the Matter import does not support tags or document locations (e.g. inbox, archive). This is something we hope to be able to support in the future!
Migrate from Instapaper
To import your data from Instapaper, navigate to the Integrations preferences of your Reader account. Next to the Instapaper option, click Connect.
This will prompt you to log in to your Instapaper account. Once you've done so, your Instapaper articles should begin syncing to Reader. (Note that if you have a large Instapaper library, the initial import may take some time.)
Once you've connected your accounts, any new documents you save to Instapaper will also be saved to Reader.
Where are my Instapaper documents?
The ten most recently saved and unarchived documents in your Instapaper account will go to the Inbox in Reader. The rest of your unarchived content will go to the Later tab. Any documents that were archived in Instapaper will go to the Archive.
If you'd like to see all of your imported Instapaper documents in one place, you can create a filtered view using the query saved_using:instapaper.
