How to Export a NotebookLM Quiz (Spreadsheet, PDF, Answer Key)

Short answer: NotebookLM (now Gemini Notebook) generates quizzes you take in the browser, but Google's Help Center documents no way to download or export one. The free NotebookLM Tools extension adds three buttons to its quiz viewer: CSV saves the quiz as a spreadsheet (one row per question, with the options, correct answer, rationale, hint, and question type), Anki CSV turns it into one Anki card per question, and Print / PDF opens a print view with the questions first and the answer key after. Flashcard sets get the same Anki CSV button. Both Anki files have the deck, note type, and fields preset for Anki's Basic note type (if your Anki isn't set to English, check the field mapping in the import dialog), and all four question types a quiz can hold — multiple choice, multiple select, fill in the blank, and short answer — export the same way.

Does NotebookLM Export Quizzes Natively?

Google's Help Center page Generate Flashcards or Quizzes in Gemini Notebook describes how to generate a quiz, set its difficulty, guide it with a prompt, and take it. It documents no download or export. Flashcards are different: the same page says you can "Download your flashcards as a CSV file", though it mentions no Anki, Quizlet, Sheets, Forms, or PDF option. Last verified: 26 October 2026.

So a spreadsheet, a printed test with its answer key, or an Anki deck takes something outside the app. Single-purpose exporter extensions exist for this; with NotebookLM Tools the same exports sit next to source backups, bulk import, and Studio downloads in one extension. The rest of this guide is that path.

Download the Quiz as a CSV Spreadsheet

1. Install NotebookLM Tools (Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Opera) or the Firefox version.
2. Open the notebook on notebook.google.com and click Export Studio on the toolbar the extension adds to the page. The extension opens on that notebook's Studio tab, which lists every generated item.
3. Click the eye icon (View content) on the quiz. It opens in the extension's quiz viewer (Study to take it, Review to see every question).
4. Click CSV in the viewer header, right of the Study / Review toggle. A file named after the quiz lands in your browser downloads.

Open it in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers, or anything else that reads CSV.

What's in the Spreadsheet

One row per question, eight columns:

The file starts with a UTF-8 byte-order mark, so Excel shows accents and non-Latin scripts ("Xác suất", "確率") correctly. Math stays as text: $x^2$ in the quiz is $x^2$ in the cell.

From here you can filter or reorder questions, paste them into a form or quiz tool that accepts a spreadsheet, or keep a question bank that outlives the notebook.

Print a Quiz with the Answer Key

The Print / PDF button sits in the footer of the Studio item dialog, the one the eye icon opens; it is not on the toolbar the extension adds to notebook.google.com. Click it and:

1. A print view opens in a new tab, titled after the quiz, with the app's chrome stripped out.
2. Your browser's print dialog opens by itself. If you close it, the page has its own Print / Save as PDF button.
3. Pick a printer for a paper copy, or choose Save as PDF (Firefox: Save to PDF) as the destination. The saved PDF is named after the quiz.

The layout is built for handing out. A Questions section comes first: each question numbered, its options lettered A, B, C in the same shuffled order the extension's quiz viewer shows; a multiple-select question is marked "(Select all that apply.)", a fill-in-the-blank question shows a blank line inside the sentence, and a short-answer question is the question alone. An Answers section follows: the correct letter and its text (all of them for a multiple select), the expected answer for a blank with any other accepted answers, the model answer for a short answer with the points a full answer should cover, then the rationale and a "Hint: …" line where the quiz has one. The Answers section starts right after the last question, not on a new page, so check the print preview before you hand pages out.

The same button appears on reports, notes, flashcard sets (printed as a two-column Front | Back table), data tables, and text sources in the Source Content dialog. Details in How to Export NotebookLM to PDF.

Send NotebookLM Quizzes and Flashcards to Anki

A plain CSV without Anki's directives leaves the setup to you: in Anki's File > Import dialog you pick the deck and note type and match the columns to fields yourself. The extension's Anki CSV button writes a file that carries those settings with it.

The button is in the header of both viewers: open the quiz or the flashcard set from the Studio tab and click Anki CSV (right of the Study / Review toggle on a quiz, right of Study / List on a flashcard set). The file is named after the item and carries Anki's import directives at the top:

• the deck is NotebookLM › the notebook's name › the quiz or set's name (Anki 25.09 or later creates it; an older Anki lets you pick a deck in the import window)
• the note type is Basic, with the columns mapped to its Front and Back fields
• a flashcard's text is taken as written; a quiz card uses HTML so its options can be a lettered list and its hint can fold away
• math is converted from $…$ to \(…\) and \[…\], the delimiters Anki's MathJax renders

The first line of the file is a comment with the next step: in Anki, go to File > Import and pick the file. The preset was checked against Anki 25.09.

A quiz card shows the question with its options lettered A, B, C on the front ("Select all that apply" for a multiple select, the hint folded away) and the correct letter and text in bold on the back, followed by the rationale. A fill in the blank shows the expected answer and the other accepted ones; a short answer shows the model answer and its key points.

One caveat. Anki matches the note type and its fields by name, and a profile in another language names them differently (Japanese and German Anki ship "基本" and "Einfach" rather than "Basic"). Deck, note type, and fields are preset for Anki's Basic note type; if your Anki isn't set to English, check the field mapping in the import dialog before you confirm.

Formulas Stay Formulas

NotebookLM renders LaTeX in chat, flashcards, and quizzes, a change reported in October 2025. The extension's viewers (quizzes, flashcards, notes, reports, data tables, the Rendered view of a source) and the print view render it too, so a printed quiz shows typeset math rather than backslashes. The exports differ on purpose: the quiz CSV keeps $…$ as plain text, and the Anki CSV rewrites the delimiters so the cards render inside Anki. Last verified: 24 September 2026.

Export the Whole Studio as One ZIP

For everything a notebook generated, click Export Studio on the toolbar, then ZIP on the extension's Studio tab, to download one ZIP: audio as MP3, video as MP4, reports and notes as Markdown, quizzes as CSV with an Anki-ready copy next to each, flashcards as an Anki-ready CSV, data tables as CSV, mind maps as JSON, infographics as PNG, slide decks as PPTX or PDF, and files generated in chat with their original extension. Files keep their item's date and are numbered in Studio order. It works on public and link-shared notebooks you can open. Data tables also have Copy as CSV in their viewer.

All Four Question Types

Since October 2026 a NotebookLM quiz can mix four question types. Google announced short-answer, multi-select, and fill-in-the-blank questions on 16 October 2026, and the quiz dialog now has a Question Types setting with Multiple Choice, Multiple Select, Fill in the Blank, and Short Answer (the first two are on by default). The exports here handle all four: the CSV names each question's type in its Type column and fills Also accepted for a blank and Key points for a short answer; the print view marks a multiple select with "(Select all that apply.)" and shows a blank line for a fill in the blank; the Anki CSV makes one card per question whatever its type. If you generate quizzes from the extension's Generate panel, the same four types are there to choose. Last verified: 26 October 2026, on a ten-question quiz with all four types.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can you export a quiz from NotebookLM?

Google's Help Center documents no quiz download or export (last verified 26 October 2026). NotebookLM Tools adds a CSV button for a spreadsheet, an Anki CSV button for one card per question, and a Print / PDF button for a question sheet with the answer key — for all four question types.

How do I download a NotebookLM quiz as a CSV or spreadsheet?

Open the quiz from the extension's Studio tab and click CSV in the viewer header. The file has one row per question: Question, Options, Correct answer, Rationale, Hint, Type, Also accepted, Key points.

Can I print a NotebookLM quiz with the answer key?

Yes. Click Print / PDF in the quiz dialog footer. The print view lists the questions first and the answers (correct letter or answer, rationale, hint) after, for every question type; print it or choose Save as PDF.

How do I get NotebookLM quizzes or flashcards into Anki?

Click Anki CSV in the quiz or flashcard viewer, then File > Import in Anki. Deck, note type, and fields are preset for Anki's Basic note type; if your Anki isn't set to English, check the field mapping in the import dialog.

Do math formulas survive the export?

Yes. The print view renders them as typeset math, the quiz CSV keeps them as $…$ text, and the Anki CSV converts them to the delimiters Anki's MathJax renders.

Is exporting NotebookLM quizzes and flashcards free?

Yes. CSV, Anki CSV, Print / PDF, and the Export Studio ZIP are part of the free feature set on Chrome and Firefox. See pricing for what Pro adds.

Get Your Quizzes Out of NotebookLM

A quiz that lives only inside one notebook is hard to reuse. With the free NotebookLM Tools extension it becomes a spreadsheet, an Anki deck, or a printed test with its answer key in one click, whatever mix of question types it holds, and a flashcard set becomes an Anki-ready CSV the same way, with the deck, note type, and fields preset (check the field mapping if your Anki isn't set to English). See the full feature list for the rest.

If you also generate the quizzes with the extension, you can make several in one run: in the Generate panel, put {{topic}} in the instructions and list one topic per line, and each line becomes its own quiz (up to 10 items per run; more than one line needs Pro). A preset saves the types, options, and instructions, so the same run works again on another notebook — or on up to 20 notebooks at once from the Notebooks page (Pro). Each quiz then exports exactly as above.

---

Related articles:

• How to Export NotebookLM to PDF — Print / PDF for reports, notes, and sources; native slide deck downloads.
• How to Download NotebookLM Audio & Video Overviews (MP3, MP4) — The media side of the Studio ZIP.
• How to Download All Your NotebookLM Sources at Once — Export every source's content as Markdown or JSON.