Bring your own storage
Connect your own S3-compatible bucket for your Notebooker files, and download or delete everything Notebooker stores for you.
By default, the files Notebooker creates for you — uploaded sources, podcast audio, and creator artifacts — live in Notebooker-managed storage, organized privately under your account. If you’d rather keep your own copy of everything, you can connect your own object storage instead.
Why bring your own storage?
- You own the data. Files land directly in a bucket you control.
- Portability. Keep your podcasts and documents in infrastructure you already use.
- No surprises at deletion. When you delete your Notebooker account, your own bucket is never touched — Notebooker only cleans up its own storage.
Supported providers
Any S3-compatible object storage works, including:
- Amazon S3
- Cloudflare R2
- Backblaze B2
- DigitalOcean Spaces
- MinIO (self-hosted)
- Other S3-compatible services (via a custom endpoint)
Set it up
Open Settings → Storage (S3) in Notebooker and fill in:
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Access key ID | ✅ | From your storage provider. |
| Secret access key | ✅ | Stored encrypted; never shown again. |
| Bucket name | ✅ | The bucket new files are written to. |
| Region | optional | Defaults to us-east-1. |
| Endpoint URL | optional | Needed for R2, B2, Spaces, MinIO, etc. (anything that isn’t AWS S3). |
| Public URL | optional | A CDN/base URL if you serve files from a custom domain. |
| Path-style addressing | optional | Turn on for MinIO and some S3-compatible services. |
Then:
- Click Test connection to confirm the credentials and bucket work.
- Click Save.
Your credentials are encrypted at rest, and each request only ever uses your own credentials for your own files.
Note: Bringing your own storage applies to new files written after you connect it. Files already stored in Notebooker’s bucket stay there until you export or delete them (below). If you wipe Notebooker’s storage before migrating, records that still point at those files will break — so connect your bucket first.
Download your data
You can export everything Notebooker has stored for you at any time:
- Go to Settings.
- Under storage, choose Export my files.
- Notebooker zips every file stored on your behalf and emails you a download link. The link is valid for 7 days.
Large libraries can take a few minutes to package — you’ll get the email when it’s ready.
Delete your data
Two separate actions, depending on what you want to remove:
Delete your Notebooker files (keep your account)
Under Settings → storage, Delete my Notebooker files permanently removes everything stored in Notebooker’s bucket for your account. You’ll be asked to type a confirmation phrase.
If you haven’t migrated to your own storage, the notebook entries pointing at those files will no longer be able to load them. Export first if you want a copy.
Delete your account
Settings → Delete my account removes your account entirely. This:
- Cancels any active subscription.
- Deletes your account record, sessions, and billing history.
- Purges your files from Notebooker’s storage and your sources/episodes from the backend.
- Leaves your own bring-your-own-storage bucket untouched — Notebooker never deletes files from a bucket you own.
Account deletion is permanent and can’t be undone, so export anything you want to keep first.