Bulk Import Your Saved Posts From YouTube, Pinterest, And Twitter
May 3, 2026 · 5 min
Social platforms are designed to keep you inside. They let you like, save, and bookmark content — but exporting those saves is buried in settings menus, requires archive downloads, and usually outputs formats no other tool can read. The result: years of curated content locked inside apps you may stop using, behind interfaces you can't search, with no guarantee the posts will still be there next month.
This post shows you how to bulk import bookmarks from YouTube, Pinterest, and Twitter into SaveSync. Once imported, every link lives in your vault — searchable by meaning, organized by platform, and accessible from any device. You save what you curated; you stop starting from zero every time a platform changes.
Pick your source platform
The SaveSync import tool supports YouTube, Pinterest, X/Twitter, and several other platforms. Select the platform you want to import from, and the tool walks you through the exact steps for each.
Import from a platform
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Import picker — YouTube, Pinterest, and X/Twitter highlighted among available sources
Upload your archive file
After selecting a platform, SaveSync shows you exactly what file to download from that platform's settings page. Once you have the file, drag it into the upload area or select it with the file picker.
Upload archive file
Drop file here
or click to browse
Supported: like.js, bookmarks.html, pins.csv, takeout.zip
File upload modal — accepts like.js, bookmarks.html, pins.csv, and Takeout zip archives
Import completes with a full count
SaveSync processes the archive, auto-enriches every link, and reports what landed in your vault.
Import complete
Imported 892 liked tweets · 1,240 Pinterest pins · 512 YouTube videos
Every link enriched and sorted into platform folders. Ready to search.
Import result banner — "Imported 892 liked tweets · 1,240 Pinterest pins · 512 YouTube videos"
YouTube — import your Liked videos and Watch Later
YouTube does not provide a direct export button for your Liked videos list. The reliable path is Google Takeout.
Step 1 — Go to Google Takeout. Open takeout.google.com, deselect everything, and select only YouTube and YouTube Music. Under YouTube, make sure "liked videos" and "playlists" are both checked.
Step 2 — Export and download. Choose your export format (JSON is preferred), start the export, and wait for the download email from Google. For large libraries this can take a few hours.
Step 3 — Upload the zip to SaveSync. In the SaveSync import tool, select YouTube, then drag the Takeout zip into the upload area. SaveSync reads the liked_videos.json and any playlist files inside.
What SaveSync extracts from each video: video title, channel name, channel URL, video duration, published date, thumbnail, and the YouTube URL. Each imported video becomes a bookmark card in a YouTube platform folder. Semantic search works across all imported videos immediately — you can search "functional programming tutorial" and surface videos you liked two years ago.
Pinterest — import your entire boards
Pinterest lets you export your data from the account settings page.
Step 1 — Go to your Pinterest data settings. Navigate to Settings → Privacy and data → Request your data. Pinterest emails you a download link within 24–48 hours.
Step 2 — Download and unzip. The download contains a pins.csv file with every pin across all your boards, including board name, pin title, description, source URL, and image URL.
Step 3 — Upload the CSV to SaveSync. In the import tool, select Pinterest and upload the pins.csv file.
What SaveSync does with each pin: board names become SaveSync folders inside the Pinterest platform vault. Each pin becomes a bookmark card with the source image, title, description, and a link through to the original source URL (not back to Pinterest). If the pin's source is a direct product link, article, or recipe, SaveSync fetches additional Open Graph metadata from that source URL to enrich the card further. Your board structure carries over directly — if you had 30 boards on Pinterest, you get 30 folders in your Pinterest vault in SaveSync.
X / Twitter — import your likes and bookmarks
X provides a full data archive you can download from account settings.
Step 1 — Request your Twitter archive. Go to Settings → Your account → Download an archive of your data on x.com. X sends you a download link within 24 hours for most accounts; larger archives can take longer.
Step 2 — Unzip and locate like.js. Inside the downloaded zip, find the data/ folder. The file you need is like.js. If you also want to import your bookmarks, look for bookmarks.js in the same folder.
Step 3 — Upload to SaveSync. In the import tool, select X/Twitter and upload the like.js file. You can upload bookmarks.js in a separate pass if you want those imported separately.
What SaveSync extracts from each tweet: tweet body text, author handle, author display name, media URLs (images and videos attached to the tweet), timestamp, and the tweet's permalink URL. Tweets land in a Twitter platform folder. Because SaveSync indexes the full tweet text, you can semantic-search across your liked tweets — search "distributed systems consensus" and surface tweets you liked about Raft or Paxos even if those exact terms don't appear in the tweet body.
What SaveSync does with imported data
Every link imported from any platform goes through the same enrichment pipeline as links you save manually. SaveSync fetches Open Graph metadata, extracts the page title, description, thumbnail, and author from the source URL. Tags are inferred from the content and any category information in the original export file.
Imported links are placed in platform-specific folders automatically: YouTube links go into a YouTube vault, Pinterest pins go into a Pinterest vault, Twitter likes go into a Twitter vault. You can move, re-tag, or reorganize after import — the auto-placement is a starting point, not a lock-in. If you opted in to full-page archiving, SaveSync will queue an archive request for each imported link after enrichment completes.
Import limits by plan
| Plan | Import limit |
|---|---|
| Free | 500 links total across all imports |
| Pro | Unlimited imports |
| Lifetime | Unlimited imports + priority import queue |
Free-tier imports count toward the 500-link total. If you have more than 500 links to import, upgrade to Pro before starting the import. Pro and Lifetime accounts join a priority queue — large imports (5,000+ links) typically complete in under an hour. Free imports may take longer during peak periods.
What we don't import yet
Some platforms do not expose bulk export endpoints, which means automated import is not currently possible:
- Instagram saves — Instagram's API does not allow third-party apps to access your saved posts list. Use the mobile clipper instead: share individual posts to SaveSync directly from the Instagram app.
- LinkedIn saved posts — LinkedIn has no bulk export endpoint for saved posts. There is no workaround at this time.
- TikTok favorites — TikTok does not provide a favorites export file. Manual capture via the iOS or Android share sheet is the current option.
If any of these platforms add export support, SaveSync will add importer support in the next release cycle.
For importing from traditional bookmark managers — Pocket, Raindrop.io, or your browser's built-in bookmarks — see import-from-pocket. For organizing your vault after a large import, see organize-your-vault.