Link Hooker is a personal productivity app that combines link management and task management in one place. You can save any URL - reels, videos, posts, blogs - into a searchable library, and then act on them with a built-in task manager featuring deadlines, smart inbox, Natural Language Processing (NLP) quick capture, and repeating tasks.

Does Link Hooker have a task manager?

Yes. Link Hooker includes a full built-in task manager. You can create tasks with deadlines, mark them as urgent, organise them into Inbox, Today, and Upcoming views, set repeating schedules (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly), and use natural language quick capture to add tasks fast.

Yes. Link Hooker has a free plan that includes up to 150 hooks, 2 folders, basic search, and cross-device sync. Paid plans start at ₹199/month (Pro) for unlimited hooks and folders, and ₹1,499/year (Pro+) which also includes data export, yearly heatmap, and push alerts.

What is the difference between Hooks and Tasks in Link Hooker?

Hooks are saved links - any URL you want to remember, like reels, videos, blog posts, or product pages. Tasks are action items you need to complete. Link Hooker lets you link a Hook to a Task so you can save a resource and act on it in the same app.

How to Export and Back Up Your Saved Links

You have hundreds of hooks saved, articles, product pages, videos, tutorials, all the links you meant to get back to. None of that is backed up anywhere outside the app you saved it in. If that app shuts down, changes its pricing, or you just want a copy of your own data, you need a way to export and back up your saved links before you need it, not after. This guide covers what exporting actually means, how to do it in Link Hooker, and how often you should bother.

saved links being exported and backed up as a file

Quick answer: Exporting your saved links means downloading a copy of every hook you've saved, as a CSV or JSON file, so you have your own backup outside the app. In Link Hooker, Bulk Export (CSV or JSON) is a Pro+ feature. Once exported, you hold a plain file with your links, titles, and notes that doesn't depend on any platform staying online.

Why Backing Up Your Saved Links Actually Matters
What Exporting Your Hooks Means
How to Export and Back Up Your Saved Links in Link Hooker
CSV vs JSON: Which Export Format Should You Use
How Often Should You Back Up Your Links
Key Takeaways
Frequently Asked Questions

Why Backing Up Your Saved Links Actually Matters

Backing up your saved links matters because the app holding them can disappear faster than you'd expect, and you rarely get much warning. Mozilla shut down Pocket for good in mid-2025, moving it into export-only mode on July 8 and deleting remaining user data by October 8 (9to5Mac, May 2025). Anyone who hadn't exported their saves by that date lost them on Mozilla's timeline, not their own.

a bookmarking app shutting down with links at risk of being lost

This isn't just a goodwill feature either. The EU's General Data Protection Regulation, in effect since 2018, gives users a legal right to data portability under Article 20, the right to get a copy of your own data out of any platform you use, in a format you can actually reuse. Export isn't a nice extra a company can skip. It's what lets your saved links survive a platform's decisions, not just your own.

A personal collection of links you've built up over months, research sources, gift ideas, tutorials you meant to follow, is genuinely hard to rebuild from memory. You don't just lose a bookmark. You lose the context behind why you saved it in the first place.

What Exporting Your Hooks Means

Exporting your hooks means generating a file, outside the app, that contains every saved link along with its title, URL, category, and any personal notes you added. It's a copy you hold yourself, not something that lives only inside Link Hooker's servers.

This is different from simply viewing your saved links inside the app. A backup you can only see while logged into a service isn't really a backup, it's just the same single point of failure with extra steps. A real export gives you a file on your own device that works whether or not the original app is still running.

How to Export and Back Up Your Saved Links in Link Hooker

Link Hooker export screen showing CSV and JSON download options

Link Hooker's Bulk Export feature lets you download every hook you've saved as a single CSV or JSON file in a few steps:

Open your account settings inside Link Hooker.
Find the Export Data option, listed under your plan's features.
Choose CSV or JSON, whichever format fits what you plan to do with the file.
Confirm the export. Link Hooker generates the file from every hook in your account, titles, URLs, folders, and notes included.
Save the downloaded file somewhere outside the app, cloud storage, a second device, or both, so the backup doesn't depend on just one copy either.

Bulk Export (CSV or JSON) is bundled with Link Hooker's Pro+ plan, at ₹1,499 a year, alongside unlimited hooks and folders, the Yearly Heatmap, and everything on the Pro plan. It isn't included on the free Basic plan or the ₹199 a month Pro plan, export sits specifically on Pro+. Full plan details are on the pricing page, and the complete feature list, including Bulk Export, is on the features page.

CSV vs JSON: Which Export Format Should You Use

The short answer: pick CSV if you want to open your links in a spreadsheet, and JSON if you plan to move them into another tool or script.

	CSV	JSON
Opens directly in	Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers	Code editors, scripts, developer tools
Best for	Browsing, sorting, and filtering your links manually	Importing into another app or writing a script against your data
Readability for non-technical users	High, looks like a normal spreadsheet	Lower, structured as nested text
Preserves notes and folder structure	Yes, as separate columns	Yes, as nested fields

If you just want a plain backup you can glance through and filter by category or date, CSV is the simpler choice. If you're planning to feed your saved links into another tool later, JSON keeps the structure intact in a format most software can read directly.

How Often Should You Back Up Your Links

A quarterly export is a reasonable default for most people, often enough to stay current without turning into a chore. If you save links constantly for active research or work, a monthly export is worth the extra few minutes.

The better trigger than a fixed schedule is any sign of risk: a platform you use announcing a policy change, a price increase, or any kind of "winding down" language in an email from the service. Export the moment you see that, rather than waiting for your next scheduled backup. Pocket users who waited past Mozilla's announced export deadline in 2025 found out the hard way that "I'll do it soon" isn't a backup strategy.

Key Takeaways

Backing up your saved links means exporting them as a CSV or JSON file you hold outside the app, not just viewing them while logged in.
Platforms shut down without much warning. Mozilla gave Pocket users only a few months between its shutdown announcement and permanent data deletion in 2025.
Data portability is a recognized right under regulations like the EU's GDPR, not just a convenience feature a company can choose to skip.
In Link Hooker, Bulk Export (CSV or JSON) is available on the Pro+ plan, not Basic or Pro.
Pick CSV for a readable, spreadsheet-friendly backup, and JSON if you plan to move your links into another tool.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I export my saved links from Link Hooker? ▼

Open your account settings inside Link Hooker, find the Export Data option, and choose CSV or JSON. Confirm the export, and Link Hooker generates a file containing every hook in your account, including titles, URLs, folders, and personal notes, ready to download and store outside the app.

What file formats can I export my hooks in? ▼

Link Hooker supports CSV and JSON. CSV opens directly in spreadsheet tools like Excel or Google Sheets and suits anyone who just wants a readable backup. JSON keeps your links in a structured format better suited to importing into another app or feeding into a script.

Is exporting my links free, or is it a paid feature? ▼

Bulk Export is included on Link Hooker's Pro+ plan, priced at ₹1,499 a year. It isn't included on the free Basic plan or the ₹199 a month Pro plan, export specifically sits on Pro+ alongside the Yearly Heatmap and everything from the Pro plan.

How often should I back up my saved links? ▼

A quarterly export works well for most people, or monthly if you save links constantly for active work or research. More important than any fixed schedule is exporting immediately if a platform you rely on announces a shutdown, pricing change, or policy update, rather than waiting for your next scheduled backup.

What happens to my saved links if Link Hooker ever shuts down? ▼

Any exported CSV or JSON file you've already downloaded stays yours regardless of what happens to the app, since it lives on your own device or storage. That's exactly why exporting periodically matters, as Mozilla's 2025 Pocket shutdown showed, a saved-links collection you never exported only exists on the platform's terms.

About the Author

Harshal Saraf

Founder

Harshal Saraf is the founder of Link Hooker, a link organizer. He started Link Hooker to solve a problem he kept running into himself, links to resources, tools, and tutorials saved across WhatsApp, Instagram, YouTube, and browser bookmarks, that just kept piling up in a Watch Later list or some other dead corner of an app. Nobody goes back and rechecks these old links regularly. Then one day you actually need that link, and it is gone for good. That is the exact problem Link Hooker is built to fix, hook it before you lose it.

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