Pocket shut down. Here is how to move your saved links.
Last updated: 2026-08-22
Mozilla retired Pocket on 8 July 2025. If you exported your list before the deadline, that CSV file is still perfectly usable — here is exactly what is inside it and how to get it into an app you control.
What actually happened to Pocket
Mozilla announced on 22 May 2025 that Pocket would be discontinued. New sign-ups stopped immediately, the service itself shut down on 8 July 2025, the public API was switched off on 8 October 2025, and the final deadline to export your saved data was 12 November 2025.
The service is gone for good. At the time of writing, getpocket.com does not even serve a valid TLS certificate — the domain is unmaintained. There is no migration path back and no "Pocket is returning" announcement.
If you exported before November 2025, you have a CSV file sitting somewhere. That file is the thing that matters, and it does not expire.
What is inside the Pocket export
Pocket exported a single CSV with a header row. The columns are: title, url, time_added (a Unix timestamp in seconds), tags (pipe-delimited, e.g. essays|startup), status (either unread or archive), and cursor (an internal pagination value you can ignore).
Two things worth knowing before you migrate. First, Pocket had no folders — organisation was entirely tag-based, so any app you move to has to handle tags well or you lose your structure. Second, the archive/unread distinction is in that status column, so a good importer can keep your archive separate rather than dumping everything into one undifferentiated pile.
The export contains URLs and metadata, not the article text itself. Pocket's saved article bodies were not part of the export.
What to look for in a replacement
Tag support is non-negotiable, because tags were the whole of Pocket's organisation model. An app that imports your links but drops your tags has thrown away your structure.
Check that the importer reads Pocket's CSV specifically. Many bookmark apps only accept the Netscape HTML format that browsers export, which is not what Pocket produced.
Consider what happens to your data long-term. Pocket shutting down is a useful reminder to prefer tools that let you export everything back out, and that keep working when the company behind them does not.
Importing a Pocket CSV into Linki
Linki reads the Pocket CSV export directly. Open Settings, choose Import, and select the CSV file. Columns are matched by header name rather than position, so a reordered export still works.
Your pipe-delimited Pocket tags become Linki tags, and rows marked archive are imported as archived rather than mixed in with your unread list. Because Pocket had no folders, imported links arrive uncategorised — you can then sort them into categories, or let Linki suggest one.
A malformed or non-Pocket CSV is rejected with an error rather than partially imported, so you will not end up with half a library of garbage rows.
Frequently asked questions
Is Pocket really gone?
Yes. Mozilla shut the service down on 8 July 2025 and the final data-export deadline passed on 12 November 2025. The API was disabled on 8 October 2025. It is not coming back.
Can I still get my data out of Pocket?
No. The export deadline was 12 November 2025 and the service is fully offline. If you did not export before then, that data is not recoverable from Pocket. If you did export, the CSV file you downloaded still works fine.
Will my Pocket tags survive the move?
They should, but it depends on the app. Pocket stored tags pipe-delimited in the tags column. Linki maps them to its own tags on import. Check any alternative you are considering, because some importers ignore that column entirely.
Does the Pocket export include the article text?
No. The CSV contains titles, URLs, timestamps, tags and read status. Pocket's stored article bodies were not part of the export, so any replacement will re-fetch pages rather than restore Pocket's saved copies.
What formats can Linki import besides Pocket?
Linki also reads Netscape HTML bookmark files (what Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge export), Raindrop JSON, Karakeep JSON, plain text lists of URLs, and its own JSON backup format.
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