How to Move All Your Overleaf Projects to LetX at Once

Overleaf can hand you every project in one file, but it only takes them back one at a time. LetX takes that whole file and imports every project in it in one step. If you are moving a library of papers, lecture notes or CVs, this is the short way.

1. Download everything from Overleaf

On your Overleaf project list, tick the projects you want (or all of them) and press the download button. Overleaf gives you one .zip with a .zip for each project inside. You do not need to unpack it.

2. Import them all in LetX

1. Create a free LetX account, or sign in.
2. Choose New Project, then Import several projects.
3. Pick the zip from Overleaf. LetX lists every project it found, named after the project, and you can rename any of them.
4. Press Import. The projects come in one after another, and the list marks each one as it arrives.

What comes across

• Your files and folders, exactly as they were in each project.
• The main file, chosen for you. A file that another one pulls in with \input is not preferred as the main one; if the choice is wrong, right-click the right file and choose Set as main document.
• The engine. LetX usually detects XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX projects. Otherwise choose the engine in the menu beside the Recompile button.

Overleaf’s history, comments, tracked changes and sharing settings are not part of its download, so invite your co-authors again once your projects are in. Everyone edits the same live document, with no limit on collaborators.

Coming from Prism too?

OpenAI shuts Prism down on January 1, 2027. The same import takes Prism’s export of a whole account: see how to keep your Prism projects. For a side-by-side look at the two editors, read LetX vs Overleaf.