The waiting is officially done. Notion has launched true offline capabilities at last.
You can now select any page to be “Available offline” which lets you read and modify content without internet access. All your changes get synced back up when you reconnect. We don’t have to deal with those annoying browser cache workarounds anymore.
Setting it up:
Navigate to any page → click the ••• button → enable Available offline
Alternative: visit Settings → Offline section to control your pages
Supports text content, task lists, checkboxes, and smaller inline databases (maximum 50 entries)
Pages you visit often or have favorited might get cached automatically (premium users get better caching)
Current restrictions:
External embeds, AI features, sharing options, and large databases won’t function offline
Child pages don’t get included by default, so you have to enable them one by one
This was probably the top feature request for ages, so seeing it implemented is pretty exciting.
Has anyone tried it out yet? What’s your experience been like?
Been testing this for a few days on my commute - it’s genuinely game-changing. Sync works great when you’re back online, though pages with heavy formatting take a bit longer. Watch your storage though - enable too many pages offline and it’ll chew through mobile space fast. The 50-entry database limit works for most stuff but feels tight on bigger projects. Still, this finally makes Notion actually usable on mobile without stressing about connection issues.
This is cool, but I’m done with manually picking what stays offline. Too much work.
I built workflows that auto-sync my important Notion pages to local markdown files. Works both ways - I edit in my text editor when offline, syncs back when I’m online. No storage caps, no picking pages, no conflicts.
Best part? I can pipe that data everywhere - email summaries to my team, update project boards, trigger alerts when pages change. Native offline is nice but automation beats it.
Took me an hour with webhooks and API calls. Way more reliable than Notion’s caching guessing which pages you need.
Just deployed this across our team and hit some weird issues. Notion’s offline detection is buggy - it’ll think you’re online when you’re not, so your edits just sit there until you force refresh. Complex database formulas completely break offline too, even with under 50 entries. Had to dumb down our property calculations to get it working.
Still, being able to edit docs during outages is huge after years of read-only hell. I just wish they’d tell you upfront which database features won’t work offline.
honestly surprised they finally did this lol. tried it on my phone during a flight last week - editing was smooth but noticed battery drain was worse than usual. maybe all that local caching? still beats losing work when wifi cuts out tho
Set this up yesterday at work and hit a few snags. The auto-caching for premium users is pretty dumb - grabbed random pages I never touch but missed the ones I use every day. Ended up configuring most of it manually anyway. Collaborative pages get messy when multiple people edit offline at the same time. Conflict resolution isn’t awful but you’ll want to coordinate with your team or deal with annoying merge issues. Performance is solid though, even runs smooth on my old laptop. About time Notion caught up to what other note apps have been doing forever.