# Save from other apps with the Share button

> Share a YouTube video, an Instagram post, a web page, photos, a PDF, a WhatsApp voice message or a contact to Noodle, then file it in a category.

Noodle Assistant user guide · Saving things · Updated 2026-10-21 · https://www.noodleassistant.com/docs/share-from-other-apps

The quickest way to save something is the Share button in the app you're already using. Noodle saves it straight away, and you file it when you're ready.

## Save a link from another app

1. In YouTube, Instagram, Chrome or any app, tap **Share**.
2. In the share sheet, tap **Noodle Assistant**. (The first time, you may have to scroll or tap **More** to find it.) Noodle opens on the Save page with the link already saved as a part.
3. Tap **Done**. The **File it** sheet opens.
4. Tap a category, such as **Recipes**, or tap **Later** to file it another time.
5. Tap **File in Recipes** (the button shows the category you picked). Noodle shows **Filed in Recipes** and takes you back to the app you came from.

Noodle then reads what's behind the link on its own: what a YouTube video says, an Instagram post's caption and the words in its pictures, or the text of a web article. You can file before it finishes; the sheet says **Still reading 1 part** while it works.

## Save photos, videos or a PDF

1. In Photos, Files or your gallery app, select one or several items.
2. Tap **Share**, then **Noodle Assistant**. They're saved together, as one item with a part for each file.
3. Tap **Done**, then file it or tap **Later**.

Noodle reads the words in your photos (a receipt, a sign, a screenshot) and the pages of a PDF, so you can search for them later. More in [photos, videos and PDFs](https://www.noodleassistant.com/docs/photos-videos-and-pdfs).

## Save a WhatsApp voice message or a contact

1. In WhatsApp, touch and hold the voice message or contact, then tap the share icon.
2. Pick **Noodle Assistant**, then tap **Done** to file it.

A voice message is saved with its audio, and Noodle writes down what was said (if the voice download for that language isn't on your phone yet, Noodle gets it first). A contact is saved as a short note with its name, numbers and email, which you can tap later to call or write.

## When a link is already saved

If you share a link you saved before, Noodle says **Already saved as** and the title, with **Dismiss**, **Open it** and **Save as new**. Tap **Open it** to see the earlier save, or **Save as new** to save it again.

## Stay in Noodle after filing

By default, filing a share takes you back to the app you shared from. To stay in Noodle instead, go to Settings → **Quick capture** and turn off **After sharing, go back to the app you came from**. Filing then opens the save, with an **Undo** button on the **Filed in** message.

![A save called Bread for a cold kitchen just after filing, with the message Filed in Recipes and an Undo button at the bottom](https://www.noodleassistant.com/docs/screenshots/item-after-filing.webp)

## Good to know

- Filed it in the wrong category? Open the save in Noodle and tap the category under its title to change it.
- Shared text with no link in it is saved as a note, word for word.
- Reading a link needs the internet. Offline, the link is kept and Noodle tries again when you're back online.

> **What Noodle doesn't do (yet)**
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> Noodle can't save YouTube channels or playlists (only single videos) or Instagram stories (only posts, reels and videos). Instagram reels can't have their speech written down yet, because Instagram doesn't share the video without a login.

## Related

- [The Save page](https://www.noodleassistant.com/docs/the-save-page)
- [Categories and tags](https://www.noodleassistant.com/docs/categories-and-tags)

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Noodle Assistant is a free Android app that saves videos, posts, articles, photos, PDFs and voice notes, reads what is inside them, and finds them again when you describe them. Everything stays on the phone. Download: https://www.noodleassistant.com/download