Use Mind Maps in NotebookLM

Important: The NotebookLM mobile app does not support this feature at this time. Learn more about the supported features in the NotebookLM mobile app.

Mind Maps in NotebookLM visually summarize your uploaded sources, showing main topics and related ideas as a branching diagram.

When to use Mind Maps

Get a quick overview: Understand the big picture and key themes of your source material quickly.
Explore and learn new things easily: Get a clear entry point to new topics, making it easier to understand their main concepts before diving into the details.
Connect the dots: Visually discover how different ideas relate to each other, and identify links and associations that might not be obvious.
Organize your thoughts: Use Mind Maps to structure information, to improve how you understand and remember it.

In NotebookLM, open an existing notebook.
- Or, create a new notebook and upload sources.
In the chat, select the Mind Map chip.
In the “Studio” panel, you can find a new note with your generated Mind Map.
- You can revisit your Mind Map at any time.
To regenerate, select More Delete note.
- This restarts the generation process.

Important: NotebookLM can be inaccurate; please double check its responses.

Zoom in or out and scroll: This allows you to navigate different parts of the Mind Map and focus on specific areas.
Expand or collapse branches: You can expand branches to find more detailed sub-topics or collapse them to get a higher-level view.
Select nodes to ask questions: Directly select a node in the Mind Map to ask questions in the NotebookLM chat about that specific topic.
Other: To expand or collapse the view , download , or exit , look at the options in the top right corner.

Option #1: Generate a Mind Map, then share the entire notebook with another user. They will be able to load the same Mind Map in the Studio panel.
Option #2: Download the Mind Map by selecting Download within the Mind Map window and share the downloaded file.

Your feedback helps us improve Mind Maps. To share your feedback, select Good content or Bad content .

If you found the Mind Map helpful, select .
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