Flowblock FAQ

Click the Flowblock icon, sign in with Notion, and pick which pages to grant access to. Pick top-level pages or whole sections - Notion extends that permission to every sub-page automatically, so new pages underneath just work without re-authorizing.

Clicking the Flowblock button on an unconnected page opens a dialog with a shortcut to the popup. Two things to verify there:

1. The page's workspace is connected. If not, click Connect another workspace.
2. The page is shared with Flowblock. In Notion: page ··· menu → Connections → Flowblock.

Granting access at a parent page extends to every sub-page underneath.

Two ways:

• Right-click the floating button to pick Excalidraw or draw.io for the next drawing only. Your default isn't changed.
• Open the Flowblock popup (toolbar icon) → Settings → Default editor to set the editor every new drawing uses.

Existing drawings always reopen in the editor they were created with - clicking Edit on a draw.io image goes back to draw.io, same for Excalidraw.

The Import button on a Mermaid block opens the diagram in your default editor - whichever one you've set in the Flowblock popup (toolbar icon) → Settings → Default editor.

To send a specific Mermaid block to the other editor, switch the default first, then click Import. More on which Mermaid types work best in each editor →

Yes. Flowblock adds a floating button to every Notion page - click it to open a blank canvas in Excalidraw or draw.io. The Mermaid import is one entry point, not the only one. Saves the same way: a native Notion image block on your page.

If sketching and whiteboarding inside Notion is your main use case, see: Draw and whiteboard inside Notion →

Yes - Excalidraw is built for that. Sketch ideas freehand, drop in shapes and arrows, write rough notes. Save when you're done and the whiteboard becomes a Notion image block on the page. Reopen any time to keep working.

Pro plans keep the last 5 versions of each drawing - embedded directly in the Notion image block, not in a separate database. Open the diagram, click Version history in the bottom-left, and restore any earlier snapshot with one click.

Yes. Drawings always save in light mode (so they look right for everyone), but the editor itself can match Notion's dark theme - toggle in the popup.

Flowblock works on Free, Plus, Business, and Enterprise - it uses the standard Notion file-upload API.

Existing drawings are untouched. New drawings drop back to the Free limit (5 per month). Re-subscribe any time.

Chrome is live now. Firefox and Edge are in progress.

Nothing - they stay. Drawings live as Notion image blocks inside your workspace. Without Flowblock they're just regular images. We never store your content on our servers.