diff --git a/browser/components/MarkdownEditor.js b/browser/components/MarkdownEditor.js
index 313c6f90..2c98f18e 100644
--- a/browser/components/MarkdownEditor.js
+++ b/browser/components/MarkdownEditor.js
@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ class MarkdownEditor extends React.Component {
           onCheckboxClick={(e) => this.handleCheckboxClick(e)}
           showCopyNotification={config.ui.showCopyNotification}
           storagePath={storage.path}
+          noteKey={noteKey}
         />
       </div>
     )
diff --git a/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js b/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js
index aa920975..d1d5a702 100755
--- a/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js
+++ b/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js
@@ -211,8 +211,9 @@ export default class MarkdownPreview extends React.Component {
       const {fontFamily, fontSize, codeBlockFontFamily, lineNumber, codeBlockTheme} = this.getStyleParams()
 
       const inlineStyles = buildStyle(fontFamily, fontSize, codeBlockFontFamily, lineNumber, codeBlockTheme, lineNumber)
-      const body = this.markdown.render(escapeHtmlCharacters(noteContent))
+      let body = this.markdown.render(escapeHtmlCharacters(noteContent))
       const files = [this.GetCodeThemeLink(codeBlockTheme), ...CSS_FILES]
+      const attachmentsAbsolutePaths = attachmentManagement.getAbsolutePathsOfAttachmentsInContent(noteContent, this.props.storagePath)
 
       files.forEach((file) => {
         file = file.replace('file://', '')
@@ -221,6 +222,13 @@ export default class MarkdownPreview extends React.Component {
           dst: 'css'
         })
       })
+      attachmentsAbsolutePaths.forEach((attachment) => {
+        exportTasks.push({
+          src: attachment,
+          dst: attachmentManagement.DESTINATION_FOLDER
+        })
+      })
+      body = attachmentManagement.removeStorageAndNoteReferences(body, this.props.noteKey)
 
       let styles = ''
       files.forEach((file) => {
diff --git a/browser/components/MarkdownSplitEditor.js b/browser/components/MarkdownSplitEditor.js
index d82d4da3..27505a5a 100644
--- a/browser/components/MarkdownSplitEditor.js
+++ b/browser/components/MarkdownSplitEditor.js
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ class MarkdownSplitEditor extends React.Component {
           onScroll={this.handleScroll.bind(this)}
           showCopyNotification={config.ui.showCopyNotification}
           storagePath={storage.path}
+          noteKey={noteKey}
        />
       </div>
     )
diff --git a/browser/main/lib/dataApi/attachmentManagement.js b/browser/main/lib/dataApi/attachmentManagement.js
index 6d4d7406..e696f4ff 100644
--- a/browser/main/lib/dataApi/attachmentManagement.js
+++ b/browser/main/lib/dataApi/attachmentManagement.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
 const findStorage = require('browser/lib/findStorage')
 const mdurl = require('mdurl')
+const escapeStringRegexp = require('escape-string-regexp')
 
 const STORAGE_FOLDER_PLACEHOLDER = ':storage'
 const DESTINATION_FOLDER = 'attachments'
@@ -153,12 +154,51 @@ function handlePastImageEvent (codeEditor, storageKey, noteKey, dataTransferItem
   reader.readAsDataURL(blob)
 }
 
+/**
+ * @description Returns all attachment paths of the given markdown
+ * @param {String} markdownContent content in which the attachment paths should be found
+ * @returns {String[]} Array of the relativ paths (starting with :storage) of the attachments of the given markdown
+ */
+function getAttachmentsInContent (markdownContent) {
+  let preparedInput = markdownContent.replace(new RegExp(mdurl.encode(path.sep), 'g'), path.sep)
+  let regexp = new RegExp(STORAGE_FOLDER_PLACEHOLDER + escapeStringRegexp(path.sep) + '([a-zA-Z0-9]|-)+' + escapeStringRegexp(path.sep) + '[a-zA-Z0-9]+(\\.[a-zA-Z0-9]+)?', 'g')
+  return preparedInput.match(regexp)
+}
+
+/**
+ * @description Returns an array of the absolute paths of the attachments referenced in the given markdown code
+ * @param {String} markdownContent content in which the attachment paths should be found
+ * @param {String} storagePath path of the current storage
+ * @returns {String[]} Absolute paths of the referenced attachments
+ */
+function getAbsolutePathsOfAttachmentsInContent (markdownContent, storagePath) {
+  let temp = getAttachmentsInContent(markdownContent)
+  let result = []
+  for (let relativePath of temp) {
+    result.push(relativePath.replace(new RegExp(STORAGE_FOLDER_PLACEHOLDER, 'g'), path.join(storagePath, DESTINATION_FOLDER)))
+  }
+  return result
+}
+
+/**
+ * @description Deletes all :storage and noteKey references from the given input.
+ * @param input Input in which the references should be deleted
+ * @param noteKey Key of the current note
+ * @returns {String} Input without the references
+ */
+function removeStorageAndNoteReferences (input, noteKey) {
+  return input.replace(new RegExp(mdurl.encode(path.sep), 'g'), path.sep).replace(new RegExp(STORAGE_FOLDER_PLACEHOLDER + escapeStringRegexp(path.sep) + noteKey, 'g'), DESTINATION_FOLDER)
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   copyAttachment,
   fixLocalURLS,
   generateAttachmentMarkdown,
   handleAttachmentDrop,
   handlePastImageEvent,
+  getAttachmentsInContent,
+  getAbsolutePathsOfAttachmentsInContent,
+  removeStorageAndNoteReferences,
   STORAGE_FOLDER_PLACEHOLDER,
   DESTINATION_FOLDER
 }
diff --git a/browser/main/lib/dataApi/exportNote.js b/browser/main/lib/dataApi/exportNote.js
index 71f7d017..ffd30b8f 100755
--- a/browser/main/lib/dataApi/exportNote.js
+++ b/browser/main/lib/dataApi/exportNote.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import copyFile from 'browser/main/lib/dataApi/copyFile'
 import { findStorage } from 'browser/lib/findStorage'
-import filenamify from 'filenamify'
 
 const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
@@ -29,21 +28,7 @@ function exportNote (storageKey, noteContent, targetPath, outputFormatter) {
     throw new Error('Storage path is not found')
   }
 
-  let exportedData = noteContent.replace(LOCAL_STORED_REGEX, (match, dstFilename, srcFilename) => {
-    dstFilename = filenamify(dstFilename, {replacement: '_'})
-    if (!path.extname(dstFilename)) {
-      dstFilename += path.extname(srcFilename)
-    }
-
-    const dstRelativePath = path.join(IMAGES_FOLDER_NAME, dstFilename)
-
-    exportTasks.push({
-      src: path.join(IMAGES_FOLDER_NAME, srcFilename),
-      dst: dstRelativePath
-    })
-
-    return `![${dstFilename}](${dstRelativePath})`
-  })
+  let exportedData = noteContent
 
   if (outputFormatter) {
     exportedData = outputFormatter(exportedData, exportTasks)
diff --git a/tests/dataApi/attachmentManagement.test.js b/tests/dataApi/attachmentManagement.test.js
index c90e1961..78f77405 100644
--- a/tests/dataApi/attachmentManagement.test.js
+++ b/tests/dataApi/attachmentManagement.test.js
@@ -166,3 +166,98 @@ it('should test that generateAttachmentMarkdown works correct both with previews
   actual = systemUnderTest.generateAttachmentMarkdown(fileName, path, false)
   expect(actual).toEqual(expected)
 })
+
+it('should test that getAttachmentsInContent finds all attachments', function () {
+  let testInput =
+    '<html>\n' +
+    '    <head>\n' +
+    '        //header\n' +
+    '    </head>\n' +
+    '    <body data-theme="default">\n' +
+    '        <h2 data-line="0" id="Headline">Headline</h2>\n' +
+    '        <p data-line="2">\n' +
+    '            <img src=":storage' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + '9c9c4ba3-bc1e-441f-9866-c1e9a806e31c' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + '0.6r4zdgc22xp.png" alt="dummyImage.png" >\n' +
+    '        </p>\n' +
+    '        <p data-line="4">\n' +
+    '            <a href=":storage' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + '9c9c4ba3-bc1e-441f-9866-c1e9a806e31c' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + '0.q2i4iw0fyx.pdf">dummyPDF.pdf</a>\n' +
+    '        </p>\n' +
+    '        <p data-line="6">\n' +
+    '            <img src=":storage' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + '9c9c4ba3-bc1e-441f-9866-c1e9a806e31c' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + 'd6c5ee92.jpg" alt="dummyImage2.jpg">\n' +
+    '        </p>\n' +
+    '    </body>\n' +
+    '</html>'
+  let actual = systemUnderTest.getAttachmentsInContent(testInput)
+  let expected = [':storage\\9c9c4ba3-bc1e-441f-9866-c1e9a806e31c\\0.6r4zdgc22xp', ':storage\\9c9c4ba3-bc1e-441f-9866-c1e9a806e31c\\0.q2i4iw0fyx', ':storage\\9c9c4ba3-bc1e-441f-9866-c1e9a806e31c\\d6c5ee92.jpg']
+  expect(actual).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(expected))
+})
+
+it('should test that getAbsolutePathsOfAttachmentsInContent returns all absolute paths', function () {
+  let dummyStoragePath = 'dummyStoragePath'
+  let testInput =
+    '<html>\n' +
+    '    <head>\n' +
+    '        //header\n' +
+    '    </head>\n' +
+    '    <body data-theme="default">\n' +
+    '        <h2 data-line="0" id="Headline">Headline</h2>\n' +
+    '        <p data-line="2">\n' +
+    '            <img src=":storage' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + '9c9c4ba3-bc1e-441f-9866-c1e9a806e31c' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + '0.6r4zdgc22xp.png" alt="dummyImage.png" >\n' +
+    '        </p>\n' +
+    '        <p data-line="4">\n' +
+    '            <a href=":storage' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + '9c9c4ba3-bc1e-441f-9866-c1e9a806e31c' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + '0.q2i4iw0fyx.pdf">dummyPDF.pdf</a>\n' +
+    '        </p>\n' +
+    '        <p data-line="6">\n' +
+    '            <img src=":storage' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + '9c9c4ba3-bc1e-441f-9866-c1e9a806e31c' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + 'd6c5ee92.jpg" alt="dummyImage2.jpg">\n' +
+    '        </p>\n' +
+    '    </body>\n' +
+    '</html>'
+  let actual = systemUnderTest.getAbsolutePathsOfAttachmentsInContent(testInput, dummyStoragePath)
+  let expected = [dummyStoragePath + path.sep + systemUnderTest.DESTINATION_FOLDER + path.sep + '9c9c4ba3-bc1e-441f-9866-c1e9a806e31c' + path.sep + '0.6r4zdgc22xp',
+    dummyStoragePath + path.sep + systemUnderTest.DESTINATION_FOLDER + path.sep + '9c9c4ba3-bc1e-441f-9866-c1e9a806e31c' + path.sep + '0.q2i4iw0fyx',
+    dummyStoragePath + path.sep + systemUnderTest.DESTINATION_FOLDER + path.sep + '9c9c4ba3-bc1e-441f-9866-c1e9a806e31c' + path.sep + 'd6c5ee92.jpg']
+  expect(actual).toEqual(expect.arrayContaining(expected))
+})
+
+it('should remove the all ":storage" and noteKey references', function () {
+  let storageFolder = systemUnderTest.DESTINATION_FOLDER
+  let noteKey = 'noteKey'
+  let testInput =
+    '<html>\n' +
+    '    <head>\n' +
+    '        //header\n' +
+    '    </head>\n' +
+    '    <body data-theme="default">\n' +
+    '        <h2 data-line="0" id="Headline">Headline</h2>\n' +
+    '        <p data-line="2">\n' +
+    '            <img src=":storage' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + noteKey + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + '0.6r4zdgc22xp.png" alt="dummyImage.png" >\n' +
+    '        </p>\n' +
+    '        <p data-line="4">\n' +
+    '            <a href=":storage' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + noteKey + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + '0.q2i4iw0fyx.pdf">dummyPDF.pdf</a>\n' +
+    '        </p>\n' +
+    '        <p data-line="6">\n' +
+    '            <img src=":storage' + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + noteKey + mdurl.encode(path.sep) + 'd6c5ee92.jpg" alt="dummyImage2.jpg">\n' +
+    '        </p>\n' +
+    '    </body>\n' +
+    '</html>'
+  let storagePath = '<<dummyStoragePath>>'
+  let expectedOutput =
+    '<html>\n' +
+    '    <head>\n' +
+    '        //header\n' +
+    '    </head>\n' +
+    '    <body data-theme="default">\n' +
+    '        <h2 data-line="0" id="Headline">Headline</h2>\n' +
+    '        <p data-line="2">\n' +
+    '            <img src="' + storageFolder + '\\0.6r4zdgc22xp.png" alt="dummyImage.png" >\n' +
+    '        </p>\n' +
+    '        <p data-line="4">\n' +
+    '            <a href="' + storageFolder + '\\0.q2i4iw0fyx.pdf">dummyPDF.pdf</a>\n' +
+    '        </p>\n' +
+    '        <p data-line="6">\n' +
+    '            <img src="' + storageFolder + '\\d6c5ee92.jpg" alt="dummyImage2.jpg">\n' +
+    '        </p>\n' +
+    '    </body>\n' +
+    '</html>'
+  let actual = systemUnderTest.removeStorageAndNoteReferences(testInput, noteKey)
+  expect(actual).toEqual(expectedOutput)
+})