Turn on saving, then read as usual. Every piece of text you select is kept with the page it came from, ready to search, copy or export when you're done.
For Chrome, and other Chromium browsers such as Edge and Brave.
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This works the same way as the extension does on any website: select with the mouse, let go, and it's saved. Nothing leaves this page.
A highlighter marks text with a bright, see-through ink. The colour is strong enough to catch your eye when you skim the page later, but light enough that the words underneath stay easy to read.
Most highlighter ink glows under daylight because it turns invisible ultraviolet light into visible colour. That's why yellow and green look almost brighter than the white paper around them.
Turn saving on when you start reading and off when you're done. Saving always starts off when Chrome opens, so it's never left on by mistake.
Press Alt + Shift + S to switch saving on or off without opening anything. The toolbar badge shows your count while it's on.
Every site you saved from gets an icon under the search bar. Click one to see only what you saved there.
Search your text and page titles. Highlights are grouped under Today, Yesterday, This week and by month.
Copy one highlight with a click, copy them all at once, or export them as a plain text file.
Deleted something, or cleared everything? Undo puts it back exactly where it was.
Highlight & Save isn't in the Chrome Web Store yet, so you add it from the downloaded folder. It's a one-time setup.
Download the .zip and extract it. You'll get a folder named highlight-and-save. Keep it somewhere it won't be deleted, because Chrome loads the extension from it.
Copy this address into Chrome's address bar and press Enter.
chrome://extensions
Use the switch in the top-right corner of the extensions page.
Click Load unpacked and choose the highlight-and-save folder. Pin the icon from the puzzle-piece menu so the switch is always one click away.
To update later, replace the folder with the new version and click the reload arrow on the extension. Your saved highlights stay.
There's no account and no server. Highlights are stored in your browser and are never sent anywhere. Nothing is saved while the switch is off.
| Permission | Why it's needed |
|---|---|
| storage | Keeps your highlights and the on/off setting in your browser. |
| All websites | Notices text you select, on any page, while saving is on. |
| scripting | Starts working in tabs that were already open when you installed it. |
| favicon | Shows each site's icon next to your highlights. |