Copy As Text

Copy web content as plain text using context menu
What is Copy As Text?
Copy As Text is a Firefox add-on that allows you to copy web content as plain text. It removes formatting and advertising, providing a clean and focused text version of the webpage.

Add-on stats

Users: 256 ▲ 4
Rating: 3.25 (4)
Version: 3.0 (Last updated: 2021-08-24)
Creation date: 2016-03-03
Weekly download count: 9
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • activeTab
  • clipboardWrite
Size: 14.86K

Other platforms

Copy Text as Link (v1.0)
5.00 (5) 383
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

Copy contents, of web pages, as Plain Text with context menu

Release 3.0 New Features

  • Shows page plain text
  • Text editing
  • Download page plain text
  • Removes all formatting from text
  • Removes all advertising to focus only on the content of the text
  • WebExtension only works on sites that allow content scripts.

The feature "Show page plain text" is based on this browser extension - https://github.com/deltavi/chrome-extension-plain-text

User reviews

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Copy As Text requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Copy As Text has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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