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Highlight Clipper

A simple Chrome extension that saves highlighted text from webpages to local Chrome storage. All data stays local in your browser, and the extension does not send data to any server.

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Local storage

Saved highlights live in chrome.storage.local inside the Chrome profile where the extension is installed.

Private by design

The extension does not send your saved text, URLs, page titles, or timestamps to any server.

JSON backup

Export highlights into a JSON file and import that backup later when you need to restore or merge saved notes.

Each saved highlight includes

  • The highlighted text
  • The page URL
  • The page title
  • The timestamp when it was saved

Install in Chrome

  1. 1
    Download and unzip the Highlight Clipper ZIP file.
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  2. 2
    Open Chrome.
  3. 3
    Go to chrome://extensions.
  4. 4
    Turn on Developer mode in the top-right corner.
  5. 5
    Click Load unpacked.
  6. 6
    Select the unzipped highlight-clipper-chrome-ext folder from your Downloads folder.
  7. 7
    The extension should now appear in your Chrome extensions list as Highlight Clipper.

Save a Highlight

  1. 1
    Open any webpage.
  2. 2
    Highlight the text you want to save.
  3. 3
    Right-click the highlighted text.
  4. 4
    Click Save highlight.
  5. 5
    The selected text is saved locally with the page URL and timestamp.

View Saved Highlights

  1. 1
    Click the Chrome extensions icon in the toolbar.
  2. 2
    Open Highlight Clipper.
  3. 3
    Your saved highlights will appear in the popup, newest first.

Each item shows the saved text, source page, and save time.

Delete a Highlight

  1. 1
    Open the Highlight Clipper popup.
  2. 2
    Find the highlight you want to remove.
  3. 3
    Click Delete.

The highlight will be removed from local Chrome storage.

Export Highlights

  1. 1
    Open the Highlight Clipper popup.
  2. 2
    Click Export.
  3. 3
    Chrome will download a JSON backup file named like highlight-clipper-2026-06-10.json.

The export includes the saved text, URL, page title, and timestamp for each highlight.

Import Highlights

  1. 1
    Open the Highlight Clipper popup.
  2. 2
    Click Import.
  3. 3
    Select a JSON backup file exported from this extension.

Imported highlights are merged with your current local highlights. Existing highlights with the same saved ID are not duplicated.

Reload After Changes

  1. 1
    Go back to chrome://extensions.
  2. 2
    Find Highlight Clipper.
  3. 3
    Click the reload button on the extension card.
  4. 4
    Test the extension again on a webpage.

Notes

  • Highlights are stored with chrome.storage.local.
  • Data is local to the Chrome profile where the extension is installed.
  • Uninstalling the extension can remove the saved extension data.
  • This extension currently supports Chrome only.