Chrome Extension · v1.0.1 Available on the Chrome Web Store

Copy & Prep Collect from several pages, tidy up, copy all at once

Collect selected text from multiple web pages with the right-click menu. Arrange the passages, tidy the line breaks and copy them all at once.

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Free, no account needed. Collected text is stored on your device.

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A walkthrough recorded before 1.0.0 was published, using fictional collected text, with no audio. Tidy, review items and sources, then copy. The current published version (1.0.1) adds buttons that copy without reviewing first and an optional sample-text trial, so some screens differ.

USE CASES

Collect while you read, tidy afterwards

Text you collect from different tabs stays together in one list.

Reading several articles side by side

Save useful passages as you read so you do not have to find them again. Only the text you add with the right-click menu goes into the list, ready to arrange when you finish reading.

Preparing material for an AI chat

Collect the passages you need from several pages, put them in order and remove unwanted line breaks before copying them together into an AI chat.

Gathering material for a report or an email

It removes the step of moving every quote into an editor before you can start writing. Collected items can be edited in the settings tab, and an edit can be taken back to the original selection in one step.

Moving text into an issue, a ticket or a doc

Choose Markdown if the app you are pasting into supports it. Lists, tables and code keep their structure; only wrapped lines within paragraphs are joined.

Keeping track of where each passage came from

Finding a source again afterwards takes longer than collecting it did in the first place. The page title, URL and the date you added it are kept with each item and can be included in the output when you want them — off by default.

Step-by-step guides

Follow the steps for three common tasks: collecting text, preparing material for AI and fixing line breaks.

FEATURES

Tidy up what you gathered, before you paste it.

Use it when comparing sources, drafting a document or copying text into an email or ticket. Collect the passages first, then arrange them and tidy the line breaks before pasting.

Only the text you picked

It handles only what you explicitly add from the right-click menu. Page content is never scanned.

Nothing is rewritten on its own

"Tidy up" shows the before and the after side by side. Your text does not change until you press apply.

Into one, in display order

Copy all or selected items in display order, as plain text or Markdown. You can review the text and sources before copying.

Nothing leaves your device

Collected text stays on your device. The extension does not transmit it or add analytics or telemetry.

TEXT & SETTINGS

Collected text and output settings

Use the toolbar popup to copy or delete collected text. Open the settings tab to edit and reorder it. Everything is stored on your device.

Working with what you collected

Review, edit, reorder, delete and clear. An edited passage can be restored to the originally captured text in one step. Reordering uses Move up / Move down buttons.

Settings tab

Delete from the popup

A passage picked up by mistake can be dropped on the spot with the “×” on its row. “Clear all” at the bottom asks you to confirm before it removes everything. Neither one needs the settings tab.

Popup

Tidy up

Removes the awkward line breaks and trailing whitespace that come along when you copy from the web. Bullet lists, numbered lists, tables and code keep their structure; only wrapped lines inside a paragraph are rejoined.

With preview

Output format

Choose plain text or Markdown. Your text is copied as it is, without adding Markdown formatting.

Plain text Markdown
Your choice

Source (page name, URL, date added)

Kept alongside each item, but not part of the output by default. Turn on only the ones you want. A line whose value is missing is dropped rather than shown empty.

Default: OFF

Source label language

Choose whether the labels read "ページ:" or "Page: ", independently of your browser language. While no source line is switched on, this control stays disabled.

Independent

Collecting on / off

Turning it off removes the right-click item and stops every capture. Whatever you already collected stays where it is. Switch it from the popup or the settings tab.

Anytime

Interface language

Follows your browser language automatically. Japanese and English are supported.

日本語 English
Automatic

Compatibility

Works on any Google Chrome with Manifest V3 support.

Chrome

HOW IT WORKS

Collect, tidy up, bring together.

Only the text you picked is collected, and whether to tidy it is your call.

1

Collect with a right-click

Select text on a page and choose "Add to Copy & Prep" from the right-click menu. The toolbar badge shows how many you have.

Select Right-click Add

Add from as many pages as you like, or from several places on the same page, in whatever order. The page name, URL and date are noted alongside.

2

Tidy up in the settings tab

Review, edit, reorder and delete. Pressing "Tidy up" shows the before and the after side by side.

Nothing changes unless you press apply, and an already tidied passage can be restored in one step.

3

Copy it all at once

Press Copy all or Copy selected to copy straight away. To check first, choose Review all or Review selected, look over the text and sources, then press Copy this text.

Copy all Clear all

Items stay in the list after you copy them. Delete them when you no longer need them.

GET STARTED

Install and use

Add it, open it from the toolbar. Copy everything at once and delete from the popup; edit and reorder in the settings tab.

Adding Copy & Prep from the Chrome Web Store

1Install

Just press “Add to Chrome” on the Chrome Web Store.

The popup with collected text and review buttons

2Pin it to the toolbar

Pin the extension from Chrome’s extensions menu. In the popup, copy or review all or selected items, or delete items. Edit and reorder in settings.

Reviewing items, text and sources

3Review text and sources

Review all or checked items. Inspect source URLs and exclude individual sources from this output without changing saved URLs.

Before and after tidying

4Tidy up, then copy all

Review and apply Tidy up, then copy straight away, or review text and sources and choose Copy this text. If copying fails, select the displayed output and copy manually.

The extension has two views: the toolbar popup and the settings tab. The settings tab opens automatically when you first install it.

PRIVACY

The privacy promise

Collected text is stored in your browser. The extension does not send it to an external server.

Your collection and your settings stay in this browser. Nothing syncs.

It handles only the text you explicitly added with the right-click menu. Page content is never scanned.

Where data is stored

The selected text, the edited body, the page title, the URL, the date added and your output settings are kept in chrome.storage.local. chrome.storage.sync is not used, so nothing travels to another browser or device.

What is never stored

Whole pages or page bodies, browsing history, clipboard history, images, screenshots and files. No usage analytics, telemetry or crash reports either.

Network activity

The extension does not send collected text out or load external APIs, CDNs, fonts or images. Permission names alone do not prove this. Static checks and observations of tested operations do not guarantee every condition.

Permissions it needs

It requests contextMenus, storage, activeTab and scripting. Scripting reads the selected text in the frame you right-clicked when you add it, preserving line breaks. No whole-page scanning, standing content script or host permissions. Temporary activeTab access can continue on the same origin.

Read the Privacy Policy →How to verify (Transparency) →

Frequently asked questions

Is the page content read?

No. It handles only the text you explicitly added from the right-click menu. It has no standing content script and requests no host permissions. Only when you add text does it read the text selected where you right-clicked; it does not scan the page.

What does "Tidy up" actually do?

Only whitespace and line breaks. It removes awkward line breaks and trailing spaces and rejoins wrapped lines inside a paragraph. Bullet lists, numbered lists, tables and code keep their structure. It does not summarize, rephrase or proofread, and it never substitutes characters — non-breaking and ideographic spaces are left exactly as captured.

Are the page name and URL added automatically?

No. They are kept alongside each item but are not part of the output by default. Turn the page name, URL and date added on individually when you want them. The source label language is chosen independently of your browser language. Academic citation formats (APA, MLA and so on) are not produced.

Does my collection sync to other devices?

No. It is stored in chrome.storage.local only; chrome.storage.sync is not used. You can delete a single item or clear everything at any time, from the popup or the settings tab, and nothing is removed automatically after a copy.

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LEGAL

Before you start

Read the privacy policy and terms of use below.