Easily save selected webpage text as a UTF-8 .txt file. Designed for editorial and newsroom workflows.
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24
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Rating
4.8 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
11
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Store rank
#144K
#120K among extensions
Version
2.1.0
updated 10 Oct 2026
About Save Selection to .txt
Save Selection to .txt is a simple and practical Chrome extension for quickly saving selected webpage text as UTF-8 .txt files.
Select any text on a webpage and save it instantly as a text file. The extension is designed for editorial, newsroom, research, and everyday workflows.
Key features:
• Save selected webpage text as a UTF-8 .txt file.
• Automatically generate a meaningful filename from the selected text.
• Automatically clean unnecessary spaces, tabs, and extra line breaks.
• Add multiple selections to a Collection from the same webpage.
• Review, delete, and save collected selections as a single .txt file.
• Quick keyboard shortcuts:
- Alt + Shift + S — Save Selected Text
- Alt + Shift + D — Add Selection to Collection
• Keyboard shortcuts can be customized through Chrome's extension shortcut settings.
• Options page for customizing text-saving and cleaning preferences, with keyboard shortcut settings and automatic saving of preferences.
• Collections are separated by browser tab and reset when navigating to a different webpage.
• Text and settings are processed and stored locally in the browser.
The extension is designed to be simple, fast, and useful for anyone who regularly needs to save or collect text from webpages.