Read Clean Text

Read Clean Text strips non text from a web page and displays clean text for reading and copying.
What is Read Clean Text?
Read Clean Text is a Chrome extension that allows users to view the underlying text of a web page, removing non-text items such as ads, blocking scripts, and interactive content. It provides a clean and text-only version of the webpage, making it easier for users to read and copy the desired text.

Extension stats

Users: 95
Version: 2023 (Last updated: 2023-07-25)
Creation date: 2023-07-25
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • scripting
Size: 8.56K

Other platforms

Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Read Clean Text allows you to view the underlying text of a web page striping out non text items including most blocking scripts. It provides a text only version of the web page. All interactive content is removed including adds and blocking scripts. It works on most web pages including news and article pages.

Read Clean Text can run as a browser extension or a standalone web page. When run as an extension on the web page to read highlight a few words of text to start reading from and then from the extensions tool click the Read Clean Text icon Read Clean Text icon. Use filter from or with to display required clean text. Click on a clean text block to copy. From the top right you can ? goto help, ⋀ scroll to top, and when used as an extension Close.

Extension safety

Risk impact

Read Clean Text does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Read Clean Text has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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