# Copy As Text

> Copy web content as plain text using context menu

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-as-text](https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-as-text)

## Overview

- **ID:** `copy-as-text`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Francesco De Stefano
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 202
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 3.60 / 5 (5 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.0
- **Last updated:** 2021-08-24
- **First published:** 2016-03-03
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/copy-as-text/)

## Description

### Copy As Text Chrome Extension

Copy As Text is a powerful Chrome extension designed to simplify copying web content as plain text directly through the context menu. With version 3.0, users can easily remove all formatting and advertisements, making the copied text clean and focused solely on the core content.

**Key Features:**
- View the entire web page as plain text.
- Edit the plain text before copying or downloading.
- Download web page content as a plain text file.
- Removes all advertising and formatting for distraction-free copying.
- Operates on websites that allow content scripting.

This extension is perfect for users who want to extract clean, readable text from any webpage without extra clutter or formatting, enhancing productivity and reading experience. The "Show page plain text" feature builds upon the open-source project available on GitHub for transparency and community support.

## Rankings

- #8,321 — Overall
- #121 — speech to text
- #138 — summarize text
- #148 — context menu

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `activeTab`
- `clipboardWrite`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/copy-as-text)