# Copy Text Exclude

> Copy text from webpages while excluding selected portions

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `copy-text-exclude`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** privacy-focused-dev
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security,bookmarks
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-09-23
- **First published:** 2025-09-20
- **Size:** 23 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/copy-text-exclude/)

## Description

Easily copy content from any webpage while excluding unwanted text like ads, navigation, or irrelevant sections. Simply press Cmd+Shift+E (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+E (PC) to enter exclusion mode, select text to exclude (it gets a strikethrough), then copy normally with Cmd+C/Ctrl+C. Perfect for copying articles, documentation, or search results cleanly. Works on all websites including Google search. No data collection.

## Rankings

- #66,820 — Overall
- #70 — include

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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-text-exclude)