# Copy URL To Clipboard

> Copy document URL / link URL to clipboard as HTML, Markdown, Text etc.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/url2clipboard](https://chrome-stats.com/d/url2clipboard)

## Overview

- **ID:** `url2clipboard`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** asamuzaK
- **Category:** web-development,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 1,371
- **Weekly downloads:** 11
- **Rating:** 4.44 / 5 (34 ratings)
- **Version:** 15.1.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-22
- **First published:** 2017-03-13
- **Size:** 126 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/url2clipboard/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/asamuzaK/url2clipboard/issues](https://github.com/asamuzaK/url2clipboard/issues)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/url2clipboard/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/url2clipboard/privacy/)

## Description

Copy URL To Clipboard is a versatile Chrome extension that allows users to copy the current page or any link's URL to the clipboard in multiple formats including HTML, Markdown, BBCode, Textile, AsciiDoc, MediaWiki, Jira, reStructuredText, LaTeX, CSV, and plain text.

With an intuitive context menu, you can right-click anywhere on a page or directly on a link, select your preferred format, and copy the URL effortlessly. The extension supports using selected text as link content and even allows editing the content before copying. It integrates with the browser through a context menu, toolbar button, and customizable keyboard shortcuts, making URL copying efficient for various documentation and content creation needs. Note that the extension currently works with (X)HTML documents only.

## Rankings

- #2,835 — Overall
- #318 — Web Development
- #338 — Social & Communication
- #4 — clipboard
- #17 — board
- #32 — documentation

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `menus`
- `scripting`
- `storage`
- `tabs`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Copy URL To Clipboard is praised for reliably copying URLs quickly and offering multiple output formats (including HTML) suitable for apps like OneNote and Jira. Users appreciate the hotkey for fast copying and the ability to copy in formats that paste cleanly into docs. However, several reviews flag privacy concerns due to broad permissions and data monitoring. Overall, it’s a productive, versatile tool with a trade-off between convenience and privacy.

### Pros

- Reliable, straightforward URL copying to clipboard.
- Supports multiple copy formats (text, HTML, Markdown, etc.) for easy pasting into various apps.
- HTML copy-to-clipboard and HTML paste-ready output.
- Works well with external apps like OneNote and Jira for paste-ready links.
- Hotkey/keyboard shortcut enables fast copying.

### Cons

- Broad permissions and data access requests raise privacy concerns.

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