# View Link as Text

> View links as if their Content-Type was text/plain. Right-click on a link and select “View Link as Text”.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `view-link-as-text`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** David Corbett
- **Category:** appearance,other
- **Daily users:** 27
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.1resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2017-11-07
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/view-link-as-text/)

## Description

View Link as Text is a Firefox add-on that allows you to view links as if their Content-Type was text/plain. With this add-on, you can simply right-click on a link and select “View Link as Text” to see the link's content in a text format.

## Rankings

- #21,190 — Overall
- #241 — links

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `contextMenus`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate 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/view-link-as-text)