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Productivity Highlighter & Annotation Tool for Websites & PDFs – free, easy to use, no sign-up required.
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Stay organized online with Web Highlights — a powerful Chrome extension to highlight text on websites, annotate PDFs, take notes, and manage bookmarks. Whether you're a student, blogger, developer, researcher, or lifelong learner, Web Highlights helps you stay productive, save, organize, and revisit what matters — all in one place.
Use it as your personal text highlighter for Chrome with smart note-taking, PDF annotation, tagging, and full-text search. Choose offline use or sync everything to the cloud via the web app.
⭐ TOP FEATURES ⭐
🟢 Highlight websites and PDFs (including local files)
🎨 Multiple highlighter colors
✍️ Take notes and connect them with your highlights
🔖 Save pages as bookmarks or use as a read-it-later web clipper tool
🏷️ Tag your highlights & bookmarks for easy filtering
🔄 Sync across devices and access highlights anywhere *
💻 Web app & sidebar with an overview of all your highlights, bookmarks, and notes
📖 Reader mode for focused and distraction-free article reading & annotating
🔍 Powerful full-text search to find anything instantly
📷 Highlight images and visual elements *
𝐓 Highlight in various formats (headings, paragraphs, etc.) *
🧠 Daily recap of your highlights for better retention
⚡ Use keyboard shortcuts for ultimate productivity
📄 Export to Notion, Obsidian, Capacities, and other popular note-taking tools
📑 Copy to HTML and Markdown
📁 Export to PDF and HTML files *
📱 Bookmark on mobile with our web app *
⏰ Set email reminders for specific pages *
📚 Import Kindle highlights easily
💾 Backup and download your research *
🔗 Share your highlights *
👥 Discover content from others
* Premium/Ultimate features available during a 7-day free trial: See pricing: https://web-highlights.com/pricing
💡 WHY WEB HIGHLIGHTS?
✅ It just works – Highlight text in multiple colors on any website or PDF with a simple click.
✅ Persistent highlights - Your highlights stay visible even after reloading the page.
✅ Works offline – No account required for basic use.
✅ Sync across devices - Create an account to access your highlights anywhere from the web app.
✅ Reader Mode – Enjoy clean, distraction-free reading and keep a simple copy of articles.
✅ Integrate with Notion, Capacities, Obsidian, and other note-taking tools.
✅ Export your research — PDF, HTML, Markdown, or clipboard.
✅ Perfect for online deep work & and efficient research management.
✅ Help children learn - We proudly support the Save the Children charity and other great causes.
🔥 HOW IT WORKS 🔥
You can use Web Highlights completely free without an account. Highlight, bookmark, and take notes offline anytime.
Create a free account to enable cloud sync and unlock all features with a 7-day trial. Afterward, continue using the free offline version with basic features or upgrade for seamless access across all devices. Check out the current pricing here: https://web-highlights.com/pricing.
💡 PRO TIPS & GOOD TO KNOW 💡
➡️ Enable/disable the highlighter popup via the settings and highlight using keyboard shortcuts or by right-clicking text.
➡️ Customize keyboard shortcuts at chrome://extensions/shortcuts
➡️ Some websites may have limited compatibility.
➡️ Local PDF support requires access to file URLs (see PDF setup guide: https://web-highlights.com/blog/how-to-highlight-pdfs-using-web-highlights).
➡️ Right-click images to save them to your sidebar of highlights & notes.
➡️ Use as a web clipper – Click the bookmark icon or right-click any website to save pages and add tags like "ReadingList" for easy reference later.
➡️ Disable extension on specific websites: Click the power icon in the sidebar to disable the highlighter on a site. You can also configure a blacklisted domain list with patterns in the settings under "Excluded" domains.
➡️ Sort highlights manually: Highlights should appear in the same order as on the page. If not, use the drag & drop or arrows in your annotation sidebar to rearrange them as needed.
➡️ Customizable Sidebar: Change the sidebar width by dragging its edge, and align it on the left or right side of the page for a personalized experience.
➡️ Switch to Advanced Highlighter Mode in settings to organize highlights with headings, paragraphs, and more in the sidebar.
➡️ Multiple Colors: Choose from predefined standard and pastel shades or click the plus icon to add your own custom color.
➡️ Note Taking: Use standard keyboard shortcuts like CMD + B for bold, CMD + U for underline, etc., in the note-taking editor for efficient formatting.
➡️ Reader Mode: Click “Open in Reader” to view any article in a clean, distraction-free layout with customizable fonts, colors, and spacing. A copy of the article is saved so you can read and highlight it with full focus — even if the original changes or disappears.
➡️ Focus highlights on website: Click on a highlight in the sidebar, and the page will scroll directly to the highlighted section for quick access.
➡️ Color Mode: Switch between dark and light mode by clicking the sun/moon icon in the sidebar.
➡️ Your data is always private unless you choose to share it.
➡️ You may be exposed to affiliate links on sites you visit while using this extension, and you may be encouraged to click on them, but you are never required to do so.
🔐 YOUR PRIVACY MATTERS
We believe your data belongs to you.
✔️ Your highlights, notes, and bookmarks are private by default
✔️ Nothing is ever sold or used to profile you
✔️ Secure sync and export, only accessible with your account
We never use your data for advertising, lending, or unrelated purposes.
📜 TERMS OF SERVICE 📜
By installing the extension or signing up with an account, you agree to Web Highlights Terms of Service and Privacy Policy which you can find here: https://web-highlights.com/legal/terms-of-service
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❤️ This is a one-person project I’m building with love and late nights. I hope you enjoy using this tool as much as I do.
Feel free to share your feedback with me:
· Email: [email protected]
· LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/marius-bongarts-6b3638171
· Twitter/X: https://x.com/MariusBongarts
Latest reviews
- (2024-11-16) Γιώργος Παναγιωτόπουλος: This extension has the right balance of features and just doing what it says on the box.
- (2024-06-16) Claudia Lee: the most simple and useful , Iike it !
- (2024-03-19) Diêgo Araújo: Horrível.
- (2024-01-18) Youran Li: -updated: used it for half a year. Kept as great as it is! great web highlighter so far! works on academic papers that need VPN access.
- (2023-12-09) I: This tool is awesome ! It's so useful because once you direct the area, you only have to press one button to highlight. How easy! I'm soooo helped by this tool, thank you so much :) 使いやすくてめっちゃ役に立っています、おすすめです！どうもありがとう＾＾
- (2023-11-23) Enorsa Massiel Gutierrez Romero: Cool Pretty nice i like the colors i hope they ad some more but it works si i'm happy with it.
- (2023-11-20) Ela Jetigan: Loved it! Especially because it is useful during my thesis writing.
- (2023-11-14) John Chatman: Works like a charm. Simple to use. Actually works.
- (2023-11-14) Raj Persaud: Excellent. Does the job well.
- (2023-11-14) Garcia, Zia: Easy to use, very helpful for studying. You don't have to copy paste or download the document, you can just directly highlight it on the web
- (2023-11-13) Владислав Шатило: Thank you!
- (2023-11-12) Mariela Suárez: Nice:)
- (2023-11-11) Fred Hosea: Efficient, rational tool for instant use, with sufficient color options to meet most needs, without bloated user interface and quota limits.
- (2023-11-11) Dear M: A VERY EFFECTIVE TOOL WHICH ENHANCES MY PRODUCTIVITY AND HELPS ME STAY ACTIVE WHILE READING. IT ALSO HELPS IN RECALLING VITAL INFORMATION ONCE HIGHLIGHTED.THANKS FOR THIS AMAZING FEATURE AND MAKING MY LIFE SIMPLE!! ;)
- (2023-11-10) Conrad Panganiban: It's functioning exactly what I need it for! Thanks for developing a great product, and I've barely even scratched the other capabilities of it.
- (2023-11-09) Paulo S Cardoso: Nice extension!
- (2023-11-09) Jillur Rahman: without upgrading, not synchronizing.
- (2023-11-09) Kaelan Murdock: Wonderful extension that works on the web and on PDFs. It has helped me tremendously with coursework for online classes and for keeping track of important elements in research articles. It is very easy to use and has a variety of colors which makes it possible to color code different topics.
- (2023-11-08) Ayesha Hassan: It is one of the best things i have discovered in 2023.it really helped me in taking notes.Very handy and easy to use . literally love it !
- (2023-11-08) Aadya Aggarwal (Aaduuuuu): This app is soo cool! I loved how productive and organised it helps me be! As a student in the 21st century and a highlighter lover, this really appealed to me. Would totally recommend it to other students like myself!
- (2023-11-08) Aravind Thungarakodi: Exactly the tool I was looking for. Works like a charm and gets the job done.
- (2023-11-07) rohan tyagi: its no bs
- (2023-11-07) Foot: You are so awesome. Thank you Marius! If I have any feedback I'll leave a comment, but so far, this extension is beautiful! <3
- (2023-11-07) Benjamin Just: Very useful, super nice to have, especially when researching. Also, the highlights save when you come back to the same website later.
- (2023-11-06) Minh Châu Huỳnh: so useful and helpful for me to focus on main ideas of the essay
- (2023-11-06) Eric Lerner: The highlighter extension works really well and is simple to use. It provides many colors and works on all my different types of documents
- (2023-11-06) Delara Jalali: The app's greatest attribute is its exceptional ease of use. one of the best. love it!
- (2023-11-06) Ryan Jay Serio: Using this DEFINITELY makes my research a lot easier. I just find it difficult when the text is at farthest left of the page and the highlighter won't adjust which makes it difficult for me to put tags and texts. My workaround is to zoom out the page so the highlighter would adjust with it. But I'm still giving it 5 star because it has a lot of value for a free tool. Kudos!
- (2023-11-06) Death Ray: good one
- (2023-11-05) Celin Zheng: This highlighting app works perfectly. There are however a couple of drawbacks. Firstly, when you move the tab to another window, your highlights completely disappear. I have also noticed that the highlights do not consolidate into one tab in the Web Highlights site unless you uninstall the extension and reinstall after highlighting something then signing back in (it instead shows up as multiple tabs of 1 Highlight, 0 notes for the same pdf). Other than that, it works as expected and is a wonder for organizing information for papers.
- (2023-11-05) Yamilet Quiroz: Super helpful love it
- (2023-11-05) J: Useful extension and very easy to use. Would prefer if PDFs could be highlighted on their original page without opening a seperate one, but otherwise a brilliant tool.
- (2023-11-04) Claudia Bancy: He probado varios highlighters y este es el mejor. Te permite subrayar en varios colores y lo mejor es que puedes eliminar el subrayado. No se vuelve loco y subraya todo el texto como me pasó con otros. Tambien tiene un shortcut super util. Me encanta y me quedo con el!
- (2023-11-03) Shane Catedrilla: This is very helpful as it is accessible and easy to use. One thing I could recommend is the color variation, hope that it could offer more, especially bright ones. Other than that, it is great!
- (2023-11-03) Valentina López: Very useful
- (2023-11-03) Hannah Canalda: Very Helpful.
- (2023-11-03) Elizabeth Cagigas: Really god highlighting tool. I am able to keep all my research organized and come back to it later. I love that you can add notes or choose different colors for whatever highlights you need, it makes summarizing data or noting important things easier.
- (2023-11-03) jenna e: 5th highlighting extention ive used and this one is my favorite!
- (2023-11-02) Youlandaa Alice: Very nice extension. Looking forward to a mac version.
- (2023-11-02) Carolina Gonzalez Rodriguez: Great tool for online working. Highlighting helps figuring out if the website is worth downloading or not. Works great.
- (2023-11-02) heng w: 好用！主要下次再看高亮还在的，颜色也可以选。或许可以多点其他可选主题配色，这样审美可能更舒服（自定义的也不容易很好看）。如果有划线，加粗之类功能更好啦，平常做笔记习惯了。
- (2023-11-01) Litesh Gupta: So far I've liked the tool. easy highlight, plenty of color options, taking notes and deletion and copying data is another useful feature. So far its good. How about integrating a text to speech feature in this tool?
- (2023-11-01) Dhwani Gajjar: an amaziggggggg toolllll!!!!!!
- (2023-10-31) Philippe Giard: Very straightforward and efficient. Great for students. Saves a lot of time.
- (2023-10-31) Omar Elfahsi: works great and very easy to use, helps me stay on track with my research.
- (2023-10-31) Hokage Prime: gute Idee, nur ist dieses (als auch die ganzen anderen google chrome extensions) miserabel programmiert, beinhalten überall Fehler (Farbe kann man nicht richtig auswählen: PDFs werden markiert und am nächsten Tag sind alle wichtigen Markierungen weg; Einstellungen werden übernommen und dennoch werden bestimmt Fenster, dass man diese Einstellung genau so umändern soll angezeigt),... dann doch lieber einen anderen Browser verwenden, welcher diese Funktion schon integriert hat- und es funktioniert bestens.
- (2023-10-31) Krystal Holder: works great and very easy to use, helps me stay on track with my research.
- (2023-10-30) G Miller: Works great, easy to use, doesn't get in the way. I tried a few of the alternatives. Web Highlights works the best for me
- (2023-10-30) My Diễm: useful, nice, easily to use
- (2023-10-29) Matthew Davis: I've tried other highlighting extensions for chrome and this one was the best. It works seamlessly with pdf files and traditional web pages.
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100,000
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Rating
4.8241 (3,463 votes)
Last update / version
2025-05-07 / 11.1.1
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