Highlight and Copy Protected Text

What does it do?

Some websites stop you from selecting text, disable Ctrl+C, or replace the right-click menu with nothing. Usually they do it with a few lines of code or a style rule. Highlight and Copy Protected Text switches those restrictions off in your browser, for the page you choose, so you can:

• select text with the mouse again;
• copy it with Ctrl+C or the menu;
• right-click to get the browser's normal menu (Copy, Search, Translate, Inspect);
• paste into fields that refuse pasting.

How do I use it?

1. Install the extension and pin it.
2. Open the page where copying is blocked.
3. Click the icon and turn on copy and right-click.
4. Select and copy the text as usual.

Before installing anything, you can also try the built-in ways to copy protected text: Reader mode, printing to PDF or the page source often work too.

What it cannot do

• Text inside images, canvas or video is not text. Use Image Text to Text to recognise it.
• Content you cannot see — behind a login, a paywall or DRM — stays locked. The extension only unblocks copying of text that is already on your screen.

Use it responsibly

Copy protection does not change copyright. Copy for study, quotes with attribution, accessibility (for example reading with a screen reader or a translator) and your own notes. Do not republish other people's work without permission.

How much does it cost?

Checkout and receipts are handled by Lemon Squeezy. Manage or cancel in the billing portal; see the refund policy.

Product facts

Guides

• How to copy text from a protected website
• How to enable right-click on a website
• How websites block copying (and what still works)

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