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Introduction to Obsidian Web Clipper
Obsidian Web Clipper is a free browser extension that lets you highlight pages and save web content to your vault.
Requires Obsidian 1.7.2 or above
Web Clipper relies on features added to Obsidian URI in Obsidian 1.7.2. Please make sure you're using Obsidian 1.7.2 or above.
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Install Web Clipper
Get the Obsidian Web Clipper extension from the official directory for your browser:
- Chrome Web Store
- For Chrome, Brave, Arc, Orion, and other Chromium-based browsers.
- Firefox Add-Ons
- For Firefox and Firefox Mobile.
- Safari Extensions
- For macOS, iOS, and iPadOS.
- Edge Add-Ons
- For Microsoft Edge.
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How to use Web Clipper
- Clip web pages
- Get started and learn how to save content from pages.
- Highlighter
- Highlight important passages and select elements you want to save.
- Interpreter
- Use natural language prompts to capture and modify data on a page.
- Troubleshooting
- Resolve common issues with Web Clipper.
- Templates
- Create custom templates for specific websites.
- Variables
- Pre-populate page data in your template.
- Filters
- Modify the output of template variables.
- Logic
- Use conditionals, loops, and set variables in templates.
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Privacy
Obsidian Web Clipper saves content locally to your Obsidian vault and follows our privacy policy. Your data is not collected, and we do not gather any usage metrics. The code is open source and auditable.
See also
Once you install the Web Clipper browser extension, you can access it in several ways, depending on your browser:
Web Clipper lets you highlight text on web pages, and select the elements you want to save to Obsidian. Your highlights are saved, so you can revisit
Interpreter is a Web Clipper feature that lets you interact with web pages using natural language. Interpreter helps you capture and modify data that
Use conditionals, loops, and variable assignment in Web Clipper templates.
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Learn to create templates that capture and organize web page metadata automatically with Web Clipper.
If you encounter issues with Web Clipper you can get help via the official Discord channel. You can also report bugs on the GitHub repo.
Web Clipper templates can use variables to automatically pre-populate data from the page in a template. Variables can be used in the note name, note