Frequently Asked Questions

Not at all! It's a simple two-step process:

• Highlight text: Just select any piece of text on a webpage with your mouse. A small icon for our extension will pop up next to it.
• Add a note (optional): Click the icon to highlight the text. If you want to add a comment, simply click on the highlight itself, and a convenient text box will appear for your thoughts.

Our extension is perfect for:

• Students: To gather materials for essays and research papers.
• Researchers: To analyze sources and manage academic work.
• Professionals: To review reports, articles, and competitor websites.
• Anyone who loves active reading: To build a personal knowledge base directly in the browser.

Yes, all the core features of Annotate Website are completely free to use. We believe everyone should have access to a simple and reliable tool for working with web content.

All your data (highlights and comments) is stored only on your own device, right in your browser's local storage. We don't use servers and never collect your information. This guarantees 100% privacy and confidentiality. No one but you has access to your notes.

Yes! Since all data is stored locally, you can access your notes on any previously loaded page, even without an internet connection.

Currently, there is no automatic sync feature. This is a deliberate choice to ensure maximum privacy (your data never leaves your device). However, you can easily transfer your notes by using the export function.

It's easy! The extension has a side panel that acts as your personal command center. It displays a list of all your highlights and comments on the current page, allowing you to quickly review or edit them.

Of course! You can choose different colors for your highlights. It's a great way to visually organize your notes: for example, use yellow for key ideas, blue for quotes, and green for questions.

When you're done with your research, you can export all your annotations from a page. We support several popular formats:

• Markdown: Perfect for pasting into apps like Obsidian or Notion.
• HTML: Preserves formatting and is ready for web publishing.
• Plain text: Offers maximum compatibility with any text editor.

The extension is designed to work on most websites with standard text content. However, you might encounter issues on some highly complex web applications or pages with non-standard layouts. If you find a site where it doesn't work well, please let us know.