Free Auto Text Expander for Google Chrome™

Create custom keyboard shortcuts to expand and replace text as you type!

Tired of typing the same emails, signatures, links, and forms over and over again? Say hello to Auto Text Expander v4.0, the most reliable, secure, and powerful abbreviation tool for Google Chrome! Whether you are a customer support agent replying to tickets, a developer writing code blocks, a recruiter reaching out to candidates, or simply someone who wants to save precious hours every week—Auto Text Expander is your ultimate productivity partner. Turn simple, short keywords into long blocks of text, multi-line templates, or dynamic scripts instantly. Type less, say more, and supercharge your typing speed today! --- 🌟 KEY FEATURES 💡 INSTANT TRIGGER EXPANSIONS Create custom abbreviations (e.g., type ";addr" and watch it instantly transform into your full, multiline mailing address: "123 Main St, Apt 4B, New York, NY 10001"). There are no limits to the number of shortcuts you can create! 🔥 DYNAMIC MACROS FOR POWER USERS Go beyond static text! Auto Text Expander supports real-time macros that inject live data right when you expand: • %clip% : Instantly pastes the current content of your clipboard into your template. Great for personalized outreach! • %url% : Injects the exact URL of the active webpage you are currently viewing. • %d(FORMAT) : Formats and inserts the current date and time using localized options. Fully custom formats are supported (e.g., %d(YYYY-MM-DD) becomes 2026-06-10). • %| : The cursor placement marker. This magic macro tells the extension exactly where to place your text cursor (caret) after the expansion is complete! ⚡ ALL-NEW ROBUST EXPANSION ENGINE Built from the ground up on modern Manifest V3, our new v4.0 engine delivers lightning-fast, zero-lag expansions: • SPA Navigation Ready: Works seamlessly across modern Single Page Applications (SPAs) like Gmail, Salesforce, Notion, Google Docs, Zendesk, and Jira. • Framework Compatible: Integrates natively with React inputs, Contenteditables, ProseMirror, Lexical, Slate, and CodeMirror 6, updating internal application states flawlessly. • Native Undo (Ctrl+Z): Uses standard document commands so you can instantly undo an expansion with standard keyboard shortcuts. 🛡️ SMART MATCH RULES & CONTROLS Customize how and when your shortcuts fire to match your exact typing habits: • Delimiter Mode (Recommended): Shortcuts expand only when followed by a delimiter like a space, tab, enter key, or punctuation. This completely prevents accidental expansions! • Immediate Mode: Expands the exact millisecond you type the last letter of the shortcut. • Word Boundary Protection: Prevents shortcuts from expanding when typed in the middle of other words (e.g., typing ";email" won't expand if it's part of another word). • Case Sensitivity: Toggle whether casing must match your trigger exactly (e.g., make ";thx" expand to "Thanks!" while ";THX" expands to "THANKS!"). • Capitalization Carry-Over: Intelligent matching automatically capitalizes your expansion if you type the shortcut with capital letters. 💾 DATA SAFETY & AUTOMATIC BACKUPS Never lose your shortcuts again! • Daily Automated Backups: The extension automatically snapshots your shortcut database every single day in local storage. • One-Click Restore: Open your backups table on the options page to view, delete, or restore past snapshots in a single click. • Quota Guard Protection: Chrome's cloud sync limits can be restrictive. Our smart Quota Guard automatically demotes larger bodies to local storage, ensuring your database remains 100% safe and syncs perfectly without dropping items. 🔒 100% PRIVATE & OFFLINE-FIRST Your security and privacy are our highest priorities. • Zero Telemetry: We do not track, collect, store, or transmit your keystrokes, personal info, or expanded texts. • Offline-First: All shortcuts are stored locally in your browser. --- 📖 HOW TO GET STARTED IN 30 SECONDS 1. Install the extension and click on the Extension icon to pin Auto Text Expander to your browser bar. 2. Click the pinned icon to open the redesigned Manager. 3. We have pre-loaded useful defaults for you to test out right away: • Type ";addr" followed by a Space. • Type ";email" followed by a Space. • Type ";ds" followed by a Space to insert today's date! 4. Click "Add" to create your own shortcuts, hit "Save" at the top, and try testing them inside our live sandbox on the options page! --- 🙋 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Q: Does this extension record my keystrokes? A: Absolutely not. The extension operates entirely within your browser context and has zero telemetry. It only analyzes text directly preceding your cursor for matching triggers. Q: Will it work on Google Docs and Gmail? A: Yes! Version 4.0 has been re-architected to natively support Gmail, Notion, Google Docs, and other complex rich-text editors. Q: How do I back up my shortcuts? A: Backups are taken automatically every day. You can also export your shortcuts as a clean JSON file via the "Export" button and import them on any other device. --- Get the ultimate typing accelerator and reclaim hours of your life every week. Download Auto Text Expander now! Change Log Version 3.0.1 Please note to use this extension features, you HAVE to click on the extension icon to activate the "auto text expander" feature on the website you are on. This is to prevent our script from running automatically on all websites you visit. This protects your privacy and ensures your browsing history/keyboard typing history etc is NOT sent to external third party websites. Other competitor text expander software scripts "run on all websites" and you have to trust them to ensure they are not sending this information back to their servers etc. For our extension, it is impossible for us to track your keystrokes because the software only works when you click on the extension icon. Version 3.0.3 Change Made a bug fix where a warning message showed up after we updated to manifest version 3. To add text expander text - please right click on the extension icon and choose options. You can add as many text shortcuts as you want inside the options page of this extension. Version 3.0.4 Change Due to popular demand to make this software more user friendly, we've added the permission "Works on all websites". You do NOT need to click on the extension icon for the auto text expander feature to work on every webpage you browse. Please note our software does NOT store/capture any of your website visits etc and the only reason we ask for the "runs on all websites" permissions is because we had a lot of users email us asking for a easier version where they did not have to click on the extension icon to use the auto text expansion feature. Version 3.0.6 Fixed a bug for duplicate copying on some websites Add export/import feature via json files for exporting/importing your own text shortcuts Add %clip% command in auto text so that you can automatically paste text you have from the clipboard. Please note due to the new %clip% feature, our extension will require the clipboard permission. None of the text you copy & paste etc is ever sent to our servers, the data is all processed directly on your own computer when you use the %clip% feature. Localization for options page to be multi-language Version 4.0 Added in macros support Changed our backend so the auto text expander feature should work on a lot more websites. Disclaimer: Please note this extension is NOT made by Google and is made by an independent development team. All copyrights belong to their respective owners. Google doesn’t endorse or sponsor this Chrome extension. Free Auto Text Expander for Google Chrome™ is not owned by, is not licensed by and is not a subsidiary of Google Inc.