Copy Please! - Clean, Format & Auto Copy Text Anywhere

Automatically copy selected text to clipboard and allow copying by removing copy protection.

Copy Please! copies text the moment you select it. It unlocks sites that block copying, right-click, or text selection, and lets you clean and transform text before it reaches your clipboard. No accounts, no tracking - everything runs locally in your browser. ▬▬▬▬ Use cases ▬▬▬▬ • Copy text from protected articles • Clean AI-generated text instantly • Extract data with regex • Speed up repetitive workflows ▬▬▬▬ What it does ▬▬▬▬ ▐ Auto-copy on selection Select text once - it's copied immediately. Choose plain or rich text and switch modes with a key when needed. ▐ Unlock blocked sites Restore copy, right-click, and text selection on restricted pages. Works on sites where other extensions fail. ▐ Clean and transform text • Remove hidden characters, em dashes, smart quotes and emoji • Change case: UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, camelCase, snake_case, kebab-case, leet • Trim whitespace automatically • Add metadata (URL, title, date, time) using custom templates ▐ Advanced find & replace (regex) Powerful text processing with: • Live tester to preview rules before saving • Quick insert helpers and cheat sheet • Ready-made patterns: remove extra spacing, extract emails and links, mask sensitive data, strip Markdown, redact logs ▐ Paste with middle-click Paste using the middle mouse button ▐ Clipboard control • Auto-clear clipboard after a delay or after paste • Replace existing field content when pasting ▐ Per-site control • Toggle features per site: auto-copy, unlock selection, unlock right-click, regex rules • Enable globally with one switch • One-click toggle from the toolbar for the current site • Alt+Shift+Click copies text from buttons and links without triggering actions ▐ Notifications Optional on-screen indicator or system notification when copying Position it anywhere or next the cursor ▬▬▬▬ Why use it ▬▬▬▬ • Stop pressing Ctrl+C - selecting is copying • Access text on restricted websites • Clean text before it reaches your clipboard • Stay private - no tracking, everything runs locally ▬▬▬▬ Good to know ▬▬▬▬ • Works on almost all websites • To use it on local files (file:/// URLs), enable "Allow access to file URLs" in the extension settings • Most settings apply instantly - no reload required • Auto-copy does not work in Google Docs or Word Online (canvas-based editors) ▬▬▬ CHANGELOG ▬▬▬▬ 【0.19.0 - 2026-06-12】 - Auto-copy now works in gmail/google drive file previewer 【0.18.0 - 2026-06-09】 - Auto-copy now work inside script-sandboxed same-origin iframes - "Copy delay" replaced by "Prevent accidental copy" that targets unintended copies, a selection is copied only if the gesture (mouse-down → mouse-up) lasted at least the configurable value 【0.17.0 - 2026-06-06】 - Replace existing text on paste is now per paste method - Changed location of notification near cursor 【0.16.0 - 2026-05-28】 - New option for notifications to appear near cursor - Toggle for remove whitespace - Bugfixes 【0.15.0 - 2026-05-24】 - New Logo - Unlock text defeats "stretched-link" card overlays - Fixed duplicate domain_list rows when popup paths preserved URL case. 【0.14.0 - 2026-05-23】 - Custom Regex is now a library of named rules. The Regex tab's old "single rule" + "Advanced (multi-line)" duo is replaced by a Saved rules list. - Per-site rule picker in the popup. A new Rule dropdown appears under the Custom Regex toggle - Per-pattern rule picker in the Activation list. Each URL-patterns row gains a compact `#N` select between the regex switch and the edit button. 【0.13.0 - 2026-05-20】 - Custom regex is now per-site. - !-prefix negation is gone. Per-page negation rows aren't needed anymore - a row at the exact pattern is the override. - Added a Custom regex find/replace options page with built-in helpers (live tester, Quick Insert palette, cheat sheet, examples grouped by category) 【0.12.0 - 2026-05-17】 - Negation patterns by typing '!example.com', to block a whole site via negation, type '!example.com/*' explicitly - Added an Advanced mode to the Custom Regex case-conversion option on the Format tab. The new multi-line textarea takes one '/pattern/flags::replacement' rule per line and applies them top-to-bottom on the copied text. 【0.11.0 - 2026-05-13】 - Unified the autocopy allow/deny list and the per-domain unlocks into a single domain list with three switches per row - The popup now shows three toggles for the current domain (autocopy / text-select / right-click) and changes now hot-apply with no tab reload 【0.10.0 - 2026-05-12】 - Unlock text selection now works in significantly more places. - Removed the "Block drag-and-drop on draggable elements" toggle. - Improved the drag-then-click suppression 【0.9.0 - 2026-05-11】 - Added "Block drag-and-drop on draggable elements" sub-toggle under Unlock text selection - lets you mouse-select text inside `draggable="true"` elements (e.g. Gmail inbox rows) - Added "Unlock text selection" and "Unlock right click" toggles to the popup under a new "Global unlocks" section so the two global settings can be flipped without opening Options - Middle-click paste now places the caret at the click point - Fixed Alt+Shift click-to-copy on buttons and links not running text transforms - case conversion, AI-character removal, and the comment template now apply the same way as auto-copy - Bugfixes 【0.8.0 - 2026-05-09】 - Added a modifier key option to skip "Replace existing text on paste" for one paste - Added a modifier key option to swap between Plain and Rich copy format for a single copy - Added autoscroll suppression on middle-click into text fields when "Paste on Middle Click" - Added Popup with settings to enable/disable extension on site/domain -Fixed bugs 【0.0.7 - 2026-05-03】 - Added Alt/Opt+Shift Click to copy text from buttons, links, and form buttons without triggering them - Added Rich Text (HTML) copy format option that preserves formatting when pasting into apps like Word or Google Docs - Added "Replace existing text instead of appending" option that clears the target field on any paste - Added keyboard shortcut (Alt+Shift+P by default, rebindable at chrome://extensions/shortcuts) to toggle the extension on the current site 【0.0.6 - 2026-04-06】 - Fixed bugs 【0.0.5 - 2026-01-06】 - Added option to remove "AI Characters" when copying 【0.0.4 - 2025-12-02】 - Fixed minor bugs - Replaced code so notification element are not depented on the screen resolution used when setup 【0.0.3 - 2025-04-29】 - Fixed small bug for TitleCase format - Fixed extension not loaded when refreshing on certain pages - Added Levels to Cursed Case 【0.0.2 - 2025-04-27】 - Small fix for native notifications 【0.0.1 - 2025-04-24】 - Intital Release!