Online notepad
Write notes that save automatically as you type and are still here when you come back, kept in this browser on your device, never on a server. Keep several notes and download any of them as a text file.
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- Notes are saved in this browser only
- Free, no sign-up
- Works on phone and desktop
How to use the online notepad
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Start typing in the notepad. The first line becomes the note’s title, so change it to rename the note.
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Your note saves as you type, in this browser on this device. Come back later and it is still here.
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Click New note to start another, and pick any note from the list to carry on with it.
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Use Download .txt to keep a copy as a file, or Focus mode to write with nothing else on the screen.
Features
Saves as you type
No save button and no account: every change is kept in your browser a moment after you stop typing.
Stays on your device
Notes are never uploaded, so nobody else can read them, and they work without an internet connection once the page is open.
Several notes, with counts
Keep up to 200 notes, see the word and character count of each, and open .txt files as new notes.
Focus mode
Hide everything but the text, in full screen where your browser allows, and choose a comfortable text size.
Private by design, and what that means for you
Most online notepads save your notes on their servers, which is how they sync between devices, and also why you have to trust them with what you write. This notepad does the opposite: notes are stored by your own browser, on your own device, using a feature called local storage. They are never uploaded, the page makes no network requests with them, and they never appear in the page address. That makes it a good place for drafts, to-do lists, phone numbers you are about to copy, or anything you would rather not hand to a website.
The trade-off is that your notes live only where you wrote them. They are not synced to your phone, not backed up, and not in a different browser on the same computer. If you clear your browsing history with “cookies and site data” selected, or remove this site’s data, the notes go with it.
Keeping a backup
Treat the notepad as a scratch pad and a text file as the safe copy. Download .txt saves the open note as a plain text file named after its first line; Download all (.zip) saves every note at once. Text files open in Notepad on Windows, TextEdit on a Mac and any editor on a phone, and you can bring them back with Open .txt file, which turns each file into a new note. A weekly download is a good habit for notes you rely on, and essential in Safari, which may clear a site’s storage after seven days of use without a visit.
Keyboard shortcuts
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
| Ctrl + S (⌘ + S on a Mac) | Saves straight away instead of opening the browser’s “save page” window. |
| Esc | Leaves focus mode and full screen. |
| Ctrl + Z / Ctrl + Y (⌘ + Z / ⌘ + Shift + Z) | Undo and redo while you type. |
| Ctrl + F (⌘ + F) | Finds a word in the open note with the browser’s search. |
| Tab | Moves to the next button, as on any web page; type spaces to indent. |
Tips for writing here
Put a short, specific first line on each note, such as “Groceries” or “Cover letter draft”: it becomes the title in the list, and the file name when you download it. The word and character count under the notepad helps with limits; for reading time and your most repeated words, paste the text into the word counter, and for post or bio limits use the character counter. To tidy a list you have jotted down, the alphabetical order tool sorts it and removes repeats, and text compare shows what changed between two drafts.
Frequently asked questions
Where are my notes saved?
In your browser’s local storage, on the device you are using. They are not sent to a server, which is why there is no sign-in and why nobody else can see them. It also means they are tied to this browser: open the site in another browser, a private window or on your phone and you start with an empty notepad.
Can I lose my notes?
Yes, in a few ways, so download anything important. Clearing your browsing data or this site’s data deletes them, and private or incognito windows forget them when closed. Safari may also delete what a site has stored if you haven’t visited it in seven days of using Safari. There is no copy anywhere else, so we can’t recover a note for you.
How do I back up or move my notes?
Download a note with Download .txt, or all of them at once with Download all (.zip), which puts each note in its own text file. To move them to another browser or device, open the files there with Open .txt file. A text file opens in any editor, so your notes are never locked in.
What happens if I have the notepad open in two tabs?
Both tabs share the same notes. Edits in one tab appear in the other, and a note you delete in one disappears from the other. If you type in the same note in both tabs at once, saving pauses and the notepad asks which version to keep, or keeps both as separate notes, so nothing is overwritten without you knowing.
How much can I store?
Each note can hold up to 500,000 characters, about as long as a whole novel, and all your notes together up to 1,500,000 characters. Browsers give each website about 5 MB of this kind of storage. The notepad warns you when you get close to the limit, and if a note can’t be saved it says so instead of losing your text.
Can I format text, like bold or bullet points?
No: it is a plain-text notepad, which keeps notes small, fast and readable in any program. You can still type lists with dashes or numbers, and the text copies cleanly into an email, a document or a form without stray formatting.
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