Online notepad

Write a plain-text note, copy it, or download it as a text file. The live preview preserves your line breaks.

On your device · No account

Privacy details

Online notepad processes your input in this browser. Inputs and results are excluded from analytics. Recent tools save tool names, visit counts and last-visit times. Saved tools store only their names. Draft saving is optional and stays on this device; delete saved text with the draft controls. Loading text from a URL is optional and contacts that server; its URL and your IP address are visible to the server. An optional “Use in” action keeps a handoff in this tab. The next tool removes it on arrival and ignores it if more than a minute has passed.

Copy link includes the inputs you choose to share in the address. Anyone with that link can reopen them. Files and generated results are excluded. Password and key tools share settings only.

Your text

Download before closing. Notes are not saved automatically.

Your result

Save a draft on this device

Save edits to this draft

Saving is off. Anyone using this browser profile can read a saved draft. Nothing is uploaded.

Reset reloads the tool with its starting values and releases open files and device controls. Saved drafts stay on this device until you delete them.

Links include your inputs and settings. Anyone with the link can see them, so leave out private text. Files and generated results are left out; random draws run again.

Keyboard shortcuts

Updated 2026-09-26

Using Online notepad

Write a plain-text note, copy it, or download it as a text file. The live preview preserves your line breaks.

Next: Text diff checker

A worked example

Type “A note” to keep an editable note in this tab. Copy or download it before closing the page.

Next: Edit counter

Before you use the result

Notes are kept only in this open page. Download before closing or reloading; there is no autosave or cloud backup.

Next: Typing test

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