A simple online text editor for quick notes, drafts and lists. It saves as you type in your browser, counts words and characters, finds and replaces text, and downloads your note as a .txt or .md file.
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How to use the online notepad
Click in the box and start typing, or paste text in. There's nothing to sign up for.
Your note is saved in this browser as you type. Come back later on the same device and it's still there.
Use Find & replace to change a word everywhere, and the counts under the box to check length.
Press Download .txt or Download .md to keep a copy, or Open file to edit an existing text file.
Keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl+S (⌘+S on a Mac): download the note as a .txt file.
Ctrl+F (⌘+F): open Find & replace, with any selected word already filled in. Press Enter to jump to the next match.
Ctrl+Z (⌘+Z): undo, as in any text box.
Example
This three-line note:
Team lunch: Friday
Book a table for 8 at 1 pm.
Ask Priya about the table near the window.
has 19 words, 89 characters (71 without spaces and line breaks) and 3 lines. Replacing the whole word “table” with “booth” changes 2 places, and the download is named team-lunch-friday.txt after the first line.
Tips
Write in Markdown (# for headings, - for lists) and download a .md file for GitHub or a notes app, or turn it into a web page with the Markdown to HTML converter.
For detailed counts (sentences, reading time, Indian languages) paste your text into the word counter.
Shared or public computer? Press New when you're done so the next person doesn't see your note.
Frequently asked questions
Where is my note saved?
In your browser's storage on this device, about half a second after you stop typing. It isn't uploaded anywhere, so it won't appear on your other devices. Clearing your browsing data, or using a private window, removes it, so download anything you want to keep.
Does the notepad work offline?
Once the page has loaded, yes: typing, autosave, find and replace and downloads all happen in your browser without a connection.
How do I save my note as a file?
Press Download .txt or Download .md, or press Ctrl+S (⌘+S on a Mac) while typing. The file is named after the first line of your note.
Can I open a Word or PDF file?
No, the notepad opens plain-text files such as .txt, .md, .csv and .log. For a Word or PDF document, copy the text and paste it in, or convert it first with the PDF to text tool.
Is there a size limit?
A note can hold up to 1,000,000 characters, and you can open text files up to 5 MB. That keeps autosave inside the space browsers give each website.