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Notepad
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A free online notepad that saves as you type
This online notepad is the fastest way to jot something down: open the page and start typing. Every keystroke is autosaved to your browser's local storage - close the tab, restart your computer, come back next week, and your notes are still here. No account, no signup, no sync servers, and nothing you write ever leaves your device.
Features
- Multiple notes - create, switch between and delete as many notes as you need.
- Autosave - saved locally a moment after you stop typing, with a visible "Saved" indicator.
- Live statistics - word count, character count, line count and estimated reading time.
- Export - download any note as a
.txtfile or copy it to the clipboard. - Private by design - notes exist only in this browser; there is no server to breach.
When a browser notepad beats a notes app
Sometimes you don't want an app - you want a scratchpad. Pasting text to clean up formatting, drafting a tricky reply before committing it to email, keeping a running log during a debugging session, taking meeting notes on a borrowed machine: a browser-based notepad with no login is instant, disposable when you want it to be, and persistent when you don't.
Good to know
Notes are tied to this browser and device - they won't follow you to another computer, and clearing your browser's site data will remove them. For anything irreplaceable, use the download button and keep a.txt copy. Drafting an article for the web instead? TheSEO article writer adds headings, structure and a Yoast-style optimization score on top of this same local-first approach.