Super Simple Highlighter

Name: Super Simple Highlighter
Rating: 3.9221085759244687 (1271 reviews)
Author: https://www.dexterouslogic.com

Make permanent, private highlights on any web page.

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Super Simple Highlighter is a Chrome extension designed for users who want to make private, permanent highlights on any web page. Highlights are saved locally in your browser, ensuring privacy as no data leaves your device. Choose from multiple highlight styles, including basic colors, redactions, and blurs, and apply them easily using either your mouse or customizable keyboard shortcuts.

Navigate all highlights on a page through a single popup dialog that also offers a summary view, which can be printed or saved for your personal use. Note that highlights do not synchronize across devices, and some web page changes might affect highlight restoration. For more information, detailed instructions, and troubleshooting, refer to the built-in help page. This extension is perfect for researchers, students, or anyone who wants to annotate web pages privately and efficiently.

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By:

https://www.dexterouslogic.com

Users:

300,000+

Rating:

3.92

(1,271)

Version:

2025.04.27 Last updated: 2025-04-17

Version code:

Creation date:

2019-07-19

Risk:

Permissions:

tts
contextMenus
storage
activeTab

Size:

356.35K

Email:

he*****@dexterouslogic.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

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Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

a day ago

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# 1,038 ▼ 6

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#2730 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 1

#2 in highlighter keyword 52

#6 in simple keyword 37 ▲ 4

#6 in super keyword 37 ▲ 2

#21 in cause keyword 23 ▲ 5

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Super Simple Highlighter (v2025.04.27)

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User reviews

Super Simple Highlighter is praised for its simplicity, customization, and helpfulness in research and studying with color-coded highlights. However, multiple users report highlights disappearing after a few days and inconsistent or unreliable behavior on various sites and browsers. It also lacks support for hyperlink highlighting and can interfere with shortcuts in other apps, while requesting access to browser history has raised privacy concerns.

Pros

Easy to use and simple highlighter functionality
Supports color coding for highlights, useful for studying and note making
Allows user customization and keyboard shortcut setup
Works well on various types of content including dynamic documentation sites
Reliable and helpful for research and homework tasks

Cons

Highlights are not permanently saved and disappear after a few days
Inconsistent or unreliable performance on some sites and browsers, especially on Brave and Gmail
Does not support highlighting hyperlinks, only plain text
Conflicts with certain keyboard shortcuts in other applications like Google Docs
Requires access to browser history which raises privacy concerns

Recent reviews

Eu gostei de início, mas quando vou marcar a letra fica grande.

Emanuelle, 2025-05-09

Super Simple Highlighter is a perfect and error-free highlighter that I am using in my research. Great for highlighting text in articles.

Saman Mokhtabadamri, 2025-05-01

Didn't Work

Susnnon, 2025-04-22

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Super Simple Highlighter does not require any sensitive permissions.

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Super Simple Highlighter has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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