Saving web pages
Save the article you're reading as a clean note, with its pictures, from a browser extension or a bookmark.
One click turns the page you're reading into a note in your Clips folder, with its pictures, a link back to where it came from, and any tags you add. There are two ways to do it: the Save to Scratchpad extension, for Safari, Chrome, and Firefox, or a bookmark that works in any browser.
The extension
Get it for your browser from scratchpad.sh/extensions. In Safari, open the app once, then turn on Save to Scratchpad in Safari's Settings, under Extensions.
The extension needs a capture key, so it never holds your password:
- In Scratchpad, open Settings → Capture from anywhere and click Make a capture key. Copy it right away, because it's only shown once.
- Open the extension's settings, paste the key, and click Save. It checks that the key works before keeping it.
Then, on any page, click the Scratchpad button in your browser's toolbar, add tags if you like, and click Save. To keep just part of a page, select it first and tick Only what I selected.
The extension sends the page exactly as your browser shows it, so anything you can read, you can save, including articles behind a sign-in or a paywall. It does nothing until you click its button, and then reads only that tab.
The bookmark
Under Settings → Capture from anywhere, drag the Save to Scratchpad button to your browser's bookmarks bar. Click it on the page you want to save.
The bookmark asks Scratchpad to fetch the page itself, so it can only read pages that are open to everyone. For a page behind a sign-in or a paywall, it saves the link and the reason it couldn't read the rest.
What ends up in the note
The page's title, a link back to it, the site and author when the page names them, the date, and your tags, followed by the article with its headings, pictures, tables, and links. Menus, ads, comments, and share buttons are left behind. The pictures are saved in Scratchpad, so the note keeps them even if the page disappears.
Each page is its own note in Clips, which is made the first time you save one. Move it, edit it, and search it like any other note.
Last updated 19 October 2026