Online Notepad

Online Notepad is a plain text pad that saves itself as you type. There is no account, no sign-up and no document to name. Open the page, write, close the tab, and the note is there when you come back.

The note is stored in this browser's own storage rather than on a server. That is the whole reason to use a page like this instead of a document somebody else is holding: nothing you write is transmitted, so nothing can be read, scanned or lost in somebody else's outage. The trade is that the note belongs to this browser on this device. Clearing site data removes it, a private window will not keep it, and it will not appear on your phone. The download button is there for when you want a copy that outlives the browser.

Word count, character count and reading time update as you write, because a note is often being written to a length. The reading time uses 238 words a minute, which is the research figure for adult silent reading of ordinary prose.

• Saves automatically as you type
• Survives closing the tab and reopening the page
• Nothing is uploaded, so nothing can be read by anyone else
• Word, character and line counts as you write
• Reading time at 238 words a minute
• Download the note as a plain .txt file
• Copy the whole note in one press
• Warns you plainly when the browser will not allow storage

The online notepad is used by writers, developers, students, marketers and anyone else who needs the job done once without installing software. Common cases include:

• Jotting something down without opening an app
• Drafting a message or a post before pasting it somewhere
• Keeping a scratch list through a working day
• Stripping formatting by pasting rich text in and copying it back out
• Writing on a shared or locked-down computer with no editor installed