How to Scrape Text from Websites Using a Chrome Extension
Patrick Bushe · May 1, 2026
For case files and research databases, use the database's own export or download options first; they're usually cleaner and within its terms. For a single page, Chrome's Reading mode shows just the article text, ready to copy. For bulk extraction, scraping extensions such as Web Scraper can collect text from chosen elements across many pages. AutoBrowser doesn't extract text.
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