Getting started
Linxshot is an extension for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Install it free from the Chrome Web Store or Microsoft Edge Add-ons.
- Open the page you want to keep and select the Linxshot icon in the browser toolbar.
- Choose a capture mode: a region, the visible area or the full page.
- Check the preview, then save. The capture goes into your local library with the page’s links kept in place.
You don’t need an account to capture and keep a local library.
Taking captures
- Region capture (scrollable)
- Drag to select an area. Drag to the bottom edge to keep scrolling and extend the capture down the page.
- Visible area capture
- Saves exactly what is on screen in the current browser view.
- Full page
- Captures the whole page from top to bottom, for long articles and documents.
Keyboard shortcuts
- Alt + Shift + A
- Region
- Alt + Shift + V
- Visible area
- Alt + Shift + F
- Full page
- Alt + Shift + H
- Library
On Mac, use Control + Shift instead of Alt + Shift. You can change any shortcut in your browser’s extension shortcut settings.
You can also start any capture, or open the library, from the page’s right-click menu. If you don’t need the preview, turn on Save without preview in Preferences and every capture goes straight to your library.
Links and annotations
When you capture a page, Linxshot records where each link sits on the image. In your library, links show as highlighted hotspots: select one to see the address and text of the link.
You can mark up a capture with shapes, arrows, a pen, a highlighter and text, and blur, crop or frame it. Links stay where they were. Pro adds numbers, stickers and images, and lets you choose the hotspot color.
Your library
Every capture is kept in a private library inside your browser. Sort captures into folders, mark favorites, switch between sort orders and select several captures to act on them at once.
- Search
- Search by capture name, website domain or link address. Deep search also looks at the page text inside captures: matching text turns yellow and matching links glow blue. Free covers captures from the last 5 days; Pro searches every capture.
- Recently deleted
- Deletes can be undone. Recently deleted keeps captures for 30 days before removing them.
- Library backup
- Export your library to a single .linxshot file, with images, link hotspots, folders and favorites, then import it into another Linxshot library. Your Pro license key is never included in backups.
Free and Pro
Free includes every capture mode, link hotspots, an unlimited local library, search by name, domain and links, deep search over the last 5 days, library backups, 3 linked PDF exports a day and 5 share links a day.
Pro is a one-time purchase that adds deep search across every capture, unlimited linked PDF exports, number, sticker and image annotations, selecting and copying page text, and custom hotspot colors. Purchase isn’t open yet.
Your data
Captures, links and your library are stored in your browser profile on this device. Nothing is uploaded unless you create a share link. Uninstalling the extension or clearing its data removes your library, so export a backup first if you want to keep it or move to another computer.
Troubleshooting
- A shortcut does nothing
- It may be unassigned or used by another extension. Check your browser’s extension shortcut settings and set a different combination.
- Linxshot doesn’t work on a page
- Browsers don’t let extensions capture their own pages, such as settings, new tabs and the extension store. Try again on a regular website.
- Links in a PDF can’t be clicked
- Some previewers show PDFs as images only. Open the file in a full PDF viewer such as Chrome, Edge, Adobe Acrobat or Apple Preview.
- A daily limit is reached
- Linked PDF exports and share links on Free have daily limits. Try again the next day, or upgrade to Pro once it’s available.
- I deleted a capture by mistake
- Open Recently deleted in the library and restore it within 30 days.
- My library is missing on a new computer
- Libraries don’t sync between devices. Export a backup on the old computer and import it on the new one.
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