Last updated: 8 September 2026
Page2Markdown does not collect, transmit, or store your personal data. It has no server, no account, and no analytics. Everything it does happens inside your own browser, and the files it produces are written straight to your computer.
When you click the toolbar icon, press the keyboard shortcut, or use the right-click menu, the extension reads the content of the page you are currently viewing so it can convert that page to Markdown. It reads that page at that moment only. It does not run in the background, does not watch your browsing, and has no access to any other tab.
The converted Markdown goes to exactly one of two places, both chosen by you: a file in your Downloads folder, or your clipboard. It is never sent anywhere else. The extension makes no network requests of its own.
Your settings — which frontmatter fields to include, the filename template, image handling,
and Markdown style — are saved through Chrome's storage.sync API, so they follow
your Chrome profile.
The converted text of a page you capture is held briefly in local storage so the editor tab can pick it up, then deleted as soon as you save it — and automatically after 24 hours if you never do. It stays on your machine the whole time. No browsing history is ever stored.
| Permission | Why it is needed |
|---|---|
activeTab |
Read the current page when you ask for it. Deliberately chosen over broad host permissions so the extension has no standing access to any website. |
scripting |
Run the conversion code inside that tab. |
downloads |
Save the Markdown file to your Downloads folder. |
storage |
Remember your settings, and hold the converted text for the moment between capturing a page and the editor tab opening. That draft is deleted the moment you save, and after 24 hours in any case. |
contextMenus |
Add the right-click menu entries. |
No third-party code runs inside this extension. There are no trackers, no analytics, and no advertising. All code ships inside the package; nothing is downloaded or executed at runtime.
The editor and the settings page carry plain links to the project's source code on GitHub and, optionally, to a "buy me a coffee" page. They are ordinary links that open in a new tab. Nothing is loaded from those sites into the extension, no payment is handled inside the extension, and nothing about you is sent anywhere unless you choose to follow a link.
The extension collects no data from anyone, including children.
If this policy ever changes, the updated version will be published at this address with a new date at the top.
Questions about this policy, or anything else about the extension: open an issue on GitHub.