Online Notepad

This free online notepad opens instantly and saves what you write as you type, with no account and no install. Keep several notes side by side, preview Markdown, find and replace many words in one go, write full screen in focus mode, and download any note as text or Markdown whenever you want.

Does this online notepad save automatically?

Yes. It saves half a second after you stop typing, and again the moment you close the tab, switch apps or leave the page, so the last words you typed are not lost. The label above the editor reads Saved or Saving…, and if the browser ever refuses to save, it turns to Not saved and a warning tells you to download the note.

Several notes, listed on the left and titled from their first line.
Markdown preview, when you want headings, lists and links rendered.
Bulk find and replace: up to 20 word pairs in one pass, with an Undo.
Focus mode, full screen with nothing but your text.
Copy, or download as .txt or .md.

What we tested before trusting it with your notes

Test	What happened
Typed a line and reloaded the page a tenth of a second later	The line was there
Added a note in one tab while the notepad was open in another tab	Both tabs ended up with both notes
Swapped cat for dog and dog for cat with one Replace all	Every word swapped once, none swapped back
Made the browser refuse to save	The label turned to Not saved and a warning appeared, instead of failing in silence

Where are my notes saved, and when do they disappear?

In this browser only. There is no cloud, no backup and no sync. Nothing you write is uploaded, which is why it is instant and private, and also why it has limits.

What happens	Are your notes still there?
Close the tab, reopen later	Yes
Close the browser, restart the computer	Yes
Come back tomorrow, same browser	Yes
Safari, after seven days of browsing without opening this site	Maybe not, Safari can delete a site's storage after a week without a visit
Open the page on your phone or in another browser	No, storage belongs to one browser
Clear browsing data or site data	No, they are gone
Use private or incognito mode	No, wiped when the window closes

Can you get notes back after clearing the browser? No. There is no other copy to restore from, not even on our side. If a note matters, download it.

Can I use it in two tabs at once?

Yes. A note you add or change in one tab shows up in the others about a second later, and what one tab saves never wipes out the notes of another. Delete all notes in one tab clears them all. The one case to avoid: typing in the same note in two tabs at the same moment, because for that note the tab that saves last wins.

How much text can it hold?

Browsers give each site about 5 MB of this storage, shared by all your notes. In plain text that is millions of characters, far more than a scratchpad needs. If it ever fills up, the label says Not saved and a warning asks you to download the note, rather than letting your words vanish without notice.

How do I find and replace several words at once?

Open Find & replace and press Add another pair for each change, up to 20. Every pair shows its own match count, and Replace all applies them together in a single pass:

Find	Replace with	Why it matters
colour	color	the ordinary case, one spelling for another
cat	dog	swapping two words...
dog	cat	...works, because no pair rewrites another pair's result
New York	NYC	when two terms overlap, the longer one wins, so New alone is left for its own pair

Most simple replacers run one pair after another, so a swap turns every cat into a dog and then every dog, the new ones included, back into a cat. Search is literal: $5, 1+1 and (note) match exactly as typed. A bulk replace cannot be reversed with Ctrl+Z, so an Undo button sits next to Replace all until you type again.

What Markdown can I use?

A small, useful subset, the parts people actually type:

# through ###### for headings
**bold** and *italic*
`inline code` and triple-backtick blocks
- item for bullets, 1. item for numbers
> quoted line
--- for a horizontal rule
[text](https://example.com) for links

If you write plain text and never touch Preview, nothing changes. Markdown here is an option, not a format you are forced into.

Who can read my notes?

Nobody over the internet. Your text never leaves your device, so there is no server copy, and browser storage is locked to this one site. The real exception is local: anyone using the same browser profile on the same computer can open this page and read your notes, because there is no password. On a shared or public machine, press Delete all notes before you leave. It asks for a second click, and so does deleting a single note that has text in it, because neither can be undone.

What can't it do?

Sync between devices. No account and no server, so a note on your laptop cannot appear on your phone.
Back anything up. Download what matters.
Share a note by link. Copy the text or send the file.
Lock a note with a password.
Organize. No folders, tags or search across notes. It is a scratchpad, and it stays one on purpose.
Match patterns or whole words. cat also matches inside catalog. Patterns belong in the regex tester.
Rich text. No fonts, colours or images. Plain text with optional Markdown keeps it fast and portable.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need an account to use it?

No. There is no sign-up, no login and no email to hand over. Open the page and start typing. Everything you write is kept in your own browser, so the tool works the moment it loads and keeps working if your connection drops. That is the whole point of a quick notepad.

Where exactly are my notes saved?

In your browser local storage, on the device you are using, and nowhere else. Nothing is uploaded to a server and nobody else can read it. That makes it private and instant, but it also means the notes live with that one browser rather than with your account.

Will my notes still be here tomorrow?

Yes, in the same browser on the same device, as long as you do not clear your browsing data. They survive closing the tab, the browser and the computer. They do not survive clearing site data, private mode or a different browser, and Safari can delete them after seven days of browsing without a visit to this site.

Can I open my notes on my phone?

No, not the same ones. There is no sync, because there is no account and no server holding a copy. Notes written on your laptop stay on that laptop browser. If you need a note somewhere else, download it or copy the text and move it yourself.

Can I keep more than one note?

Yes. Click New note and it appears in the list on the left, titled from your first line automatically. Switch between notes with one click. The tool sets no limit of its own: all notes share the roughly 5 MB the browser gives each site, which is millions of characters of plain text.

Does it support Markdown?

Yes. Write in plain Markdown and press Preview to see it rendered, with headings, bold, italic, links, lists, quotes, horizontal rules and code blocks. Switch back to Edit at any time. You can also download the note as a .md file to use it anywhere else that reads Markdown.

How do I find and replace multiple words at once?

Open Find and replace, fill in the first pair, and press Add another pair for each extra word, up to 20. Each pair shows its match count, and Replace all swaps them in one pass, so trading cat for dog and dog for cat works. Undo puts the text back if the result is not what you wanted.

Can I use it in two tabs at the same time?

Yes. A note added or edited in one tab appears in the others about a second later, and no tab overwrites the notes of another. Delete all notes clears every open tab. The only clash is typing in the same note in two tabs at the same moment: for that note, the last tab to save wins.

Can anyone else see what I write?

Nobody over the internet. Your text never leaves your device, so there is no server copy and nothing tied to your IP, and browser storage is locked to this one domain. The exception is local: anyone using the same browser profile on the same computer can open the page and read your notes.

How do I erase everything?

Use the Delete all notes button under the editor. It removes every note and clears the stored data from this browser in one action, and it asks for a second click first because there is no undo. That is the button to use before you walk away from a shared or public computer.

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Built and tested by the ÆON Toolhub team. Last updated: October 19, 2026. How we test our tools