A plain text pad that keeps your notes in this browser, with word count, copy and a .txt download. No account needed.
An online notepad is a text box in your browser that keeps what you type, and this one saves it in this browser on this device about half a second after you stop typing, so your notes are still there when you come back. It uses the browser's own site storage, called localStorage, with no account and no server. Reload the page, close the tab or restart the computer and the text returns. A line under the box shows the time of the last save, such as Saved in this browser at 14:32. The pad holds plain text only, with no bold, no headings and one note at a time, up to 500,000 characters, counted the way the browser stores them, so an emoji uses 2 of them while the Characters count shows it as 1. If you reach that, the box stops accepting more and says so.
The notes live only in the browser and the browser profile you typed them in. Another browser, another device or a private window will show an empty pad, because nothing is synced. Clearing site data or cookies for this site deletes the notes, and a browser may also free site data on its own when the disk is nearly full, so the pad is not a backup. If the browser blocks saving, as some private windows do, or its storage for the site is full, the page says so in plain words and keeps the text only while the tab stays open. Download .txt is the way to keep a copy. Anyone who can open this browser profile can read the notes, so do not keep passwords or other secrets in the pad.
Words are runs of letters or digits, and an apostrophe inside a word stays part of it, so Buy milk, eggs and bread. is 5 words and 25 characters on 1 line. Characters are counted the way a person sees them, so an emoji is one. Lines count every line break, and a line break at the end starts one more empty line, so a, b and a final line break make 3 lines. Copy text puts the whole text on the clipboard. Download .txt saves a file named after the first line that has text: a first line of Shopping list gives Shopping list.txt, an empty pad gives notepad.txt, and characters a file name cannot hold, such as a colon or a slash, become a dash. Clear asks you to confirm in the page first, then empties the pad and removes the saved copy.
There is no sync between devices, no sharing link, no folders, no search across notes, no spell-check beyond what the browser offers in a text box, and no history to go back to once you clear it. The browser's own undo works inside the box while the tab is open. The counts are for planning, not for a word-limited submission, where you should check with the tool the submitter uses. The text is not sent anywhere; the only copy is in your browser's storage.
Yes. About half a second after you stop typing, the text is written to this browser's storage and the status line shows the time, such as Saved in this browser at 14:32. If you close the tab straight away, the last words are saved as the page closes.
The notes are kept per browser and per device. They are gone if you cleared site data or cookies, opened the page in a different browser or a private window, or the browser freed space. Notes are never copied to a server, so they cannot be restored from one.
Press Download .txt. The file is plain text and is named after the first line with text, so a first line of Shopping list gives Shopping list.txt. The button is off while the pad is empty, and a pad whose first line is not usable as a name downloads as notepad.txt.
Yes, 500,000 characters, where an emoji uses 2 of them (the Characters count shows it as 1). At that size the box stops accepting more, and a note tells you. Browsers set their own storage limit per site, often a few megabytes, so the limit leaves room for other tools. Download .txt before you start a long second note.
No. The text sits unencrypted in this browser's storage, readable by anyone who can open the same browser profile. Use a password manager for passwords, and keep the notepad for plain notes.
No. The text is processed in your browser and not uploaded. The saved copy lives in your browser's own storage on this device. Google Analytics counts visits and copy and download presses, never the text, its length or its file name.