You can customize SingleFile through the options page. Right-click on SingleFile button in the browser toolbar and select "Options"/"Manage
extension" in the context menu to open the options page.
Profiles
A profile is a set of user-defined options associated to a unique name.
The drop-down list in the upper right of the options page allows you to select a profile and modify the associated options. The buttons next to the drop-down list allows you respectively to create, delete and rename a profile.
You can select the default profile through the context menu of SingleFile. The selection is persistent and applied to all tabs.
You can also override the default profile by associating a profile to a complete or partial URL. See the description of the Auto-settings rules feature for more info.
User interface
Check this option to display an entry for SingleFile in the context menu of the webpage. The
context menu of the SingleFile button in
the extension toolbar is displayed whether this option is checked or not.
It is recommended to check this option
Check this option to overlay a shadow on the page when SingleFile is retrieving page resources. This reminds you that you should not close the tab.
It is recommended to check this option
Check this option to display the ℹ button at the top right of the page when viewing a saved page. By clicking this button, you can get more information about the saved date and open the original URL.
It is recommended to check this option
The template allows you to customize the content displayed in the infobar. You can use any
valid character, \n
for new lines or \t
for tabs. You can also use
any variables from this list anywhere in the template. If
the template or the resulting content is empty, the infobar will display the saved date by
default.
Template examples:
{url-href} ({date-iso})
will produce contents like "https://www.example.com
(2018-09-15 11 06 03 PM)".Title: {page-title}
will produce contents like "Title: Example Domain" for
a page having "Example Domain" as title.Check this option to display a prompt dialog in order to confirm the infobar content before saving the page.
Check this option to display the saved page in a new tab. This option can be useful, for example, in order to check the page is properly saved.
Check this option to automatically close the tab after saving the page displayed inside.
File name
The template allows you to customize the file name of saved pages. You can use any valid character and "/" to create sub-folders (with the option "save pages in background" active). You can also use any variables from this list anywhere in the template.
Invalid characters are automatically transformed and collapsed to underscores. File names
cannot exceed 192 characters and are truncated if longer. The invalid characters are:
[
~
+
\
?
%
*
:
|
"
<
>
and control characters from 0 to 31 in the ASCII table.
Template examples:
{page-title} ({date-iso} {time-locale}).html
will produce filenames like
"Introduction to SingleFile (2018-09-15 11_06_03 PM).html" for a page having
"Introduction to SingleFile" as title.archives/{url-last-segment} - {date-iso}
will produce filenames like
"welcome - 2018-09-15" for a page hosted on https://example.com/welcome.html. The saved
files will be saved in the sub-directory "archives".archives/{year-locale}/{month-locale}/{day-locale}/{page-title}.html
will
produce filenames like "Introduction to SingleFile.html" stored into 3 sub-directories
in the "archives" folder, one for each part of the save date (e.g.
"2018/9/15/Introduction to SingleFile.html").Specify the maximum length in bytes of the filename.
Check this option to display the "Save as" dialog in order to confirm the file name before saving the page. If the option "save pages in background" is unchecked then a prompt dialog will be displayed instead of the "Save as" dialog.
Choose the most appropriate action when the filename of the saved page is conflicting with existing ones on the filesystem. The "skip duplicate files" action only detects duplicates among files downloaded during the current browsing session.
HTML content
Check this option to remove all HTML comments and unneeded tags, spaces, quotes and whitespace characters. Checking this option helps to reduce the size of the file without altering the document.
It is recommended to check this option
Check this option to remove all link elements used to import HTML documents. Checking this option can help to reduce the size of the file without altering the document.
It is recommended to check this option
Check this option to remove all hidden elements. Checking this option can help to reduce the size of the file without altering the document. It may also increase the CPU consumption and the time needed to save a page.
It is recommended to check this option
Check this option to add a meta tag with a policy to block any external resources from being loaded.
It is recommended to check this option
Check this option to remove all frame and iframe elements. Checking this option can considerably reduce the size of the file without altering the document most of the time. It may also decrease the time needed to save a page.
Check this option to display the ℹ button at the top right of the page when viewing a saved page in a browser where SingleFile is not installed.
Check this option to save the raw HTML file that the browser received. When this option is checked, the page will be saved as if JavaScript was disabled. Checking this option may alter the document.
It is recommended to uncheck this option
Stylesheets
Check this option to remove all the CSS rules and styles that do not match any element in the saved page. Checking this option will not alter the document and can considerably reduce the size of the file. It will also increase the CPU consumption and the time needed to save a page.
It is recommended to check this option
Check this option to remove stylesheets that are not used for the screen display like stylesheets for print preview and speech synthesizers. Checking this option can help to reduce the size of the file.
Check this option to minify CSS stylesheets. Checking this option can reduce size of the file without altering the document. It may also increase the CPU consumption and the time needed to save a page.
It is recommended to uncheck this option
Images
Check this option to avoid saving multiple times duplicate images. Checking this option should not alter the document in modern browsers and can considerably reduce the size of the file.
It is recommended to check this option
Check this option to save all the deferred images that are not yet displayed. This may help to save all the images without scrolling the page. This feature does its best effort and is not guaranteed to work on all sites. It will also increase the time needed to save a page.
It is recommended to check this option
Specify the maximum delay of time to wait for deferred images. You can increase this value if for example the network or system conditions are degraded. You can also decrease this value otherwise.
Check this option to save the entire content of a page by zooming out the page. This can help saving pages using infinite virtual lists for example.
It is recommended to uncheck this option
Check this option to remove images that are alternatives in lower and/or higher resolutions to the ones displayed by default. Checking this option can considerably reduce the size of the file.
Fonts
Check this option to remove all font CSS rules that do not match any content. Checking this option should not alter the document and can considerably reduce the size of the file.
It is recommended to check this option
Check this option to remove fonts that are alternatives to the ones used. Checking this option should not alter the document and can considerably reduce the size of the file.
It is recommended to check this option
Other resources
Check this option to remove all the JavaScript scripts. Unchecking this option may alter the document and may introduce privacy or security issues.
It is recommended to check this option
Check this option to empty the "src" attribute of all video elements.
It is recommended to check this option
Check this option to empty the "src" attribute of all audio elements.
It is recommended to check this option
Destination
Check this option to save the downloaded page on the filesystem of your computer.
It is recommended to check this option
Check this option to copy the page to the clipboard.
It is recommended to uncheck this option
Check this option to save the page on GitHub. See the documentation page to learn how to configure SingleFile to save pages on GitHub. Warning: once a page saved on GitHub, it is complicated to delete it, see the documentation page on GitHub for more information.
It is recommended to uncheck this option
Enter your personal access token on GitHub, see the documentation page on GitHub for more information.
Enter your user name on GitHub.
Enter the name of the repository on GitHub where the saved pages will be archived, see the documentation page on GitHub for more information on how to create a repository.
Enter the repository branch name where pages will be archived. The branch must exist on GitHub, see the documentation page on GitHub for more information on how to publish the branch on github.io.
Check this option to save the page on Google Drive.
The permissions requested by SingleFile allow it to access only to the files and folders it has created. When you uncheck this option, SingleFile revokes automatically its access to your Google Drive account.
It is recommended to uncheck this option
Check this option to delegate the saving process to SingleFile Companion. It is a program that runs outside the browser and can help to make the saving process more transparent. It also allows the pages to be saved in another directory than the download directory. You can find more info here
It is recommended to uncheck this option
Annotation editor
Select the default mode when opening the annotation editor. The available choices are:
normal
: default valueedit the page
: enable the button format the page
: enable the button remove elements
: enable the button remove external elements
: enable the button Uncheck this option if you do not want to apply the theme of the operating system or the browser (e.g. dark or light) when you click on the button "Format the page for better readability" in the annotation editor.
Check this option to display a blocking popup when you leave the annotation editor (e.g. close the tab) without saving the changes.
It is recommended to check this option
Check this option to open the annotation editor before saving any page. Checking this option removes the entry "Annotate and save the page..." from the context menu.
It is recommended to uncheck this option
Check this option to open the annotation editor when displaying a page saved by SingleFile.
It is recommended to uncheck this option
Bookmarks
Check this option to save pages that you add into your bookmarks. Note that if the page is to be saved is not already displayed in a tab, SingleFile will open temporarily a new tab to save the page.
It is recommended to uncheck this option
Check this option to replace the URL of the page added into your bookmark with the file URI of the saved page on your disk.
It is recommended to uncheck this option
Enter a list of bookmark folder names to ignore. The folder names must be separated with a comma. SingleFile will ignore bookmarks added in folders that contains these names.
Enter a list of bookmark folder names to allow. The folder names must be separated with a comma. SingleFile will only save pages added in folders that contains these names.
Auto-save
Check this option to auto-save pages after being loaded. If you browse to another page before the page is fully loaded then the page will be saved just before being unloaded. With this option active, you are guaranteed pages will always be saved. Some frame contents may be missing (if you checked "remove frames") when pages are saved before being unloaded.
Check this option to auto-save pages after being loaded.
Check this option to auto-save pages before being unloaded instead of saving pages after being loaded. With this option active, you are guaranteed pages will always be saved but some frame contents may be missing (if you checked "remove frames").
Check this option to auto-save pages when discarding a tab. Some frame contents may be missing (if you checked "remove frames").
Check this option to auto-save pages when closing a tab. Some frame contents may be missing (if you checked "remove frames").
Specify the delay in seconds to wait before saving a page when the "auto-save on page load or on page unload" or "auto-save on page load" is checked.
Check this option to auto-save pages periodically after load.
Specify the delay in seconds to wait before each page saving when the "auto-save periodically" option is checked.
Check this option to delegate the capturing and saving process to SingleFile Companion. It is a program that runs outside the browser and can help to make the saving process more transparent. It also allows the pages to be saved in another directory than the download directory. You can find more info here
Misc.
Check this option to remove from the saved page embedded resources (i.e. images, stylesheets, scripts and iframes) that exceeds a given size.
Specify the maximum size of embedded resources in megabytes.
Check this option to pass the HTTP header "Referer" with the "origin" policy after an 401, 403, or 404 HTTP error when downloading a cross-origin resource. You should enable this option if you cannot download resources blocked by a hotlink protection.
It is recommended to uncheck this option
Check this option to create a worldwide proof of the existence of the page you want to save.
More information doc.woleet.io
Enter your personal access token on Woleet, see the registration page on Woleet for more information.
Uncheck this option if you get invalid file names like "37bec68b-446a-46a5-8642-19a89c231b46.html" or interrupted downloads when saving pages. You can also uncheck this option if you want the "Save as" dialog to remember the last saved path. Unchecking this option prevent using sub-directories in filename templates.
It is recommended to check this option
Check this option to display stats about processing in the JavaScript developer tools of your browser. Checking this option may increase the CPU consumption and the time needed to save a page.
It is recommended to uncheck this option
Auto-settings rules
Form buttons
Check this option to synchronize your options and make them available in all instances of the browser you are logged into, on different devices.
Reset all options to their default values.
The annotation editor can be opened by selecting "Annotate and save the page" in the context menu or by enabling the option "Annotation editor > edit page before saving". It allows you to:
Ctrl-P
Ctrl-S
You can use the following keyboard shortcuts when removing contents with or
:
Tab
: expand the selectionShift-Tab
: reduce the selectionSpace
: remove the selected elementCtrl-Z
: undo the last removalCtrl-Shift-Z
: redo the last removalCtrl
: select/unselect multiple elements, releasing the Ctrl
key
validates the selectionShift
: temporarily reverse the type of removal (i.e. removal of inner elements or
removal of outer elements) on the last selected element and reset the other selected elements if
anyEscape
: reset selected elementsThe template variables are used to customize the infobar content or the file name of a saved page. They help to insert dynamic values like the save date or the page title.
You can limit the length of a dynamic value by adding [maxByteSize]
just after
the variable name. The maxByteSize
value is the maximum length of the value in bytes
(e.g. `{page-title}[20]` to limit the title to 20 bytes).
{page-title}
: the title of the page{page-heading}
: the content of the H1 tag in the page{page-language}
: the language of the page{page-description}
: the description of the page{page-author}
: the author of the page{page-creator}
: the creator of the page{page-publisher}
: the publisher of the page{datetime-iso}
: the save date and time in the ISO format (e.g.
"2018-09-15T22_38_26_317Z"){datetime-utc}
: the save date and time in UTC format (e.g. "Sat, 15 Sep 2018
22_38_26 GMT"){datetime-locale}
: the localized value of the date and time (e.g. "9_16_2018,
12_54_31 AM"){date-iso}
: the save date in the ISO format (e.g. "2018-09-15"){date-locale}
: the localized value of the save date (e.g. "16_09_2018"){time-iso}
: the save time in the ISO format (e.g. "22_38_26_317"){time-locale}
: the localized value of the save time (e.g. "00_38_26"){time-ms}
: the save time is ms since the Unix Epoch (e.g. 1563582018000){day-utc}
: the day of the save date in UTC format (e.g. "15"){day-locale}
: the localized value of the day (e.g. "15"){month-utc}
: the month of the save date in UTC format (e.g. "09"){month-locale}
: the localized value of the month (e.g. "09"){year-utc}
: the year of the save date in UTC format (e.g. "2018"){year-locale}
: the localized value of the year (e.g. "2018"){hours-utc}
: the hour of the save date in UTC format (e.g. "20"){hours-locale}
: the localized value of the hour (e.g. "22"){minutes-utc}
: the minutes of the save date in UTC format (e.g. "38"){minutes-locale}
: the localized value of the minutes (e.g. "38"){seconds-utc}
: the seconds of the save date in UTC format (e.g. "31"){seconds-locale}
: the localized value of the seconds (e.g. "31"){visit-datetime-iso}
: the visit date and time in the ISO format (e.g.
"2018-09-15T22_38_26_317Z"){visit-datetime-utc}
: the visit date and time in UTC format (e.g. "Sat, 15 Sep 2018
22_38_26 GMT"){visit-datetime-locale}
: the localized value of the date and time (e.g. "9_16_2018,
12_54_31 AM"){visit-date-iso}
: the visit date in the ISO format (e.g. "2018-09-15"){visit-date-locale}
: the localized value of the visit date (e.g. "16_09_2018"){visit-time-iso}
: the visit time in the ISO format (e.g. "22_38_26_317"){visit-time-locale}
: the localized value of the visit time (e.g. "00_38_26"){visit-time-ms}
: the visit time is ms since the Unix Epoch (e.g. 1563582018000)
{visit-day-utc}
: the day of the visit date in UTC format (e.g. "15"){visit-day-locale}
: the localized value of the day (e.g. "15"){visit-month-utc}
: the month of the visit date in UTC format (e.g. "09"){visit-month-locale}
: the localized value of the month (e.g. "09"){visit-year-utc}
: the year of the visit date in UTC format (e.g. "2018"){visit-year-locale}
: the localized value of the year (e.g. "2018"){visit-hours-utc}
: the hour of the visit date in UTC format (e.g. "20"){visit-hours-locale}
: the localized value of the hour (e.g. "22"){visit-minutes-utc}
: the minutes of the visit date in UTC format (e.g. "38"){visit-minutes-locale}
: the localized value of the minutes (e.g. "38"){visit-seconds-utc}
: the seconds of the visit date in UTC format (e.g. "31"){visit-seconds-locale}
: the localized value of the seconds (e.g. "31"){url-href}
: the URL of the page (e.g. "http://example.com/category/index.html")
{url-href-flat}
: the URL of the page with replaced slashes (e.g.
"http__example.com_category_index.html"){url-pathname}
: the path name of the URL (e.g. "category/index.html"){url-pathname-flat}
: the path name of the URL with replaced slashes (e.g.
"category_index.html"){url-last-segment}
: the last part of the pathname (without the extension) or the
host if not found (e.g. "index"){url-protocol}
: the protocol of the URL (e.g. "https"){url-host}
: the host name + the port of the URL (e.g. "example.com_8080"){url-hostname}
: the host name of the URL (e.g. "example.com"){url-port}
: the port of the URL (e.g. "8080"){url-username}
: the user name of the URL (e.g. "john_doe"){url-password}
: the password of the URL (e.g. "qwerty123"){url-search}
: the search string of the URL (e.g. "order=ascending"){url-search-<name>}
: the query parameter "<name>" in the the search
string of the URL (e.g. "url-search-order" will return "ascending" in the previous example){url-hash}
: the hash of the URL (e.g. "chapter-2"){url-referrer}
: the URI of the page that "linked" to the page (e.g.
"http://example.com"){url-referrer-flat}
: the URI of the page that "linked" to the page with slashed
replaced (e.g. "http_example.com"){bookmark-pathname}
: the path name of the newly created bookmark (e.g. "My
Bookmarks/Last Month") when the option "Bookmarks > save the page of a
newly created bookmark" is enabled{bookmark-pathname-flat}
: the path name of the newly created bookmark with replaced
slashes (e.g. "My Bookmarks_Last Month") when the option "Bookmarks > save the page of a
newly created bookmark" is enabled{tab-id}
: the unique identifier of the tab (e.g. "326"){tab-index}
: the index of the tab in the window (e.g. "1"){digest-sha-256}
: the SHA-256 hash value of the entire page content (e.g.
e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855){digest-sha-384}
: the SHA-384 hash value of the entire page content{digest-sha-512}
: the SHA-512 hash value of the entire page content{profile-name}
: the name of the profile used to save the pagePlease follow these steps if you find an unknown issue:
Suggestions are welcome :)