What changed in the extension, version by version, newest first. It started as a way to allow copy on protected websites. Now it can also copy text from images, paste where sites block it and send text to ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
The Grab Text panel over images now has a download button: hover a picture, click it, and the image is saved to your computer, even where the site doesn't let you save it. Grab Text finds more pictures on the page, and Force Paste was improved and optimized to work reliably on more sites.
See how Grab Text worksGrab Text returns, rebuilt from scratch. Hover a picture or a canvas, click Grab Text, and the recognized text appears right on top of the image, ready to select and copy.
Read release detailsSome sites cancel Ctrl+V. Force Paste puts your copied text into the field anyway: sign-up forms, rich text and code editors, Google Docs, iframes. Right-click or press Alt+Shift+V.
Read release detailsNot everyone needs Ask AI forever. Besides the lifetime license there's now a 30-day pass: you pay once, it doesn't renew on its own.
See Pro featuresDefault keyboard shortcuts are registered properly after install, and several bugs in screenshot area selection are fixed. The extension's toolbar now hides while you take a screenshot, so it doesn't end up in the picture.
Select any area of a page and send it as an image to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or another chat that understands pictures. Default shortcut: Alt+3.
How Ask AI worksSelect text on any page, even where copying is blocked, and send it to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek and other chats with one click. Add a ready prompt like “translate” or “explain” if you want.
Read release detailsThe options page now lets you choose which Allow Copy + items appear in the right-click menu, or hide them completely if you prefer the toolbar icon.
We improved and optimized copy unlocking, so it now works on more heavily protected sites. The extension's own buttons and panels are also protected from site styles, so they always look right.
Improved and optimized text unlocking: selection now stays on even on pages that try to turn it off.
Chrome updates extensions on its own, usually within a few hours after a release. To get it right away, open chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode and click Update.
Open chrome://extensions and find Allow Copy +: the version number is shown on its card. You can compare it with the list above.
No. Your unlocked sites, shortcuts and Ask AI settings stay as they are. A paid license stays active too.
Allow Copy + is free in the Chrome Web Store. Updates arrive automatically.
Add to Chrome, it's freeThere's no big company behind Allow Copy +. Each release on this page was written, tested and published by us at PiDevEx, and copy unlocking has been free from day one. If the extension saves you time, buy us a coffee, pick up a Pro feature or leave a review. Any of it helps us keep shipping updates.
