Copy All Or Select Links On A Webpage From Firefox Context Menu

Firefox makes it wonderfully easy to copy a link. Right-click. Copy. Paste. Victory.
But the moment you need every link on a pageor just the handful inside a specific sectionFirefox’s default context menu starts feeling like it’s
powered by 2005-era patience and a cup of cold coffee.

The good news: you can absolutely copy all links or selected links from a webpage using a right-click workflow in Firefox.
The trick is knowing where Firefox stops… and where a well-chosen extension (or a built-in power-user fallback) starts.

What Firefox Can Do Natively (No Add-ons Required)

Copy one link from the context menu

On most pages, you can right-click any hyperlink and choose Copy Link. That places the URL on your clipboard.
If you’re a keyboard-and-mouse speed-runner, open the context menu and press the access key shown in the menu (often L) to trigger “Copy Link”
without hunting for it.

Copy the current page URL quickly

If you want the URL of the page you’re on (not a link inside it), you don’t need an add-on:

• Keyboard method: Press Ctrl + L (Windows) or Cmd + L (Mac) to highlight the address bar, then Ctrl/Cmd + C to copy.
• Mouse method: Click the address bar once (it usually highlights automatically), then copy.

Helpful… but it doesn’t solve the “copy 30 links from this page” problem. For that, you need a context-menu extender: an add-on that adds
“Copy Selected Links” or “Copy All Links” style commands to your right-click menu.

Why “Copy All Links” Isn’t a Built-In Firefox Button (And Why That’s Fine)

A modern webpage can contain hundreds of links: navigation, footer legal pages, social icons, hidden “skip to content,” sponsored modules, and that one
“Sign up for our newsletter” button that refuses to leave.

If Firefox shipped a default “Copy All Links” command, many people would click it once, paste the result, and immediately ask:
“Why did it include every menu item, privacy policy link, and the ‘Careers’ page from 2009?”

So Firefox keeps the default menu clean and leaves bulk-link workflows to extensionswhere you can choose your preferred behavior:
copy only visible links, copy links inside a selection, filter by domain, remove duplicates, include link text, and more.

Method 1: Copy Links Inside Highlighted Text (Best for “Selected Links”)

If your goal is: “I only want the links in this section,” the easiest approach is a selection-based add-on. The workflow is clean:

1. Highlight the part of the page that contains the links you want (drag your mouse to select the text area).
2. Right-click within the highlighted area.
3. Choose a new menu command like Copy Selected Links (added by the extension).
4. Paste into Notes, Google Docs, a spreadsheet, Slackwherever your links need to live.

When selection-based copying shines

• Research roundups: Copy only the list of sources under a specific heading.
• Resource pages: Grab the “Further reading” links without copying site navigation.
• Product category pages: Select the grid section and copy only product links.

Pro tip: choose your output format

Some link-copying extensions let you copy in different formats: plain URLs (one per line), “Title – URL,” Markdown links, or HTML anchors.
If you publish online, Markdown output is especially convenient: it pastes cleanly into many CMS editors and note tools.

Method 2: Copy Links From a Region (Great When Highlighting Is Awkward)

Some pages don’t highlight nicely: link cards, image-heavy layouts, or UI tiles that select in weird chunks.
In those cases, a “region/area” style extension is your friend.

These add-ons typically work like this:

1. Right-click near the section that contains the links you care about.
2. Choose a context menu option such as Copy Links or Extract Links.
3. The extension grabs links around that region or within your selection and copies them to the clipboard.

This style is perfect for pages where links are packed into cards, tiles, or lists that are visually obviousbut not easy to text-select.

Method 3: Copy All Links on the Page (Fastest “Everything, Please” Button)

If you truly want every hyperlink on the current page, look for a lightweight “copy all links” extension. Many of these add-ons do one simple job:
scan the page for anchor tags and copy their URLs to the clipboard.

How to use a “Copy All Links” context menu workflow

1. Install a “copy all links” style extension from the Firefox Add-ons store.
2. Visit the page you want to extract links from.
3. Right-click on a blank area of the page.
4. Choose Copy All Links (or similarly named command).
5. Paste the list anywhere you want (often it’s one URL per line).

Two important realities about “all links”

• You’ll get more than you expected: navigation, footer links, and UI links are still links.
• Duplicates happen: some pages repeat the same URL in multiple modules or tracking variants.

If you want more control, consider a feature-rich extractor that can filter by domain, remove duplicates, or show results in a list you can edit before copying.

Method 4: “Lasso” Multiple Links Like a Pro (Snap Boxes and Link Clumps)

If you love the idea of selecting links the way you select files on a desktopdrag a box around themthere are extensions made for exactly that.
They let you draw a rectangle over a set of links and then perform an action: open them, bookmark them, or copy them.

Typical lasso workflow

1. Activate the extension’s selection mode (often via a mouse gesture or modifier key).
2. Drag a selection rectangle around the links you want.
3. Choose the action: Copy is usually one of the options.
4. Paste your link list.

This method is a lifesaver for pages that are mostly links (search results, directories, category pages) where you want
some linksbut not necessarily all of them.

Make Your Copied Links Actually Useful (Formatting & Cleanup)

Choose a delimiter you can work with

The best output depends on where the links are going:

• One URL per line: ideal for spreadsheets, QA lists, and scripts.
• Comma-separated: useful for quick pastes into tools that expect lists.
• Markdown: great for notes, documentation, and many CMS editors.
• “Title URL” pairs: helpful for research summaries and editorial handoffs.

Watch for tracking parameters

If you copy links from social feeds or ad-heavy sites, you may see extra tracking bits (like UTM parameters).
If your goal is a clean citation list, consider trimming these down to the canonical URLor using an extension that can copy a “clean” version when available.

De-duplicate and filter

Copying all links from a page often captures repeated URLs. A quick cleanup trick:
paste into a spreadsheet, remove duplicates, then sort.
(It’s not glamorous, but neither is arguing with a footer.)

Safety Check: Don’t Install a Link-Copier That Acts Like a Link-Stealer

Extensions can be incredibly powerful because they interact with webpagesand that’s exactly why you should install them thoughtfully.
Before you add anything that touches “all websites,” do a quick sanity scan:

• Prefer the official Firefox Add-ons store for installation and updates.
• Check the permissions prompt: does it really need access to your data on all sites, or just clipboard input?
• Look at update recency and reviews: abandoned tools can still work, but they’re riskier to keep long-term.
• Install fewer extensions, not more: keep your browser leanyour future self will thank you.

A good link-copying extension should feel boring: copy links, paste links, end of story. If it asks for the world, consider whether you really need it.

Troubleshooting: When “Copy Link” Doesn’t Appear

Sometimes a “link” isn’t actually a normal hyperlink. It might be:

• A button powered by JavaScript (no real URL in the markup)
• A click handler on a div
• A fancy UI element that opens a modal or triggers a download

In those cases, the right-click menu might not show “Copy Link.” Two practical options:

Option A: Use Inspect for a one-off

1. Right-click the element and choose Inspect.
2. In the Inspector panel, look for an href attribute or a URL in the element’s properties.
3. Copy the URL from there.

Option B: Use a DevTools helper to copy all page links (advanced fallback)

If you’re comfortable with Developer Tools, Firefox’s console includes a helper called copy() that can copy text to your clipboard.
This is handy when you want a clean list and don’t want to install anything.

That copies every anchor URL on the page. From there you can paste, filter, and dedupe. It’s not a context-menu command,
but it’s a great backup plan when extensions aren’t allowed (work devices, locked-down profiles, etc.).

Conclusion: The Right-Click Workflow You’ll Actually Use

If you only need one link, Firefox already has you covered: right-click, Copy Link, paste.
If you need dozens, the best approach depends on your goal:

• Only some links: use a selection-based “Copy Selected Links” style extension.
• Links in a specific section: use a region/area extractor or a lasso-style add-on.
• Every link on the page: use a simple “Copy All Links” toolor an extractor with filters.
• No extensions allowed: use Inspect or the DevTools console helper as a fallback.

The goal isn’t to copy links. The goal is to copy useful linksquickly, cleanly, and without turning your clipboard into a dumpster fire of footer URLs.
With the right context menu setup, Firefox becomes a link-harvesting machine (the friendly kind).

Real-World Experiences (About )

In real life, “copy links from a webpage” rarely means “copy one link.” It usually shows up in a moment of mild chaos:
a deadline, a research sprint, or a Slack message that reads, “Can you send me all the references on that page?”

One common scenario is content research. Imagine building a blog post that references a dozen sourcesstudies, guidelines, news coverage,
and a couple of helpful explainers. You open a resource page, and it has a neat section titled “Recommended Reading” with 20 links.
Doing the one-by-one right-click routine feels like doing laundry with a toothbrush. A “Copy Selected Links” workflow changes that:
highlight the “Recommended Reading” section, right-click, copy the link list, and paste it into your notes.
Suddenly your research process becomes organized instead of… interpretive.

Another frequent use case is SEO and competitive analysis. You might be reviewing a competitor’s “Best Tools” roundup,
and you want to catalog which sites they’re linking out to. Copying all links is tempting, but it usually includes navigation and internal links,
which can drown the signal in noise. The best experience here tends to be region-based copying:
right-click near the article body (or select the main content) and extract links only from that area. Then you paste into a spreadsheet,
remove duplicates, and quickly spot patternslike repeated references to the same directories, affiliate networks, or partner sites.

There’s also the “I’m cleaning up a mess” experienceusually involving tracking parameters.
Copying links from social platforms, newsletters, or ad-heavy pages can produce URLs that look like they ran into a keyboard and survived.
People often discover that the “same” link appears multiple times with slightly different parameters.
The practical lesson: copy first, then clean. Paste into a spreadsheet, strip parameters if needed, and dedupe.
It’s not glamorous, but it keeps your saved lists readable and shareable.

A surprisingly wholesome use case is teaching and learning. Students gathering sources for a paper,
teachers collecting reading materials for a lesson plan, or anyone building a “read later” list tends to benefit from a clean bulk-copy workflow.
The real win isn’t speedit’s reduced friction. When collecting sources is easy, people collect better sources.

Finally, there’s the “enterprise reality” experience: locked-down browsers where you can’t install extensions.
In those cases, Developer Tools becomes the backup toolkit. The first time someone realizes they can extract all links with a quick console snippet,
it feels like discovering a hidden door in a video game. The second time, it feels like a dependable wrench in your toolbox.
And that’s the theme across all these experiences: the best solution is the one you’ll actually remember and use when you’re busy.
For most people, that means right-click context menu commandssimple, repeatable, and fast enough to keep momentum.