VKT Toolkit · August 28, 2026 · 8 min read

How to Extract All Links From a Webpage — Chrome Extension Guide (2026)

You're staring at a webpage with hundreds of links — product pages, blog posts, partner sites, anchor tags buried in nested divs. You need them all. Maybe you're auditing a site for SEO, checking for broken links, or mapping a competitor's internal linking structure. The question is: how do you extract all links from a webpage without spending an hour right-clicking and copying?

In this guide, we'll walk through three proven methods to extract every hyperlink from any page, ranked from most tedious to most efficient. By the end, you'll know exactly which approach fits your workflow — and why one Chrome extension makes the entire process take about two seconds.

Why Would You Need to Extract All Links?

Before diving into methods, let's cover the most common use cases. If you've landed on this page, you probably need to extract links for one of these reasons:

• SEO auditing: Check internal linking structure, find orphan pages, verify that important pages are linked from the homepage or top-level navigation.
• Broken link checking: Pull all URLs from a page, then run them through a 404 checker to find dead links that hurt user experience and search rankings.
• Competitor analysis: See who a competitor links to — partners, tools, resources, affiliate programs. Great for backlink research and partnership outreach.
• Content research: Collect all reference links from a research article, documentation page, or resource directory in one go.
• Data migration: When rebuilding or redesigning a site, extract all links from the old version to create redirect maps and ensure nothing breaks.

Whatever the reason, you need the links fast, complete, and in a usable format. Let's look at how to get them.

Method 1: Chrome DevTools (Free but Slow)

Chrome's built-in developer tools can extract links, but the process is manual and technical. Here's how it works:

1. Open the webpage in Chrome;
2. Press F12 (or right-click → Inspect) to open DevTools;
3. Switch to the Console tab;
4. Paste this JavaScript snippet:
   copy([...document.querySelectorAll('a[href]')].map(a => a.href).join('\n'))
5. Press Enter. All links are now copied to your clipboard.

Pros: Free, no extension needed, works on any Chromium browser. Cons: Requires JavaScript knowledge, no filtering or sorting, no export to file, links are unformatted raw URLs, and it only captures links present in the DOM at that moment — if the page loads more content on scroll (infinite scroll, lazy-loaded sections), those links are missed.

Method 2: Online Link Crawlers (Convenient but Risky)

Several web-based tools let you enter a URL and crawl the page for links. Popular options include Screaming Frog (desktop app), Ahrefs Site Audit, and free tools like extract.link or linkextractor.net.

These tools typically work by fetching the page server-side and parsing the HTML. Some advantages:

• They can crawl an entire site (not just one page);
• Many offer built-in broken link detection;
• Some provide export to CSV, Excel, or Google Sheets.

However, there are significant drawbacks:

• Privacy risk: You're sending a URL — and sometimes page content — to a third-party server. This is a dealbreaker for internal dashboards, staging sites, or any page behind authentication.
• Incomplete results: Server-side crawlers can't execute JavaScript. If the page is a single-page application (SPA) or uses dynamic loading, the crawler sees only the initial HTML and misses links rendered by JavaScript.
• Rate limits and costs: Free tiers usually cap you at a few hundred pages. Full crawling requires paid subscriptions that cost $50–$200/month.
• Speed: Even a single-page scan can take 5–30 seconds depending on server load and page complexity.

Method 3: VKT LinkHarvest — One-Click, Local, Free (Recommended)

VKT LinkHarvest is a Chrome extension purpose-built to extract all links from any webpage. It runs entirely in your browser — no servers, no uploads, no data leaving your machine. Here's how to use it:

1. Install LinkHarvest from the Chrome Web Store or Edge Add-ons;
2. Open any webpage you want to scan;
3. Click the LinkHarvest icon in your toolbar — or right-click anywhere and select \u201cExtract page links\u201d;
4. All <a> tag links appear in a clean, sortable table;
5. Use the keyword filter to include or exclude specific URLs;
6. Sort by URL, domain, or occurrence count (how many times each link appears on the page);
7. Click \u201cCopy Filtered\u201d to copy to clipboard (free), or \u201cExport CSV\u201d for a spreadsheet-ready file (Premium, one-time $9.99).

The entire process takes under two seconds on most pages. For large pages with 500+ links, it might take three.

Comparison: 3 Methods to Extract Webpage Links

How to Use LinkHarvest for Specific Tasks

SEO Audit: Check Internal Linking

Load your target page, scan with LinkHarvest, then use the filter field to show only links containing your domain name. This isolates internal links. Check the occurrence count — pages linked more frequently from the homepage typically get more link equity. If an important page shows zero internal links, that's a problem to fix.

Broken Link Detection Workflow

Extract all links, export as CSV (or copy the filtered list), and paste into a broken link checker. This two-step workflow is faster than running a full site crawl because you can target specific pages — like your top 10 landing pages — instead of waiting for a site-wide audit.

Competitor Link Mapping

Visit a competitor's blog post or resource page, scan with LinkHarvest, and filter by external links only. You'll immediately see which tools, partners, and resources they're linking to. Export the list and cross-reference with your own content to find gaps and opportunities.

SPA and Infinite Scroll Pages

This is where LinkHarvest really shines. Most link extraction methods only capture what's in the DOM at the moment you run them. LinkHarvest's real-time DOM monitor (powered by MutationObserver) automatically detects when new content loads — whether it's from scrolling, clicking a tab, or a JavaScript route change. New links are added to the list in real time without rescanning.

Technical Details

For the curious, here's what makes LinkHarvest different under the hood:

• Manifest V3 compliant: Built on Chrome's latest extension architecture for security and performance;
• Under 100KB: No bloated dependencies, no background processes consuming memory;
• 6 languages supported: English, Chinese, Japanese, German, Spanish, French;
• Cross-browser: Works on Chrome, Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, and all Chromium-based browsers;
• Zero tracking: No analytics, no telemetry, no data collection of any kind.

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