Web Markups

Web Markups help

Learn the Web Markups workflow.

Start with a real task: add an annotation, capture a screenshot, or record a browser tab. Each guide explains the controls, saved result, privacy boundary, and current limitations.

Add to ChromeTry the annotation demo

How do you use Web Markups? Open the extension on a regular webpage, choose a drawing or capture tool, complete the task, and return to Browse mode when you want the page to behave normally. Free annotations stay in Chrome extension storage, and local capture remains the default.

Start with one of these guides

Install Web Markups

Add the official extension, pin it in Chrome, activate it on a webpage, and check site access.

Annotate a webpage

Activate the toolbar, place arrows, lines, channels, or text, then select and edit the result.

Capture a screenshot

Save the visible tab or a selected rectangle as a local PNG, with annotations included.

Record a browser tab

Choose a tab in Chrome, follow the countdown, then pause, resume, finish, and save the recording.

Shortcuts, accounts, and troubleshooting

Keyboard shortcuts

Use or remap Chrome shortcuts for local tab and area screenshots or recordings.

Connect an account

Authorize the extension through the website and explicitly choose private cloud storage for one Pro capture.

Troubleshooting

Resolve toolbar, annotation, download, recording, shortcut, and account connection issues.

What you need before starting

  • Google Chrome on a desktop or laptop.
  • The official Web Markups extension installed from the Chrome Web Store.
  • A regular http:// or https:// webpage. Chrome blocks extensions on protected browser pages such as chrome:// settings.
  • No account for free drawing or local capture. A verified Free or Pro account is needed only for Pro capabilities such as Circle area capture, watermark-free screenshots, and explicit private cloud media storage.

How the main controls fit together

Launcher

Use the floating pencil button to turn Web Markups on or off. Turning it off hides the interface and annotation layer without deleting saved annotations.

Browse

Use Browse to select or move a markup while leaving ordinary webpage links, controls, typing, and scrolling available.

Capture

Click the camera for a visible-tab photo, or open its arrow menu to choose Photo or Video and Tab or Area.

Local-first by default

Annotation objects remain in Chrome extension storage. Screenshots and recordings save through Chrome Downloads unless a connected Pro user explicitly selects Cloud for the next capture. Connecting an account by itself does not upload annotations or media.