rm-email is a simple Chrome extension designed to hide email addresses on web pages by replacing them with custom text. You can also specify any text that will replace the email addresses found on the page.
- Automatically scans web pages for email addresses and replaces them.
- Customizable replacement text.
- Stores replacement text using Chrome's sync storage, allowing it to persist across sessions and devices.
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Clone or Download the Extension:
- Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/rm-email.git
- Or download the ZIP file and extract it to your preferred location.
- Clone this repository:
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Load the Extension in Chrome:
- Open your browser and go to
browser://extensions/(eg:chrome://extensions/). - Enable Developer mode (toggle in the top-right corner).
- Click on Load unpacked and select the folder where you cloned or extracted the extension.
- Open your browser and go to
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The
rm-emailextension is now loaded into your Chrome browser.
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Open the Extension Popup:
- Click on the extension icon (you may need to pin it from the extensions list).
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Change Default Replacement Text:
- Enter the text you want to replace email addresses with in the input field.
- Click the Set Replacement button.
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Email Replacement:
- When you visit any webpage, the extension will automatically find and replace email addresses with your custom text, e.g., replacing
[REDACTED]withdwight@schrutefarms.comif that's your preference.
- When you visit any webpage, the extension will automatically find and replace email addresses with your custom text, e.g., replacing
If you wish to modify or extend the extension, follow these steps:
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After making changes to the source code, reload the extension:
- Open
chrome://extensions/. - Click the Reload button next to the
rm-emailextension.
- Open
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Testing:
- Open any webpage containing email addresses to test if they are correctly replaced by your custom text.
- Sync Storage: The extension uses
chrome.storage.syncto store the replacement text, meaning the same setting will be available across any Chrome browser where you're logged in. - Mutation Observer: The extension continuously monitors changes to the webpage to ensure that dynamically loaded content (like new emails) is also processed.
This project is licensed under the MIT License.
Feel free to submit a pull request or report an issue. Contributions are welcome!