OnlyNotepadSaved on this deviceOnlyNotepadSaved on this deviceOnlyNotepad is a quiet online notepad for notes and checklists. Open the page and start typing: every note saves in your browser on this device as you write, so there’s nothing to sign up for and nothing to remember.
OnlyNotepad is a free online notepad that opens straight to a blank page. There’s no account, no email and no password: you write, and your words are kept. It’s a plain, fast notepad online, built for getting thoughts down rather than formatting them. Behind the page sits a calm scene, a night sky, a forest or a desert at dusk, so writing feels a little less like work.
A text note is a plain page with a title and as much text as you need. The bar under it counts words and characters and estimates reading time, which helps when a draft has a length limit.
Choose Checklist to make an online checklist instead. Each line is an item with its own checkbox. Press Enter to add the next item, Backspace in an empty item to remove it, or paste several lines to turn each one into an item. Ticked items stay where they are until you choose Clear checked, and Uncheck all resets a list you use again, like a weekly shop. Both can be undone.
Most places to keep notes online ask you to sign up first. OnlyNotepad doesn’t, because your notes don’t live on a server. They’re stored in your browser’s storage on the device you’re using and aren’t uploaded anywhere. Once the page has loaded, it keeps saving even if your connection drops.
The trade-off is worth knowing: notes don’t sync between devices or browsers, and clearing this site’s data deletes them. Export anything important to keep a copy.
Atmosphere switches between three themes: Night sky, Forest and Desert dusk. Each one changes the scene behind your page and the colours of the editor. Above the page you can pick a serif, sans or monospace font for your writing, and both choices are remembered next time.
When you want nothing but the words, Zen mode hides the notes list and most of the toolbar, so this digital notepad becomes a single, quiet page. Press Esc or the Zen button to bring everything back.
Open Export to take a note with you. Download as .txt saves a plain text file that opens in any editor. Print or save as PDF opens your browser’s print dialog with just the note on the page; choose Save as PDF as the destination to keep a PDF copy. Checklists export as simple lines marked [x] or [ ]. Copy puts the whole note on your clipboard.
If you want an online notepad editor that stays out of your way, bookmark this page and it’s ready whenever you are.
Yes. It’s free to use, with no sign-up and no paid plan. Ads on the page pay for it.
No. Open the page and start typing. There’s no sign-up, email or password.
In your browser’s storage on the device you’re using. They aren’t uploaded to a server, and they stay until you delete them or clear this site’s data. In a private or incognito window, they’re deleted when you close it.
No. Notes stay in this browser on this device and don’t sync anywhere else. To move a note, export it as a .txt file or PDF and open that on the other device.
Clearing cookies and site data for OnlyNotepad deletes your notes, and they can’t be recovered. Export important notes first to keep a copy.
Yes. Press + Checklist to start a list with a checkbox on every item. Ticked items stay in the list until you choose Clear checked.
Open Export. Download as .txt saves a plain text file. Print or save as PDF opens your browser’s print dialog; choose Save as PDF as the destination.
Yes. Once the page has loaded, every change still saves on your device without a connection.