Read Later
A temporary bookmark focuses on reading later, rather than closing and removing, with several Vim keybindings!
As of June 2026, Read Later has 3,000 users and a 4.57/5 rating from 21 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.
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3.0K
3,000
Ratingdown 1.7 percent−1.7%
4.57
21 reviews
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21
Version
9.1.0
Manifest V3
History
2 snapshotsTracking since Apr 21, 2026.
View as table
| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 2026 | 3.0K | 4.65 | 20 | 9.1.0 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 3.0K | 4.65 | 20 | 9.1.0 |
| Now | 3.0K | 4.57 | 21 | 9.1.0 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- tabsstoragecontextMenusfavicon
- Host access
- None declared
Screenshots
About
Please check https://github.com/willbchang/chrome-read-later#readme for a better document. This page will automatically show up after installation.
Features
• Reading List
• Reading Progress: It saves the reading progress of current page.
• Sync in Cloud: Sync across Chrome browsers with one google account.
• Local History: Save the reading list history locally.
• Status Bar
• Row Number : Total Count
• History Icon: Click to on/off history mode.
• Export Icon: Click to export reading list to JSONL text/file.
• Import Icon: Click to import reading list from JSONL text/file.
• Options Icon: Click to open options page.
• Question Icon: Click to open the documentation & feedback page.
Usages
| Mac Keyboard | Windows Keyboard |
|------------------------+--------------------------------|
| Control | Ctrl |
| Option | Alt |
| Command | Windows |
| Delete | Backspace |
• Mouse Click
• Current Page:
• Right Click current page and select Read Later in context menus to save page info and close current tab.
• Right Click a link and select Read Later in context menus to save the target link info.
• Click the Read Later icon to open the Reading List(Popup Window).
• Reading List(Popup Window):
• Mouse Hover: show full title and link.
• Mouse Hover(image): show the delete icon.
• Click: open link in current tab.
• Click(image): delete current link.
• Alt + Click: open link in a new tab.
• Command + Click: open link in a new tab and stay in current tab, and keep reading list.
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Current Page:
• Alt + Shift + S: Save to reading list.
• Alt + Shift + Z: Zoom In/Out reading list.
If you pressed the shortcuts and it didn't work, please enter chrome://extensions/shortcuts in your address bar.
Find Read Later and set the shortcuts(resolve the keyboard shortcuts conflicts)
• Reading List(Popup Window):
• ↑: move to previous link.
• ↓: move to next link.
• Delete: delete current link.
• Command + z: restore a deletion.
• Enter: open select link in current tab.
• Alt + Enter: update link in a new tab.
• Command + Enter: open link in a new tab and stay in current tab, and keep reading list.
• For Vim user(Popup Window):
• Esc: close reading list.
• j: move to next link.
• k: move to previous link.
• gg: move to the first link.
• G: move to the last link.
• o: open select link in current tab.
• O: open link in a new tab and stay in current tab with reading list stay.
• dd: delete current link.
• u: restore a deletion.
• yy: copy current link.
• ,: open option page.
• ?: open documentation & feedback site.Technical
- Version
- 9.1.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 136KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- fbmfcfkokefgbmfcjahdmomlifclekib
- Developer ID
- ue1b10af016e63db871a578ac2d3606d1
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Dec 24, 2019
- Last Updated (Store)
- Dec 15, 2025
- Last Scraped
- Jun 5, 2026
- Website
- —
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