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The Minimal Chrome Extension offers multiple ways to save bookmarks, from quick toolbar clicks to powerful keyboard shortcuts.

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Toolbar Click

The fastest way to save a page is clicking the extension icon in your browser toolbar.
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Navigate to a Page

Open any webpage you want to save
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Click the Extension Icon

Click the Minimal icon in your toolbar. The current page is instantly saved.
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Confirmation

A notification appears confirming the bookmark was saved
The extension automatically extracts the page title and favicon. You can edit these later in your Minimal dashboard.

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Context Menu

Right-click context menus provide quick access to save functionality.

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Save Current Page

  1. Right-click anywhere on a webpage
  2. Select Save to Minimal from the context menu
  3. The page is saved to your default group

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Save a Link

  1. Right-click any link on a webpage
  2. Select Save link to Minimal from the context menu
  3. The linked URL is saved without navigating to it
Saving links is perfect for building a reading list without opening dozens of tabs.

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Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts provide the fastest workflow for power users.
ShortcutActionDescription
Cmd+Shift+K (Mac)
Ctrl+Shift+K (Windows/Linux)		Keep current tabSave the active tab
Cmd+Shift+L (Mac)
Ctrl+Shift+L (Windows/Linux)		Keep all unsaved tabsSave all open tabs in the current window

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Customize Keyboard Shortcuts

You can customize these shortcuts to match your workflow:
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Open Chrome Extensions

Navigate to chrome://extensions/ in Chrome
2

Open Shortcuts Settings

Click the menu icon (☰) in the top left and select “Keyboard shortcuts”
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Find Minimal Extension

Scroll to the Minimal extension section
4

Rebind Shortcuts

Click on a shortcut field and press your desired key combination

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Save All Tabs

The “Keep all tabs” feature is perfect for research sessions or topic-based browsing. Using the keyboard shortcut Cmd+Shift+L (Mac) or Ctrl+Shift+L (Windows/Linux), you can save all open tabs in the current window at once.
Only unsaved tabs are saved. If a tab’s URL already exists in your bookmarks, it will be skipped.

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Destination Groups

By default, manually saved bookmarks go to your oldest group (typically your first created group). Auto-captured bookmarks from X/Twitter and browser bookmarks are automatically organized into special import groups:
  • Imported - X: For tweets bookmarked on X/Twitter
  • Imported - Browser: For bookmarks created through Chrome’s native system
These groups are created automatically on first use.

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Deduplication Behavior

The extension uses intelligent deduplication to prevent duplicate bookmarks:

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Same URL Detection

URLs are normalized before saving (trailing slashes removed, query parameters standardized). If you save the same URL multiple times, the extension recognizes it as a duplicate.

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Reclassification

When you save a URL that already exists:
  • The existing bookmark’s metadata (title, favicon) is updated
  • The bookmark is moved to the new source’s group based on timestamp and source priority
  • All existing tags, notes, and other metadata are preserved
  • A source history tracks all the ways you’ve captured this URL

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Source Priority

When multiple captures happen simultaneously, the following priority determines the destination group:
  1. Manual popup (toolbar click)
  2. Manual context menu
  3. Manual keyboard shortcut
  4. X/Twitter bookmark
  5. Browser bookmark

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Viewing Service Worker Logs

For debugging or understanding what the extension is doing:
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Open Chrome Extensions

Navigate to chrome://extensions/
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Find Minimal Extension

Locate the Minimal extension card
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Open Service Worker

Click “service worker” to open the background script console
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View Logs

All save operations, errors, and auto-capture events are logged here

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Extension Options

To configure the extension:
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Right-Click Extension Icon

Right-click the Minimal icon in your toolbar
2

Select Options

Choose “Options” from the menu
3

Configure Server URL

Update the Server URL if you’re self-hosting or developing locally. Default: https://minimal.so