Save the page from your existing session
Open the website in Chrome and sign in normally when it requires your account. PageShotter captures the rendered page your browser is already allowed to display, including many:
- authenticated account pages and SaaS dashboards;
- internal tools you are authorized to use;
- pages whose content appears after JavaScript runs;
- lazy-loaded pages that reveal content while scrolling;
- app layouts whose main content scrolls inside the page.
PageShotter does not bypass authentication, paywalls or access controls. It captures only the page your existing Chrome session is already allowed to display.
Chrome Print or PageShotter?
Try Chrome's built-in Print > Save as PDF first when a page has a clean print layout. It needs no extension and works inside your signed-in browser session.
| Method | What it saves | Best fit |
|---|---|---|
| Chrome Print | The page's print rendering, which may reflow or omit screen-only content | Articles, receipts and documents with a useful print stylesheet |
| PageShotter | The rendered page appearance as a scrolling capture | Long dashboards, account pages and visual records of the rendered page |
Browser capture instead of remote URL fetching
Many website-to-PDF services ask for a public URL, then fetch that address on their own server. That server does not share your browser session, so it may see a login screen, an incomplete shell or nothing at all.
PageShotter captures inside your browser instead. It does not submit the URL to another service, and the service does not need access to your account.
A visual record with useful document layers
The PDF is based on the captured appearance of the webpage, so it preserves the layout you saw rather than reflowing the page like a print stylesheet can.
A direct capture can also add searchable source text in Latin scripts and supported links. See the screenshot-to-PDF guide to choose a continuous or paged PDF and understand what changes after editing.
Private by default
The webpage, screenshot pixels and finished PDF are processed locally by the extension. PageShotter does not send the URL to a conversion service, upload the page or require an account.
Recent captures are kept in your browser according to your retention setting. Read the full privacy policy.
Where webpage capture has limits
Continuously changing media, several competing scroll areas and content outside the visible horizontal viewport can still produce limitations. Browser behavior also varies, so review any PDF that matters before relying on it.
See the full-page screenshot limits for current capture-depth and image-format boundaries.
A page in a non-Latin script still captures visually, but its searchable PDF text layer will be empty. PageShotter also cannot capture browser-internal pages or content Chrome prevents extensions from accessing.