How to Copy Text From Protected View Only Google Docs (2024)

How to Copy Text From Protected View Only Google Docs

Key steps to take:

replace "edit" in the url with "mobilebasic"

In notepad use the find tool with ".docsshared-no-select{-khtml-user-select:"

Remove the following from the html file:

".docsshared-no-select{-khtml-user-select: none;-moz-user-select: none;-ms-user-select: none;-webkit-touch-callout: none;-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: none;user-select: none;}"

That is all.

Fluff description:

Greetings, in this google docs tutorial we shall be looking at how you can copy and paste text from a view only google doc. This tutorial is great for if you have a google doc you can view, but you can't make a copy, you can't export it, you can't download it and you can't copy and paste the text containing the data.

Well with this tutorial on how to copy data from a view only google doc, you can copy and paste the data with no issue. So to copy text from view Only Google docs you need to go to your url address bar and at the end where it says "edit", change that text to "mobilebasic". Then hit enter and you will load the google doc you want to copy data from in mobilebasic mode.

Now you need to right click and download the webpage as a complete webpage html file. Once you have downloaded the mobilebasic google doc webpage, locate it in the file explorer and open up the html file in software that can edit text, such as notepad or notepad++.

Now you need to remove the following from the html file:
".docsshared-no-select{-khtml-user-select: none;-moz-user-select: none;-ms-user-select: none;-webkit-touch-callout: none;-webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-user-select: none;user-select: none;}"

This code is what stops text selection and coppying. After removing that text, save the file. Then you can open the html file in a web browser and copy the text!

This method allows you to basically make a copy of a view only google doc. Then in this new google doc you have made and pasted data into from the view only google doc. You can then download, export, make a copy of or do whatever you want to the doc you made. So this basically lets you download a view-only google doc online.

How to Copy Data From Protected View Only Google Docs

How to Copy Text From Protected View Only Google Docs