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Text ToolsAugust 24, 2026 · 2 min read

How to Extract Emails and URLs From a Block of Text

Pull every email address and URL out of a document, transcript, or forwarded thread automatically, with duplicates removed — instead of scanning by eye.

By QR Ivify Team

How to Extract Emails and URLs From a Block of Text

A forwarded email thread with a dozen people cc'd, a document that mentions a handful of reference links, a transcript full of contact details mentioned in passing — pulling every email address or URL out of a wall of text by scanning it manually is slow and easy to miss one. Pattern matching does this instantly and reliably.

Step by Step

  1. Open Extract Emails & URLs.
  2. Paste text containing emails, URLs, or both.
  3. Matching emails and URLs are pulled into two separate lists as you type, with duplicates removed automatically.
  4. Copy or download each list separately.

What Counts as a Match

Emails are matched by the standard local-part@domain.tld shape. URLs are matched only when they start with an explicit http:// or https:// — a bare domain typed without the protocol, like "example.com" mentioned in passing text, is deliberately not matched, because there's no reliable way to distinguish "example.com" the link from "example.com" used as a plain descriptive phrase without a much more aggressive (and much more false-positive-prone) pattern. Requiring the protocol keeps matches precise rather than guessy.

Duplicates Are Removed Automatically

If the same email or URL appears multiple times across the text — common in email threads where a signature repeats, or a document that references the same link several times — each unique one appears only once in the result, in the order it was first seen.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this catch URLs without "http://"? No — only explicit http:// or https:// links are matched, since a bare domain is too easy to confuse with ordinary text.

Are duplicate emails or URLs removed? Yes — each unique email or URL appears only once in the result, even if it occurs multiple times in your text.

Can I download the results separately? Yes — emails and URLs each have their own Copy and Download buttons.

Does this upload my text anywhere? No. Extraction happens entirely in your browser.

Try It

Need to pull every email or link out of a document or thread? QR Ivify's free Extract Emails & URLs tool finds and deduplicates both instantly. Cleaning up the source list afterward? Try Remove Duplicate Lines or Text Sorter to alphabetize it.

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