Extract Hashtags

Pull #tags from pasted text.

Matches # plus letters, digits, or underscore. URL fragments after ? are ignored only if they lack #.

What Extract Hashtags does

Matches # plus letters, digits, or underscore. URL fragments after ? are ignored only if they lack #.

This URL is only for Extract Hashtags (extract hashtags). Pull #tags from pasted text. Other Text tools on Tool-You look similar in the chrome, so the job definition below is the part that belongs to Extract Hashtags alone: Matches # plus letters, digits, or underscore. URL fragments after ? are ignored only if they lack #.

How to use Extract Hashtags

  1. Keep this tab on Extract Hashtags (/extract-hashtags). Pasting into the wrong Text tool (for example Extract URLs) changes the job.
  2. Paste or type the input Extract Hashtags expects. Path hint: extract hashtags. Pull #tags from pasted text.
  3. Apply the Extract Hashtags action only. Extract Emails is a different transform (Pull unique emails; optional lowercase and sort.). Matches # plus letters, digits, or underscore. URL fragments after ? are ignored only if they lack #.
  4. Copy the output of Extract Hashtags if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Hashtags are # plus 1–50 letters, digits, or _. Duplicates removed. Not a social-network search.
  5. If the text job is actually Pull unique http(s) URLs; strip punct, sort., leave Extract Hashtags and open Extract URLs.

When not to use Extract Hashtags

Skip Extract Hashtags when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Extract URLs or Extract Emails — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Matches # plus letters, digits, or underscore. URL fragments after ? are ignored only if they lack #.

Questions about Extract Hashtags

What does Extract Hashtags do that other Text pages on this site do not?
Matches # plus letters, digits, or underscore. URL fragments after ? are ignored only if they lack #. Short version: Pull #tags from pasted text.
Does Extract Hashtags upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?
No. Extract Hashtags runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Hashtags are # plus 1–50 letters, digits, or _. Duplicates removed. Not a social-network search.
Should I use Extract URLs instead of Extract Hashtags?
Use Extract Hashtags when you need Pull #tags from pasted text. Use Extract URLs when you need Pull unique http(s) URLs; strip punct, sort. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Extract Hashtags?
Hashtags are # plus 1–50 letters, digits, or _. Duplicates removed. Not a social-network search. Also: Matches # plus letters, digits, or underscore. URL fragments after ? are ignored only if they lack #.