Extract IPv6
Pull IPv6 addresses out of pasted text.
Accepts compressed forms like ::1. Rejects IPv4 and MAC (six hex pairs). Duplicates dropped. Not a subnet calculator.
What Extract IPv6 does
Accepts compressed forms like ::1. Rejects IPv4 and MAC (six hex pairs). Duplicates dropped. Not a subnet calculator.
This URL is only for Extract IPv6 (extract ipv6). Pull IPv6 addresses out of 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 IPv6 alone: Accepts compressed forms like ::1. Rejects IPv4 and MAC (six hex pairs). Duplicates dropped. Not a subnet calculator.
How to use Extract IPv6
- Keep this tab on Extract IPv6 (/extract-ipv6). Pasting into the wrong Text tool (for example Extract IPv4) changes the job.
- Paste or type the input Extract IPv6 expects. Path hint: extract ipv6. Pull IPv6 addresses out of pasted text.
- Apply the Extract IPv6 action only. Extract MAC Addresses is a different transform (Pull 48-bit MAC addresses from text.). Accepts compressed forms like ::1. Rejects IPv4 and MAC (six hex pairs). Duplicates dropped. Not a subnet calculator.
- Copy the output of Extract IPv6 if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Compressed IPv6 allowed. IPv4 and MAC dropped. Duplicates removed. Max 200,000 characters.
- If the text job is actually Pull IPv4 addresses from text., leave Extract IPv6 and open Extract IPv4.
When not to use Extract IPv6
Skip Extract IPv6 when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Extract IPv4 or Extract MAC Addresses — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Accepts compressed forms like ::1. Rejects IPv4 and MAC (six hex pairs). Duplicates dropped. Not a subnet calculator.
Questions about Extract IPv6
- What does Extract IPv6 do that other Text pages on this site do not?
- Accepts compressed forms like ::1. Rejects IPv4 and MAC (six hex pairs). Duplicates dropped. Not a subnet calculator. Short version: Pull IPv6 addresses out of pasted text.
- Does Extract IPv6 upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?
- No. Extract IPv6 runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Compressed IPv6 allowed. IPv4 and MAC dropped. Duplicates removed. Max 200,000 characters.
- Should I use Extract IPv4 instead of Extract IPv6?
- Use Extract IPv6 when you need Pull IPv6 addresses out of pasted text. Use Extract IPv4 when you need Pull IPv4 addresses from text. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.
- What are the limits of Extract IPv6?
- Compressed IPv6 allowed. IPv4 and MAC dropped. Duplicates removed. Max 200,000 characters. Also: Accepts compressed forms like ::1. Rejects IPv4 and MAC (six hex pairs). Duplicates dropped. Not a subnet calculator.