Does Extract Mentions upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Extract Mentions runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: @handle only, 1–32 chars after @. Emails skipped. Duplicates removed. Max 200,000 characters.

Should I use Extract Hashtags instead of Extract Mentions?

Use Extract Mentions when you need Pull @handles out of pasted text. Use Extract Hashtags when you need Pull #tags from pasted text. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.

What are the limits of Extract Mentions?

@handle only, 1–32 chars after @. Emails skipped. Duplicates removed. Max 200,000 characters. Also: Keeps @name tokens, letters then word chars. Skips emails like user@host. Not hashtags. Duplicates removed. Max 32 characters after @.

Extract Mentions

Pull @handles out of pasted text.

Keeps @name tokens, letters then word chars. Skips emails like user@host. Not hashtags. Duplicates removed. Max 32 characters after @.

What Extract Mentions does

Keeps @name tokens, letters then word chars. Skips emails like user@host. Not hashtags. Duplicates removed. Max 32 characters after @.

The interactive controls for Extract Mentions load after this article so crawlers still read the instructions. Path /extract-mentions is the canonical address. Work happens on this device; Tool-You does not take a copy of the file or pasted text for Extract Mentions.

How to use Extract Mentions

Keep this tab on Extract Mentions (/extract-mentions). Pasting into the wrong Text tool (for example Extract Hashtags) changes the job.
Paste or type the input Extract Mentions expects. Path hint: extract mentions. Pull @handles out of pasted text.
Apply the Extract Mentions action only. Extract Emails is a different transform (Pull unique emails; optional lowercase and sort.). Keeps @name tokens, letters then word chars. Skips emails like user@host. Not hashtags. Duplicates removed. Max 32 characters after @.
Copy the output of Extract Mentions if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: @handle only, 1–32 chars after @. Emails skipped. Duplicates removed. Max 200,000 characters.
If the text job is actually Pull #tags from pasted text., leave Extract Mentions and open Extract Hashtags.

When not to use Extract Mentions

Skip Extract Mentions when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Extract Hashtags or Extract Emails — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Keeps @name tokens, letters then word chars. Skips emails like user@host. Not hashtags. Duplicates removed. Max 32 characters after @.

Questions about Extract Mentions

What does Extract Mentions do that other Text pages on this site do not?: Keeps @name tokens, letters then word chars. Skips emails like user@host. Not hashtags. Duplicates removed. Max 32 characters after @. Short version: Pull @handles out of pasted text.
Does Extract Mentions upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Extract Mentions runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: @handle only, 1–32 chars after @. Emails skipped. Duplicates removed. Max 200,000 characters.
Should I use Extract Hashtags instead of Extract Mentions?: Use Extract Mentions when you need Pull @handles out of pasted text. Use Extract Hashtags when you need Pull #tags from pasted text. They share a category (Text) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Extract Mentions?: @handle only, 1–32 chars after @. Emails skipped. Duplicates removed. Max 200,000 characters. Also: Keeps @name tokens, letters then word chars. Skips emails like user@host. Not hashtags. Duplicates removed. Max 32 characters after @.