Does Path Segments upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Path Segments runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: URL or path. Segment list.

Should I use URL Path instead of Path Segments?

Use Path Segments when you need Split URL path into segments. Use URL Path when you need URL path and segment count. They share a category (Network) but not the same job.

Path Segments

Split URL path into segments.

Splits the pathname into segments, one per line. Unlike URL Path this lists segments. Unlike URL Join Path this splits, not joins. Bad URL fails.

What Path Segments does

Splits the pathname into segments, one per line. Unlike URL Path this lists segments. Unlike URL Join Path this splits, not joins. Bad URL fails.

Practical limit for Path Segments: URL or path. Segment list. That is why output can differ from heavy desktop Network software. Read the tool-specific note again: Splits the pathname into segments, one per line. Unlike URL Path this lists segments. Unlike URL Join Path this splits, not joins. Bad URL fails.

How to use Path Segments

Keep this tab on Path Segments (/network/path-segments). Pasting into the wrong Network tool (for example URL Path) changes the job.
Paste or type the input Path Segments expects. Path hint: network · path segments. Split URL path into segments.
Apply the Path Segments action only. Parse URL is a different transform (Split a URL into host, path, query, and more.). Splits the pathname into segments, one per line. Unlike URL Path this lists segments. Unlike URL Join Path this splits, not joins. Bad URL fails.
Copy the output of Path Segments if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: URL or path. Segment list.
If the text job is actually URL path and segment count., leave Path Segments and open URL Path.

When not to use Path Segments

Skip Path Segments when a neighbor tool matches better — start with URL Path or Parse URL — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Splits the pathname into segments, one per line. Unlike URL Path this lists segments. Unlike URL Join Path this splits, not joins. Bad URL fails.

Questions about Path Segments

What does Path Segments do that other Network pages on this site do not?: Splits the pathname into segments, one per line. Unlike URL Path this lists segments. Unlike URL Join Path this splits, not joins. Bad URL fails. Short version: Split URL path into segments.
Does Path Segments upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Path Segments runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: URL or path. Segment list.
Should I use URL Path instead of Path Segments?: Use Path Segments when you need Split URL path into segments. Use URL Path when you need URL path and segment count. They share a category (Network) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Path Segments?: URL or path. Segment list. Also: Splits the pathname into segments, one per line. Unlike URL Path this lists segments. Unlike URL Join Path this splits, not joins. Bad URL fails.