Extract Highlights to Note

Creates a clean note containing only the highlighted passages (==...==) of the active note.

Designed to distill a long note — for example a video transcript fetched with the YouTube transcript fetcher — down to just its highlights, ready for further work.

Features

• Extracts every ==highlighted== passage from the active note into a brand-new, clean note.
• Adds a highlighter icon to the ribbon, plus a command in the command palette.
• Works on mobile, desktop, and remote desktop (isDesktopOnly: false).

Usage

1. Open a note that contains ==highlighted== passages.
2. Run the command Extract Highlights to Note (command palette) or click the highlighter icon in the ribbon.
3. A new note is created containing only the highlighted passages.

Settings

• Keep timestamps — preserve timestamps found alongside highlights (useful for video transcripts).
• Delete the original note — remove the source note after extraction.
• Destination folder — choose where the extracted note is created.

Installation

From the Community Plugins browser

1. Open Settings → Community plugins → Browse.
2. Search for Extract Highlights to Note.
3. Click Install, then Enable.

Manual installation

1. Download manifest.json and main.js from the latest release.
2. Copy them into <your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/extract-highlights/.
3. Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin in Settings → Community plugins.

License

MIT