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Download the installer from this site and run it. You don't need admin rights or a separate .NET install. Once installed, the app's icon appears in the tray by the clock.

Windows does this for new apps that few people have downloaded yet. Click “More info”, then “Run anyway”. Your browser may warn about the file too. In that case open the downloads list and choose “Download suspicious file”.

Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Double-click the tray icon to open the snippet manager. Right-clicking the icon opens a menu with every action: quick paste, settings, updates and more.

Settings, the General section, language. Ukrainian, English and Russian are available. The new language applies after the app restarts.

In the manager click “＋ New”, enter a name and the text, and optionally an abbreviation and a folder. Then click “Save” or press Ctrl+S.

Start it with a symbol such as ; or / and leave out spaces: ;sig, ;adr, /thx. That way it won't fire by accident in ordinary text.

Yes, they fire on the same physical keys. If that gets in the way, turn it off in Settings, the Abbreviations section.

Press Ctrl+Alt+Space and start typing the name or part of the text. Search copes with the wrong keyboard layout and small typos. You can also turn on suggestions as you type: Settings, Abbreviations, Suggestions. Tab then inserts the suggested snippet.

They are words in curly braces that the app replaces when pasting. For example, {date} becomes today's date, {clipboard} the clipboard contents, {cursor} marks where the cursor ends up, and {input:Name} asks you for a value before pasting. The full list sits under the text box in the manager.

In the manager right-click the snippet and choose “Assign a hotkey…”. The combo can include a mouse button. A hotkey assigned to a folder opens a menu of its snippets right at the cursor.

Yes. The “Large text” format has a visual editor with images, tables and links, and you can attach files to any snippet. On Windows 10 the visual editor may need the free Microsoft Edge WebView2 component.

Put the cursor in a text box, or select the part you want, and press Ctrl+Alt+G. A window opens with the mistakes highlighted and explanations and fixes beside them. Click “Fix all”, then “Insert”, and the corrected text goes back in place. Checking works in Ukrainian, Russian and English. You can change the key in the settings, under “Error check”.

By default the free online service LanguageTool checks the text. Under “Error check” you can pick Claude, Gemini or ChatGPT instead, with your own API key; the key is stored encrypted on your computer. Only the text you choose to check is sent, and the app asks your permission before the first check.

Only on your computer, and we never see them. To open their folder, use “Open the data folder” in the tray menu.

A key works on 2 computers. If the old one still works, open “License…” in the tray menu there and click “Release this computer”, then enter the key on the new one. If the old one is gone, enter the key on the new computer: the app offers to send an email to the address the license was issued to. Click Move in that email and the app activates by itself. Moving by email works once every 30 days; if you need it more often, write to us.

Settings, Data and backups, “Save a backup…”. Copy the file to the new computer and choose “Restore from a backup…” there. This carries over snippets, folders, settings, hotkeys and attached files.

Settings, Sync and updates, “Data folder…”, and pick a OneDrive, Dropbox or Google Drive folder. Point the second computer at the same folder. Don't run the app on both computers at the same time.

Yes. Deleted snippets go to the trash, the “Trash…” button in the manager. Right after deleting, Ctrl+Z works too.

Yes. Save the spreadsheet as CSV with the columns abbreviation, text, name, folder. Then go to Settings, Data and backups, “Import…”. The app detects the separator itself and leaves your existing snippets alone.

If that app runs as administrator, run SnippyText as administrator too. Also check it isn't in the exceptions list: Settings, Abbreviations, “Where abbreviations work”. And make sure “Expand abbreviations” is ticked in the tray menu.

Another app or Windows itself may already use that combo, so try a different one. Hotkeys are paused while the Hotkeys or Settings window is open.

The app pastes through the clipboard and then puts the previous text back. It can't restore an image or file that was on the clipboard.

Some boxes, such as many chat apps, accept plain text only. Word, Outlook and email services keep the formatting.

The app checks for a new version once a day and offers to update. Your snippets stay as they are. To check by hand, go to Help, “Check for updates…”.

Help, About.

The app asks for a license key. Your snippets don't go anywhere. Everything about buying is on the Pricing page.

Windows Settings, Apps, Installed apps, find SnippyText and click Uninstall. If you'll need your snippets later, save a backup first.