Switching tools
Bring your word lists from Highlight This or Multi Find
Export your lists from the old extension, convert them here, and load them into Highlighty. Colors come with them. It takes a couple of minutes, and your words never leave your computer.
Step 1: export from your old extension
Highlight This
Open its settings, go to Backup and choose Create a backup. The file goes to your Downloads folder, named like HighlightThis20261110 (it has no extension; that's fine).
Multi Find
Use the save button above the word list and choose save word list with settings (a .json file), or export words only (a .txt file).
Can't find an export? Copy your words out of the old extension, one per line, and paste them below.
Step 2: convert your lists
Your file stays in this browser tab. Nothing is uploaded, and a licence key in a Highlight This backup is never read.
Step 3: load them into Highlighty
- Install Highlighty and click its icon.
- Open settings, then the Advanced tab, then Query list features and Load or save query list from file. Choose the file you downloaded. Its terms are added to the list that's selected, so make a new list first for each extra list (the free plan has two lists; PRO has no limit).
- Under Searching options, set Case sensitivity, Complete phrase search (whole words) and Diacritic sensitivity the way you had them. In Highlighty these apply to all your terms.
What comes over, and what changes
| From your old list | In Highlighty |
|---|---|
| Words and phrases | Come over as they are; repeats that differ only in capitals are kept once |
| Highlight colors | Come over. Highlighty picks a readable text color for each |
| Whole word, case and accent settings | One setting each, for all terms, under Searching options |
| Regular expressions (Highlight This) | Come over and match as patterns with PRO |
| * and ? wildcards | Searched as typed; rewrite them as regular expressions with PRO |
| Per-list website rules, synced lists, notes | Not carried over. Highlighty has one allow list and one block list; synced lists come over as a snapshot |
The three side by side
From each extension's own store listing and website, checked on 10 November 2026.
| Highlighty | Highlight This | Multi Find | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan; PRO US$3.69 a month or US$29.99 a year (pricing) | Free versions; paid €12 a year (500 words) or €20 a year (unlimited) (source) | Free, with donations (source) |
| Free limits | 5 terms per list, 2 lists | 200 words and limited styles; an unlimited free version shows ads (source) | None listed |
| Account | None for the free plan; a free account for the 5-day PRO trial, no card | None; paid licences come as a key by email | None |
| Ads or partner links | None | In the unlimited free version | None |
| Latest Chrome version | 2.5.5, 8 November 2026 | 6.3.15, 1 November 2026 | 2.0, 4 October 2026 |
What you get in Highlighty
- A Ctrl+F for many words. Ctrl+F (⌘F on a Mac) opens a find bar that searches all your terms at once, with a count for each. Free.
- X-Ray. Every match listed with the text around it; click one to jump there. Free on web pages.
- Highlights where you type. Matches show inside text boxes and rich-text editors without changing your text. Free.
- PDF Search. Your list in PDFs, including scanned English PDFs read on your device. PRO.
- All tabs. Search a term in every open tab from the find bar. PRO.
- See a whole task done with PDFs and tabs
Questions about moving your lists? Email hey@highlighty.app.
