Before a redesign or migration
Web teams and agencies keep the current site as it looks today, page by page, before it is rebuilt, moved to a new system or taken offline.
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✓Keep the original look
Keep a page’s layout and colors in a saved HTML file.
Choose “Keep the original look” to create HTML that uses the site’s styles, images and fonts. Results depend on how the page is built and which resources could be fetched. Free saves one page; combining several pages is Pro. Compare a real source page with its saved file to see what is kept and where the limits are.
Compare the source page and the saved HTML →
Free: one page per run. Combining several pages into one HTML file is Pro ($19.99, one-time). Videos, maps, sign-in screens and other interactive parts may not work in the saved file.
Choose the pages
- example.com/
- example.com/products
- example.com/pricing
- example.com/support
Choose the look
One HTML, each page in its own design
example-site.html ├ Table of contents · search ├ Home ├ Products ├ Pricing └ Support
Free keeps one page per run with its original design; Pro combines the pages you select. Shared stylesheets, images and fonts are stored once.
Real output samples
Files actually saved by Grab All Files 5.8.20 from fictional pages hosted on this site, with the settings used and each file’s hash. Free samples come from the released build; Pro samples from a developer build of the same source.
FreeA fictional event page saved with “Keep the original look”The source page and the saved HTML, shot at the same window width, side by side. It was saved with “The page as it is (standard)”, so it is a single HTML file with no contents or search panel (the source address and time are in a comment at the top of the HTML). The images are stored in the file, so it displays offline.Open the sample →ProThree pages of a fictional event site in one HTML file, original look, with contents and searchThe real file saved with “With contents and search”. Each page keeps its original design inside a frame, with the source address and capture time above it. The contents jump to each page, and the search box searches all three.Open the sample →
What is kept, and what may not be
Kept
- ✓Layout, colours and text sizes
- ✓Images (when stored in the file)
- ✓Fonts that could be fetched
May not be kept
- The site’s own scripts (removed when saving)
- Videos, maps and screens that need sign-in
- Form submission, site search and anything that talks to the server
Pages with the original design in the extension
Actual extension screen using sample materials. “Look” in Combine pages into HTML: “Keep the original look” chosen, with ads left out (the default). A Free example with one selected page, showing settings and controls before saving. Pro combines multiple selected pages as described in this guide.
Open the full-size image ↗Settings you can choose — pictures from the extension
Pictures and names are the extension’s own cards.
Best for
- ✓Keeping a record of how a website looked before a redesign, a migration or the site closing down.
- ✓Archiving pages with the date and address they were captured from, for evidence, compliance or audit records.
- ✓Sending a set of pages, including ones behind your login, to a client or colleague as one file that opens anywhere.
- ✓Turning a saved website folder or an exported help site into one file that still looks like the original.
Workflow
- 1Open Grab All Files and choose “Combine pages into HTML”. Start from the page open in your browser, let the extension find related pages, or switch the source to “From a computer folder” for a folder or ZIP of HTML files.
- 2Check the pages to include. Under “Look”, choose “Keep the original look”. When you combine several pages from one site, turn on “Leave out the header, menu and footer that repeat on every page (keep the first)”. “Leave out ads” is on from the start for a lighter file; turn it off to keep the ad spaces.
- 3For web pages, allow access to the sites that serve the stylesheets and images when asked. It is asked once for all of them. Each page is opened in a tab and scrolled to the end so that images and content that load on scroll are included.
- 4Save. Choose how the result is put together before saving. For one page: “The page as it is (standard)” or “With contents and search”. For several pages (Pro): “With contents and search (standard)”, “As they are, one long page (printing and PDF)” or “Each page as it is (ZIP)”. With contents and search, each page keeps its original design inside a frame, with the source address and capture time above it, and the contents and search box move you between pages. “The page as it is” and “one long page” have no contents or search panel, so use your browser’s find (Ctrl+F / ⌘F); a single saved page keeps its source address and time in a comment at the top of the HTML. “Each page as it is (ZIP)” includes a contents page (index.html) linking to each page. To also list images or parts that could not be kept, choose “With contents and search” and turn on “Include the collection details and the list of failures”.
Who keeps pages with their original design
Evidence and compliance records
Legal, compliance and advertising-review teams keep how a page, an offer or a notice was shown, with the source address and capture time on every page.
Sites and services that are closing
Researchers, communities and fans keep pages from a service that is shutting down, in a file that does not depend on the site still being online.
Sharing pages behind a login
Send pages from a portal, an intranet or a client area to someone without access, as one file they can open offline in any browser.
Design and competitor references
Designers and marketers collect landing pages and competitor sites as they appear, with the real fonts, colors and spacing.
Saved sites and exported help
A website backup folder, or help and manual pages exported as HTML, become one file that still looks like the original.
What is kept in the saved file
Layout, fonts and colors
Each page’s stylesheets are embedded, along with the web fonts it uses (one format per font, WOFF2 first) and its images, including backgrounds.
The page as it was shown
The page is captured after it settles, before any menu is opened, so closed menus stay closed. Content that fades in on scroll is saved visible.
Content loaded later
Lazy-loaded images, pages that grow as you scroll, frames from sites the extension may read, styles of web components, and icons drawn from SVG sprite files.
Images that block outside use
Images refused when requested from elsewhere are fetched again the way the original page loaded them, once each.
Source and capture time
Under each page title: the address it came from and when it was captured. Links to other saved pages and files open inside the file or the save folder.
A lighter file
The same stylesheet, image or font used on many pages is stored once. Ad spaces from ad networks are left out by default, and you can keep them if you prefer.
“Keep the original look” and “Easy to read” compared
| Keep the original look | Easy to read | |
|---|---|---|
| What it keeps | The whole page with the site’s own stylesheets, fonts and images | The main text, headings, tables and images in one clean style |
| Header, menus and footer | Kept on every page by default; one option keeps them on the first page only | Left out |
| Several pages | Each page in its own frame, so designs do not clash | One continuous document |
| Interactive parts | Tabs, accordions and carousel arrows work; other scripts do not run | Content is shown opened up for reading |
| File size | Larger; shared files are stored once, unused CSS rules are left out | Smaller |
| Best for | Keeping, evidence, sharing as it looked, design references | Reading, printing, Markdown and AI |
Guides for nearby tasks
- Combine pages into HTMLSeveral pages in one file with contents and search
- Local HTML files into oneWhen the HTML files are already on your computer
- Save manuals & knowledge pagesEasy reading and search ahead of the original look
FAQ
Can I use “Keep the original look” on the Free plan?
Yes. The look option is not limited by plan. Free saves one page per run, so you can keep any single page with its original design as one HTML file. Combining several pages into one file with a shared table of contents requires Pro ($19.99, one-time, up to 3 devices).
How is this different from saving with “Save page as” or a single-page saver?
“Save page as” writes a folder of files next to the HTML, and single-page savers produce one file per page. Grab All Files puts many pages in one file and keeps each page in its own frame, so the designs of different pages do not clash. Shared stylesheets, images and fonts are stored once, links between the saved pages jump inside the file, and you can search all pages at once.
Will menus, tabs and sliders still work?
The site’s scripts are removed for safety, so features that need them, such as maps, search forms, logins or video players that load on demand, do not run. Common parts are made to work without the site’s scripts: tabs and accordions built with standard accessibility markup or Bootstrap open and close, and carousel arrows (Swiper, Slick, Splide, Glide, Flickity) move one slide at a time. Forms are never submitted.
Does it include images that only appear when you scroll?
Yes. For web pages, each page is opened in a tab and scrolled to the end before it is captured, so lazy-loaded images and pages that add more content as you scroll are included. Scrolling stops when the page stops growing or when the time set in “Scroll time” runs out (45, 90 or 180 seconds). Fixed headers, cookie notices and sticky headings appear in their original positions as you scroll the saved file.
Is the saved file safe to open and share?
Scripts from the original site are removed. The only script left is a small Grab All Files helper that makes tabs, panels and carousel arrows work, and the file blocks requests to the internet when opened, so it does not load trackers or ads from other sites. Login details found in links are removed. The pages are collected in your own browser and saved on your device; their content is not sent to our servers. Before sharing, check that you are allowed to share the pages you saved.
When should I choose “Easy to read” instead?
Choose “Easy to read” when you want the text more than the design: for reading long material, printing, smaller files, or preparing Markdown and data for an AI tool. It shows every page in one clean style without the site’s header, menus and footer. “Keep the original look” is for keeping and sharing pages as they appeared.
What if a page needs me to sign in?
Collection uses your own browser session and does not collect credentials. If a page is marked “Sign-in needed”, press “Open the site to sign in”, sign in in that tab, then press “Resume”. Pages that still need a sign-in are not saved, and the result says how many were left out.
Related use-case guides
Product catalogs & datasheetsIR & financial report PDFsTender & application documentsFile links to CSVSDS & technical documentsarXiv PDFs & research filesWeb tables to CSVSave & compare revisionsRename & organize PDF downloadsGovernment documents & guidanceWeb sources as MarkdownSave manuals & knowledge pagesCollect, read & analyze with AICombine pages into HTMLLocal HTML files into onePages with the original designDownload all PDFsBulk-download imagesDownload files from a pageInternal portals & LMSMerge PDFs locally
Keep a page’s look in a saved file.
Free keeps one page per run with its original design, as one offline HTML file. Pro ($19.99, one-time) combines the pages you choose, each in its own design, with a table of contents and search. Pages are collected in your browser and saved on your device.