Saved Filters as Recipes
New in Link Grabber: named, site-aware filters that suggest cleaner grabs — without changing default Find All or Grab All.
Quick example: How to extract the Youtube video links from channel profile page
Why Saved Filters Matter?
Popup Recipes cards under Links found on a YouTube channel page
Grab All and Find All are powerful — and on social sites they can be noisy. A YouTube channel page, TikTok profile, Instagram grid, or LinkedIn People search is packed with UI chrome: channels, feeds, settings, explore, login, Sales Navigator paths, and other URLs you never meant to export.
You could already narrow results in Review with Title/Url contains filters, or use Settings word-ignore. Those help once. They are not reusable, named presets that show up automatically when you are back on the same site.
Recipes fix that. A Recipe is a saved filter with a title, host scope, and include/exclude rules on URL or Title. Link Grabber suggests matching recipes on the page you are on — you choose when to apply. Raw Grab All and Find All stay exactly as before.
LinkedIn example: People search mixes /in/ profile links with /details/ tabs, /sales/ URLs, and company pages. The bundled LinkedIn profiles recipe keeps portable profile URLs only — see the full LinkedIn export guide.
You could already narrow results in Review with Title/Url contains filters, or use Settings word-ignore. Those help once. They are not reusable, named presets that show up automatically when you are back on the same site.
Recipes fix that. A Recipe is a saved filter with a title, host scope, and include/exclude rules on URL or Title. Link Grabber suggests matching recipes on the page you are on — you choose when to apply. Raw Grab All and Find All stay exactly as before.
LinkedIn example: People search mixes /in/ profile links with /details/ tabs, /sales/ URLs, and company pages. The bundled LinkedIn profiles recipe keeps portable profile URLs only — see the full LinkedIn export guide.
What’s New: Recipes in Link Grabber
With the latest Link Grabber Chrome extension update you can:
- Use Recipes — named reusable filters scoped to specific hosts (or all sites)
- Get suggest-only smart grab: recipes appear when they match; nothing auto-applies
- Keep raw Grab All / Find All unchanged for a full dump when you want it
- See recipes in three places: popup, in-page Find All, and Review
- Start from bundled social presets (editable and deletable)
- Save as Recipe from Review Title/Url filters for your own workflows
- Manage everything in Options, including "Restore bundled defaults" (your custom recipes stay)
Built-In presets (v1)
LinkedIn profiles — include linkedin.com/in/ and lnkd.in/; exclude /details/, /overlay/, /sales/, /talent/, companies, schools, jobs, feed, settings. Step-by-step: How to Get LinkedIn Profile Links from Search Results.
Where Recipes Show Up
- Popup — recipe cards under Links foundOpen the Link Grabber popup on a matching site. Under **Links found**, recipe chips appear for that host (and global recipes). Tap a chip to grab with that recipe applied — results land in Review, already cleaned.
Raw Grab All still dumps every link in scope. - In Page Selection controlsOn a page with matching recipes, **Find All** shows a star badge (“Detected recipes for this domain”).
Open the Find All submenu: raw Find All plus one action per matched recipe.
Recipe path = same Find All scan → apply recipe → selection UI. - Review — quick-pick + Save as RecipeIn Review, use the Recipes quick-pick to filter the current folder for the session.
Build Title/Url contains filters, then Save as Recipe (title + site scope: all sites or domains from current links).
Full rule editing lives in Options.
How to Grab Clean Links with a Recipe (Step by Step)
Step 1: Update or install the Link Grabber Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store.
Step 2: Open a matching page in Chrome — for example a YouTube channel videos tab, a TikTok profile, an Instagram profile grid, or LinkedIn People search (scroll to load profile cards).
Step 3: Click the Link Grabber icon. Under Links found, pick a recipe chip (e.g. YouTube videos or ★ LinkedIn profiles). Or use Find All → recipe from the submenu.
Step 4: Review the cleaned list. Export to Excel/CSV, copy to clipboard, bookmark, or open tabs as usual.
Step 5 (optional): Prefer your own filter?
💡 Tip: Recipes run after the normal collect pipeline (including Settings Filter Links / ignore). They refine the result — they do not replace Grab All.
Step 2: Open a matching page in Chrome — for example a YouTube channel videos tab, a TikTok profile, an Instagram profile grid, or LinkedIn People search (scroll to load profile cards).
Step 3: Click the Link Grabber icon. Under Links found, pick a recipe chip (e.g. YouTube videos or ★ LinkedIn profiles). Or use Find All → recipe from the submenu.
Step 4: Review the cleaned list. Export to Excel/CSV, copy to clipboard, bookmark, or open tabs as usual.
Step 5 (optional): Prefer your own filter?
- QuickAdd: In Review, set Title/Url contains, click Save as Recipe, name it, choose site scope, then manage rules anytime in Options.
- Advanced rules: Go to App options (see image below) Recepis section and manage from there.
💡 Tip: Recipes run after the normal collect pipeline (including Settings Filter Links / ignore). They refine the result — they do not replace Grab All.
Manage Recipes in Link Grabber Options
Frequently Asked Questions
- Q:What is a Recipe in Link Grabber?A:A Recipe is a named, reusable link filter with optional host scope. It uses include/exclude rules on URL or Title so you can grab a cleaner set of URLs on matching sites.
- Q:Do Recipes apply automatically?A:No. Recipes are suggest-only. You pick a recipe from the popup, Find All submenu, or Review quick-pick. Default Grab All and Find All are unchanged.
- Q:Which sites have bundled Recipes?A:v1 ships presets for YouTube videos, YouTube Shorts, TikTok videos, Instagram posts/reels, Facebook posts, and LinkedIn profiles (plus LinkedIn jobs and LinkedIn companies). You can edit, delete, or restore them, and create your own for any site.
- Q:How do I export clean LinkedIn profile URLs?A:Open LinkedIn People search, scroll to load profiles, then pick ★ LinkedIn profiles in the popup or Find All submenu. The recipe keeps linkedin.com/in/ and drops /details/, Sales Nav, and company URLs. Full walkthrough: <a href="/blog/extract-linkedin-profile-links">LinkedIn profile links guide</a>.
- Q:Can I create Recipes for admin panels or CRM dashboards?A:Yes. Grab links from any webpage, filter with Title/Url contains in Review, then Save as Recipe with a host scope. Ideal for ticket systems, order lists, and recurring business extracts — then export to Excel/CSV.
- Q:How are Recipes different from Settings Filter Links / ignore?A:Settings ignore still runs in the collect pipeline for everyone. Recipes are optional named presets applied only when you choose them, after collection, and can be site-scoped.
- Q:Where do I manage or restore Recipes?A:Open App Options → Recipes to list, edit, delete, or Restore bundled defaults. User-created recipes survive Restore.
Ready to use?
Update the Link Grabber Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store, open YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn People search, and try a Recipe chip — or Save as Recipe for your own sites.
Update the Link Grabber Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store, open YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn People search, and try a Recipe chip — or Save as Recipe for your own sites.
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