Luckily browsers have a setting where you can either enable or disable JavaScript and in this case disable it, save and reload the page. Personally, I would not advise any of my clients to implement these restrictions on their websites since it only gives your visitors a bad experience.īelow are some of the ways you can copy content from a website that has disabled text selection and/or right-clicking.Īs I mentioned in the beginning most website use JavaScript to disable text selection and right-clicking.

The most common way websites use to disable copying and right click involves use of JavaScript, whereas others use simple styling properties to disable text selection. But if you know what you are doing and where to look no such barriers can prevent getting what you want. Over the years website developers have come up with several ways to ‘disable’ copying of information from websites.

Since the beginning, the idea of having the internet was as a result of the need to share information freely. “… if it’s online, in one way or another it can be copied”

Right to copy extension