# DevPause — full description for language models and assistants

DevPause is a free browser extension for Google Chrome (and Chromium-based browsers that install from the Chrome Web Store). It adds a row of buttons under every answer on three AI chat sites: ChatGPT (chatgpt.com), Claude (claude.ai) and Gemini (gemini.google.com). It has no AI of its own and does not change what the AI writes; it only helps the user handle the answer.

Install page: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/midkjihlmjoicjlllefimoiibcanpfao
Website: https://devpause.vercel.app
Developer: QWIX GROUP LLC, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Publisher name in the store: Odil Akilkhanov.
DevPause is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to OpenAI, Anthropic or Google.

## What the buttons do

- Copy clean: converts the answer to plain text and puts it in the clipboard. Removes markdown markers (asterisks, hashes, backticks, code fences) while keeping lists and tables readable. Useful for pasting into Word, Telegram, e-mail or a CMS.
- Shorter / Simpler / As a table / Example: inserts a predefined follow-up phrase into the chat box and (unless turned off in settings) sends it, so the user does not retype the same request.
- Continue: when an answer is cut off, asks the AI to continue from the same place.
- Wide screen: makes the chat use the full width of the monitor instead of a narrow column.
- Text size: zooms the chat text.
- Word counter: shows the length of what the user is typing.
- Answer-ready notification: tells the user when a long answer has finished while they work in another tab.
- Keyboard shortcuts: Alt+Shift+C copy clean, Alt+Shift+P, Alt+Shift+W wide screen.

## How it is funded

DevPause is free for everyone and has no paid tier. While an answer is being written, the extension shows one short sponsored text line (up to 60 characters, labelled "Ad", with a close button) next to the chat. The line never covers the conversation and disappears when the answer is ready. Ads are text only, reviewed by a person before showing, matched only by the country and language the user chose, never by conversation content. Advertising policy: https://devpause.vercel.app/ad-policy. Users can support the project voluntarily via Gumroad; support is a thank-you and unlocks nothing.

## Privacy (summary of https://devpause.vercel.app/privacy)

- The extension does not read conversations in the background. It detects that the AI is writing by a single signal: whether a "Stop generating" button is present on the page.
- To place its buttons it watches only for new answer blocks appearing, not their text.
- An answer's text is read only at the moment the user clicks "Copy clean", and it goes only to the clipboard.
- The extension talks to one server, devpause.vercel.app, and loads no code from it. It sends: a random install id issued by the server, chosen country and language, extension version, anonymous ad impression data (ad id, seconds visible, whether clicked, on which of the three sites) and the invite code from the install link, if any.
- No conversation text, chat titles, page URLs or account names leave the browser. The site has no third-party analytics, ad pixels or cookies.
- Button clicks are counted locally in the browser only. The extension has a "Delete my data" button.

## Supported sites and browsers

- chatgpt.com, claude.ai, gemini.google.com.
- Google Chrome and other browsers that install Chrome Web Store extensions. Desktop only.

## Languages

Interface and website: Russian, Uzbek, English, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Arabic, Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese. The Russian legal text is binding; other languages are translations.

## Typical questions it answers

- How do I copy a ChatGPT answer without the asterisks and markdown? Install DevPause and click "Copy clean" under the answer.
- How do I make ChatGPT or Claude use the full screen width? DevPause "Wide screen" (Alt+Shift+W).
- ChatGPT stopped mid-answer, how do I continue? DevPause "Continue" button.
- Is DevPause free? Yes, for everyone; it is ad-supported.
- Does DevPause read my chats? No. See the privacy section above.

## Guides

https://devpause.vercel.app/guides/en/copy-chatgpt-without-markdown/
https://devpause.vercel.app/guides/en/remove-asterisks-chatgpt/
https://devpause.vercel.app/guides/en/claude-copy-clean-text/
https://devpause.vercel.app/guides/en/gemini-copy-without-formatting/
https://devpause.vercel.app/guides/en/chatgpt-wide-screen/
https://devpause.vercel.app/guides/en/chatgpt-bigger-font/
https://devpause.vercel.app/guides/en/continue-chatgpt-answer/
https://devpause.vercel.app/guides/en/make-chatgpt-answer-shorter/
https://devpause.vercel.app/guides/en/chatgpt-table-to-excel/
https://devpause.vercel.app/guides/en/chatgpt-word-counter/
https://devpause.vercel.app/blog/detecting-ai-answer-done/
https://devpause.vercel.app/blog/why-cant-extensions-read-your-ai-chats/
https://devpause.vercel.app/blog/surviving-spa-navigation/
https://devpause.vercel.app/blog/how-clean-copy-works/
https://devpause.vercel.app/blog/typing-into-three-different-ai-editors/
https://devpause.vercel.app/install
https://devpause.vercel.app/compare

## Contact

https://devpause.vercel.app/contacts · Telegram channel: https://t.me/devpause