How to save a page you're signed into as PDF
This is the main thing a local extension does that an online converter structurally cannot. Convert: Web to PDF converts the page already rendered in your browser, using your existing session — so anything you can see while signed in converts like any other page, and nothing is uploaded.
Takes about 1 min
Steps
Sign in and open the page
An invoice in your account, an internal wiki page, a dashboard, your own webmail.
Expand anything collapsed
Account pages hide detail behind tabs and "show more" toggles. A collapsed section isn't rendered, so it won't be in the PDF.
Convert as normal
Click the icon or press the shortcut. Enable headers and footers if you're keeping this as a record.
Worth knowing
- Conversion is entirely local. Your cookies, session and page content never leave the browser — the only network activity is an anonymous post-conversion ping that contains no URL and no content.
- URL-based converters cannot do this at all. They fetch the address from their own servers with no session, so they get a login screen. That's structural, not a setting.
- It does not bypass paywalls or login walls. It converts what you can already see; if you can't see it, neither can the extension.
- Where an institution issues its own official PDF — a bank statement, a government certificate, a tax document — download theirs. A browser capture is a record of what you were shown, not an issued document.
Questions
Will it work on a banking dashboard?
Yes, and it's one of the main reasons to use a local extension over an online converter — the conversion runs in your already-authenticated session, so it can save statements and account summaries no online tool can reach. For the authoritative document, still download the bank's own PDF where one exists.
Is my login state sent anywhere?
No. All conversion happens locally, and your cookies and session never leave the browser. The only network activity is an anonymous ping after conversion carrying a random install token — no URL, no page content.