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How to Change the Highlight Color on Any Website

Choose a color from Helperbird’s Highlighter palette to mark selected text. Turn Highlighter on or off to show or hide your saved marks.

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Choose a Highlight Color

  1. Open Helperbird and expand All Features.
  2. Turn Highlighter on. Creating highlights requires Helperbird Pro.
  3. Select text on a web page.
  4. Choose Blue, Green, Red, Yellow, Gray or Purple from the palette below your selection.

Six Highlighter colors below selected text, separate from the reading menu aboveView full-size image (opens in a new tab)

Each highlight keeps the color you choose. Select more text to make another mark in the same or a different color. Your highlights are saved to Notes and appear when you return to the same page.

The separate Highlight Menu provides reading tools. If both are on, the reading menu appears above the text and the color palette below it. Near the window edge, the menus move to fit.

A saved yellow highlight on a web articleView full-size image (opens in a new tab)

Show or Hide Highlights

Turn Highlighter off to hide the palette and saved marks. Turn it on to show them again. A toast confirms each saved change. Hiding highlights does not delete them.

Where the Old Control Went

Highlighter in All Features replaces the old Highlights toggle and Colors → Highlight color control. Your saved marks and their colors are preserved. The Colors panel now contains text, link and background settings.

Need Additional Help?

See how to highlight text or contact Helperbird support.

Printed from the Helperbird Help Center · Updated September 25th, 2026

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