How to Open Your Helperbird Reading List
Learn how to open the Helperbird Reading list from the extension popup in three steps, and what you see on the list page before you have saved anything.
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What is the Reading List?
The Helperbird Reading list is somewhere to put pages you want to come back to. You save a page while you are on it, and it waits for you in a tidy list rather than in a pile of open tabs.
Reading List requires Helperbird Pro. You can also open it from Tools → Reading List in the Notepad. Free accounts see the Helperbird Pro dialog when they try to open the list. Use its login or subscription key link if you already subscribe.
This page is about getting the list open. For how the list page is laid out, and which of the two rows in the Reading list window does what, see the Reading list tour.
Who is This For?
This is helpful for:
- Students collecting sources for an assignment
- Anyone who finds a long article and would rather read it properly later
- People who end up with dozens of tabs open
- Anyone gathering pages to read with Helperbird's reading tools
Step 1: Open Helperbird
Click the Helperbird icon in your browser toolbar. It looks like a small owl and is usually in the top-right corner.
Step 2: Find the Reading List Row
Open All Features at the bottom of the menu and look for Reading list. Click the open button on that row. A window opens with two rows, Save page and View reading list.
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The Save page row saves the page you are on. If you are not sure which one you want, see the two reading list actions.
If you save pages often, favourite it so it also appears in Quick Actions, labelled Reading list.
Step 3: Open the List
In that window, click the button on the View reading list row. A new NotePad tab opens with the Reading list dialog.
The first time you open it, you see two welcome links. Your own saved pages appear alongside them.
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Once you have saved some pages, they appear in groups headed Today, Yesterday, This week, This month, and then by month.
Need Additional Help?
If you have any questions or run into any issues, please contact the Helperbird support team. You can reach us at Helperbird support. We are happy to help you get the most out of Helperbird.
Printed from the Helperbird Help Center · Updated September 26th, 2026
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