Define a short trigger — ;email, ;addr, ;sig — and Text Replacements expands it into your full text the moment you press Space or Enter, in any app on Windows.
Every day you type the same things over and over — your email address, phone number, postal address, signatures, technical terms. In every app. Every time.
macOS has had text replacements built in for years. Windows users have been waiting.
Text Replacements brings the macOS text expansion experience to Windows 11. Set up shortcuts once, use them everywhere — without switching windows or touching the clipboard.
Your fingers will thank you.
Lightweight and focused. No subscription, no account, no cloud.
Press Space, Tab, or Enter after your trigger and the full replacement appears instantly — the shortcut is deleted and your text is injected in one shot, below 35 ms.
A low-level Windows keyboard hook intercepts typing system-wide. Text Replacements works in every desktop app — browsers, VS Code, Slack, Outlook, PowerShell, Notepad.
Define Latin shortcuts and trigger them even while typing on a Russian, German, or other non-Latin keyboard layout. The app resolves the US-layout key and matches against it.
Replacements are automatically blocked in password fields (detected via Windows UI Automation) and in password manager apps — 1Password, Bitwarden, KeePass, LastPass, and more.
Bring your existing snippets from JSON or CSV files, or export your library for backup and sharing. Existing shortcuts are never silently overwritten on import.
Text Replacements lives in the system tray. Click to pause or resume, or use Ctrl+Shift+Pause. Starts with Windows automatically. Uses no noticeable CPU in the background.
Open Text Replacements, click Add, type a short trigger like ;email and the full replacement text.
Switch to any app — browser, editor, chat — and type your shortcut as you normally would.
Hit Space, Tab, or Enter. The shortcut is detected instantly and deleted, and your replacement text is typed in its place.
Your full text appears in the document. No clipboard, no copy-paste, no context switch — just your normal typing speed.
These are the snippets text expander users create most, drawn from productivity forums and communities.
%AppData%\TextReplacements\snippets.json on your own machine and never leave it.
;email) and trigger them even while typing on a Russian, German, or other non-Latin layout. The app resolves the US-layout equivalent of each keypress and checks it against your shortcut library.
. , ! ? — useful for sentence-end shortcuts. You can switch modes in Settings at any time.
One-time purchase, no subscription. Works on Windows 11.