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StudioLive

# Grab Code

Read a QR code or barcode on screen. Links come without trackers.

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![Grab Code in Clacky](https://clacky.app/features27/grab-code-light.webp)![Grab Code in Clacky](https://clacky.app/features27/grab-code-dark.webp)

## What it is

Grab Code reads a QR code or barcode anywhere on your screen: on a slide, in a video, in a photo. Drag over it and your Mac reads it right there. Nothing is uploaded.

Nothing opens on its own. You see the real website big first, with tracking tags like utm\_source and fbclid taken out, then choose Open or Copy Link.

A Wi-Fi code gives you the network and the password to copy; an email address or plain text can be copied too.

## How to use it

1.  1
    
    Start
    
    Press ⌥⇧⌘L, or open Studio and click Grab Code.
    
2.  2
    
    Drag over the code
    
    Drag a box around the QR code or barcode.
    
3.  3
    
    Check it
    
    A card shows what’s inside: the real website, a Wi-Fi network, an email or text.
    
4.  4
    
    Open or copy
    
    Press Open, or Copy Link (Copy Password for Wi-Fi).
    

## Tips

-   Have a screenshot or photo on the clipboard? Settings → Grab Code → Read a copied image reads it.
-   Settings → Grab Code can turn off Clean links if you want the original link.

## Questions

Is the image sent anywhere?

No. The code is read on your Mac.

Why do links look different?

Only tracking tags are removed, so the page still opens the same. The original is one switch away.

Related features

-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/grab-text-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/grab-text-dark.webp)
    
    [Grab Text](https://clacky.app/features/grab-text/)
    
    Press ⌥⇧⌘T and drag over any text: a video, a PDF, a photo. Your Mac reads it right there and it’s on your clipboard.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/shot-editor-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/shot-editor-dark.webp)
    
    [Screenshot editor](https://clacky.app/features/screenshot-editor/)
    
    Grab an area, a window or the whole screen. Mark it up with arrows, steps, text and blur, then copy or save.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/color-picker-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/color-picker-dark.webp)
    
    [Color Picker](https://clacky.app/features/color-picker/)
    
    Pick any colour on screen, copied as HEX, RGB, HSL or SwiftUI.
    
-   ![](https://clacky.app/features27/clipboard-history-light.webp)![](https://clacky.app/features27/clipboard-history-dark.webp)
    
    [Clipboard History](https://clacky.app/features/clipboard-history/)
    
    Your last 50 copies: search, pin, paste. Off by default and kept in memory; you can keep them across restarts, encrypted on this Mac. Copies from password managers are never kept.
    

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