# Saving from Reddit

> Save a post or comment on Reddit and Stashr mirrors it into your library, including polls, galleries, and crossposts.

Stashr watches Reddit's own **Save** action. Save a post or comment on Reddit and it lands in your Stashr library. Real-time capture works on new Reddit (reddit.com). If you browse on old Reddit (old.reddit.com), those saves are not captured live, but they still come in when you run an [import](/docs/importing-your-saves), which reads your saved history regardless of which Reddit you use.

## Saving a post

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the overflow menu">
    Click the "..." menu on any post or comment.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Choose Save">
    Click **Save**. Stashr mirrors the action for you.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Look for the confirmation">
    A small "Stashed" tooltip appears near the menu you clicked. If the capture failed, it says "Failed" in red; the item is still saved on Reddit either way.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Find it in your library">
    The post or comment appears in [your bookmarks](https://stashr.me/bookmarks). If AI tagging is on, tags follow shortly after.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Unsaving on Reddit removes the item from Stashr too. The tooltip shows "Unstashed" to confirm.

<Callout type="tip" title="Comments are first-class">
  Both posts and comments are captured. A saved comment becomes a full bookmark in your library, just like a post.
</Callout>

## What gets captured

- **Full text with Reddit formatting**, including spoilers, tables, code, and superscript.
- **Images and galleries**, stored by Stashr so they survive the original being deleted.
- **External link posts**, with the link they point to.
- **Crossposts**, with a "reposted from r/..." context line.
- **Polls**, shown as an option list.
- **Videos**: the poster image only. The video file is never stored; the bookmark links back to the original for playback.

Deleted or removed posts (marked "[deleted]" or "[removed]") are skipped, because there is nothing left to capture.

## Importing your Reddit saves

Press **Import** on the Reddit row in the extension popup. Stashr fetches your saved listing directly using your Reddit session. No tab opens and nothing scrolls. You must be logged in to Reddit.

<Callout type="note" title="Platform limit">
  Reddit only exposes roughly your most recent 1,000 saved items. When the import reaches that cap, the row shows "Up to date (platform limit ~1000)". Everything Reddit exposes is imported; older saves beyond the cap are not reachable.
</Callout>

<CardGroup>
  <LinkCard slug="importing-your-saves" title="Importing your saves" description="How bulk import works across every platform." icon="📥" />
  <LinkCard slug="what-gets-saved" title="What gets saved" description="See exactly what Stashr keeps from each post." icon="🗂️" />
</CardGroup>