Extract Comments from YAML

Extract Comments from YAML pulls all comments from your YAML file. Choose inline or full-line comments and export instantly.

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Supported file types: .yaml, .yml, .txt
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Options
Include inline comments
Maximize output

How to Use:

  • Paste your YAML into the input box or upload a .yaml, .yml, or .txt file
  • By default, the tool captures both full-line comments (lines starting with #) and inline comments (text after # on a line)
  • Toggle Include inline comments to enable or disable extraction of comments after content
  • Output updates live as you type or toggle options
  • Click Extract to re-run the comment extraction manually
  • Click Copy Output to copy all extracted comments to your clipboard
  • Use Export to File to download the comments as a .txt file
  • Use Maximize output to expand the output display
  • Click Clear All to reset everything input, output, file name, and toggle state

What Extract Comments from YAML can do:

This tool isolates all the comments in your YAML document and gives you a clean list. It’s helpful for reviewing documentation embedded in configs, auditing author notes, or extracting metadata without parsing the structure. You can keep or skip inline comments depending on your goal. Full-line comments (like # Note about this field) are always captured. Inline ones (like name: Alice # user’s name) are optional. The extraction happens right in your browser, so nothing is uploaded or shared.

Example:

Input:

# User data
name: Alice  # first name
age: 30
# End of record

Output:

# User data
# first name
# End of record

Common Use Cases:

Use this tool when you want to extract notes from YAML for review, translation, documentation, or QA. It’s also great for comparing config versions, isolating team comments before stripping them, or checking if production files contain hidden notes.

Useful Tools & Suggestions:

After pulling out the comments, you might want to Remove Comments from YAML to clean up the file for parsing or export. And if you’re organizing documentation, Extract Strings from YAML helps separate out any human-readable notes from structured data.

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