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Enable automatic previews<\/h2>\n

Open Settings \u2192 Advanced \u2192 Preview API<\/strong>, review the provider and privacy explanation, and enable website previews. Choose a provider or configure a supported custom API.<\/p>\n

Free includes the first 20 automatic previews<\/strong>. Other bookmarks still work and can use letter tiles or your own covers. PRO removes Groovy’s preview-count limit; an external provider may still have quotas, temporary failures, or access restrictions.<\/p>\n

Exact page or site home<\/h2>\n

Exact page<\/strong> requests a preview of the saved address. That can include its path and parameters, such as a video ID or saved search query. Site home<\/strong> limits the address to the site’s home\/domain instead and may show a different page from the one you bookmarked.<\/p>\n

Once enabled, automatic previews send the configured address to the chosen screenshot provider. They do not require you to press a capture button for every tile. Preview caching reduces repeated work but is not a promise that no network request will ever occur again.<\/p>\n

Replace a CAPTCHA preview with your visible page<\/h2>\n
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  1. Open the bookmarked page in a normal browser tab.<\/li>\n
  2. Sign in or complete the site’s check yourself if needed. Wait until the wanted content is visible.<\/li>\n
  3. Right-click the Groovy extension icon in the browser toolbar<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  4. Choose Save this page as a bookmark preview<\/strong>. Some builds use the older wording Save this page as a Dial preview<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  5. Return to Groovy and check the saved tile.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This saves the visible tab as a local cover. It does not bypass a site’s access controls. Do not capture private information you do not want stored as a preview.<\/p>\n

    To return to an automatic preview, use the saved-preview removal action in the tile’s three-dot menu or the available toolbar context-menu action for that page. Removing a local cover does not delete the bookmark.<\/p>\n

    Your own cover<\/h2>\n

    Use a tile’s edit\/appearance controls to select an image, change its color, or use a short label. Your custom cover does not need the screenshot provider to access that site.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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