Extract Domains

What Is the Extract Domains Tool?

The Extract Domains tool scans a list of URLs or any block of text containing links and pulls out just the domain names, outputting a clean list without the paths, parameters, or protocols attached to each original URL. Paste in your URLs or text, click Extract Domains, and the domains appear in the output ready to copy. It is used for link analysis, backlink audits, filtering duplicate domains from a URL list, building domain blocklists or allowlists, and any data task where you need the domain portion of a URL separated from everything else.

Manually stripping paths and subdomains from a long list of URLs is the sort of work that looks like it will take five minutes and then consumes half an hour. This tool handles it in one click.

How to Use This Tool

1. Paste your list of URLs or any text containing links into the input box above. Each URL can be on its own line, or the tool can pick them out from mixed text.
2. No settings needed. The tool identifies all URLs in the input and extracts the domain portion from each one automatically.
3. Click Extract Domains and the domain names appear in the output area, one per line.
4. Copy the result using the Copy button, or select and copy manually. Use Clear to reset the input.

When Would You Use This?

Pulling domain names from a backlink report or a list of referring URLs so you can count unique domains, filter out irrelevant sources, or prepare the data for further analysis without the full URL paths cluttering the list.

Extracting domains from a mixed block of text, such as a copied web page, an email, or a document that contains links scattered throughout the content, to get a clean list of the sites referenced.

Building a domain blocklist or allowlist by processing a raw list of URLs from an ad platform, a content filter, or a security report, where you need just the root domains rather than the full link addresses.

Examples

Extracting from a URL list

Input   : https://example.com/page1
https://blog.example.com/post/123
https://anothersite.org/about?ref=home
Output  : example.com
blog.example.com
anothersite.org

Extracting from mixed text

Input   : Check out https://example.com for details. You can also visit https://tools.another.org/convert for the converter.
Output  : example.com
tools.another.org

Extracting from a backlink report

Input   : https://news.site.com/article/1
https://forum.another.net/thread/456
https://blog.third.co.uk/post/789
Output  : news.site.com
forum.another.net
blog.third.co.uk

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I extract domain names from a list of URLs?

Paste your URLs into the input box and click Extract Domains. The tool strips the protocol, path, and parameters from each URL and returns just the domain names in the output.

What counts as the domain in a URL?

The domain is the core part of a URL that identifies the website, such as example.com or bbc.co.uk. It sits between the protocol (https://) and the path (/page/article). Some tools include subdomains like www or blog as part of the domain, while others return only the root domain. Check the output to see which format this tool uses.

Does it remove subdomains like www?

This depends on the tool's implementation. Some versions strip www but keep other subdomains. Others return the full hostname including all subdomains. Check the output for a sample URL from your list to confirm what you are getting.

Can I extract domains from mixed text, not just a URL list?

Yes. The tool scans for URL patterns within any text, so you can paste an email, a document, or any block of content and it will find and extract the domains from any links embedded in it.

How do I get a list of unique domains from a URL list?

Run the extraction, then use a deduplication tool on the output to remove repeated entries. You will end up with a list of distinct domains from your original URL set.

Can I extract domains in Python?

Yes. Use the urllib.parse module: from urllib.parse import urlparse; urlparse("https://example.com/path").netloc returns 'example.com'. For a quick manual extraction without writing code, paste into this tool.

What is the difference between a domain and a URL?

A URL is the full address of a specific page, including the protocol, domain, path, and any parameters. A domain is just the identifying name of the website itself. For example, in the URL https://example.com/blog/post?id=1, the domain is example.com.

How do I remove duplicate domains from my list?

After extracting, run the result through a remove duplicate lines tool to collapse repeated domains into one entry each. The combination of these two tools handles the full workflow of going from a URL list to a unique domain list.