Windows 10 reached EOS (end of support) on October 14, 2025. If you are on Windows 10, see this article.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More
This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.
Solved Archived

Difference between 'save as' formats

Firefox
slack1 replied
slack1
slack1

In the 'save page as' option there are two formats for saving Web pages as HTML. One is 'Save page, complete. The other is 'Save page' HTML only. What is the difference?

In the 'save page as' option there are two formats for saving Web pages as HTML. One is 'Save page, complete. The other is 'Save page' HTML only. What is the difference?

All Replies (2)

cor-el
cor-el
  • Moderator

Chosen Solution

Save as "HTML only" saves only the main page code without modifying the code and doesn't save other files like CSS and JavaScript files and images, so you can't open that page directly.
If you save the page as "Web page, complete" then Firefox saves those other files as well and modifies the HTML page to load those items locally.

If you want to open the page and see it like when you visited the site then you need to use "Web page, complete" to save the website.