diff --git a/changedetectionio/__init__.py b/changedetectionio/__init__.py
index 4ba09989f08..656f07688c0 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/__init__.py
+++ b/changedetectionio/__init__.py
@@ -1430,6 +1430,27 @@ def form_share_put_watch():
         # paste in etc
         return redirect(url_for('index'))
 
+    @app.route("/highlight_submit_ignore_url", methods=['POST'])
+    def highlight_submit_ignore_url():
+        import re
+        mode = request.form.get('mode')
+        selection = request.form.get('selection')
+
+        uuid = request.args.get('uuid','')
+        if datastore.data["watching"].get(uuid):
+            if mode == 'exact':
+                for l in selection.splitlines():
+                    datastore.data["watching"][uuid]['ignore_text'].append(l.strip())
+            elif mode == 'digit-regex':
+                for l in selection.splitlines():
+                    # Replace any series of numbers with a regex
+                    s = re.escape(l.strip())
+                    s = re.sub(r'[0-9]+', r'\\d+', s)
+                    datastore.data["watching"][uuid]['ignore_text'].append('/' + s + '/')
+
+        return f"<a href={url_for('preview_page', uuid=uuid)}>Click to preview</a>"
+
+
     import changedetectionio.blueprint.browser_steps as browser_steps
     app.register_blueprint(browser_steps.construct_blueprint(datastore), url_prefix='/browser-steps')
 
diff --git a/changedetectionio/static/js/diff-overview.js b/changedetectionio/static/js/diff-overview.js
index 31c9bfddfe1..367c8472480 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/static/js/diff-overview.js
+++ b/changedetectionio/static/js/diff-overview.js
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 $(document).ready(function () {
+    var csrftoken = $('input[name=csrf_token]').val();
+    $.ajaxSetup({
+        beforeSend: function (xhr, settings) {
+            if (!/^(GET|HEAD|OPTIONS|TRACE)$/i.test(settings.type) && !this.crossDomain) {
+                xhr.setRequestHeader("X-CSRFToken", csrftoken)
+            }
+        }
+    })
+
     // Load it when the #screenshot tab is in use, so we dont give a slow experience when waiting for the text diff to load
     window.addEventListener('hashchange', function (e) {
         toggle(location.hash);
@@ -15,11 +24,71 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
             $("#settings").hide();
         } else if (hash_name === '#extract') {
             $("#settings").hide();
+        } else {
+            $("#settings").show();
         }
+    }
 
+    const article = $('.highlightable-filter')[0];
+
+    // We could also add the  'touchend' event for touch devices, but since
+    // most iOS/Android browsers already show a dialog when you select
+    // text (often with a Share option) we'll skip that
+    article.addEventListener('mouseup', dragTextHandler, false);
+    article.addEventListener('mousedown', clean, false);
+
+    function clean(event) {
+      $("#highlightSnippet").remove();
+    }
+
+
+    function dragTextHandler(event) {
+        console.log('mouseupped');
+
+        // Check if any text was selected
+        if (window.getSelection().toString().length > 0) {
+
+            // Find out how much (if any) user has scrolled
+            var scrollTop = (window.pageYOffset !== undefined) ? window.pageYOffset : (document.documentElement || document.body.parentNode || document.body).scrollTop;
+
+            // Get cursor position
+            const posX = event.clientX;
+            const posY = event.clientY + 20 + scrollTop;
+
+            // Append HTML to the body, create the "Tweet Selection" dialog
+            document.body.insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', '<div id="highlightSnippet" style="position: absolute; top: ' + posY + 'px; left: ' + posX + 'px;"><div class="pure-form-message-inline" style="font-size: 70%">Ignore any change on any line which contains the selected text.</div><br><a data-mode="exact" href="javascript:void(0);" class="pure-button button-secondary button-xsmall">Ignore exact text</a>&nbsp;</div>');
+
+            if (/\d/.test(window.getSelection().toString())) {
+                // Offer regex replacement
+                document.getElementById("highlightSnippet").insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', '<a data-mode="digit-regex"  href="javascript:void(0);" class="pure-button button-secondary button-xsmall">Ignore text including number changes</a>');
+            }
+
+            $('#highlightSnippet a').bind('click', function (e) {
+                if(!window.getSelection().toString().trim().length) {
+                    alert('Oops no text selected!');
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                $.ajax({
+                    type: "POST",
+                    url: highlight_submit_ignore_url,
+                    data: {'mode': $(this).data('mode'), 'selection': window.getSelection().toString()},
+                    statusCode: {
+                        400: function () {
+                            // More than likely the CSRF token was lost when the server restarted
+                            alert("There was a problem processing the request, please reload the page.");
+                        }
+                    }
+                }).done(function (data) {
+                    $("#highlightSnippet").append(data)
+                }).fail(function (data) {
+                    console.log(data);
+                    alert('There was an error communicating with the server.');
+                });
+            });
 
-        else {
-            $("#settings").show();
         }
     }
+
+
 });
diff --git a/changedetectionio/static/styles/diff.css b/changedetectionio/static/styles/diff.css
index a9d245af5ad..48fc3e731d2 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/static/styles/diff.css
+++ b/changedetectionio/static/styles/diff.css
@@ -218,3 +218,10 @@ td#diff-col div {
   text-align: center; }
   .tab-pane-inner#screenshot img {
     max-width: 99%; }
+
+#highlightSnippet {
+  background: var(--color-background);
+  padding: 1em;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  background: var(--color-background);
+  box-shadow: 1px 1px 4px var(--color-shadow-jump); }
diff --git a/changedetectionio/static/styles/scss/diff.scss b/changedetectionio/static/styles/scss/diff.scss
index 19783b6fa41..699f24ebdb4 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/static/styles/scss/diff.scss
+++ b/changedetectionio/static/styles/scss/diff.scss
@@ -119,3 +119,11 @@ td#diff-col div {
     max-width: 99%;
   }
 }
+
+#highlightSnippet {
+  background: var(--color-background);
+  padding: 1em;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  background: var(--color-background);
+  box-shadow: 1px 1px 4px var(--color-shadow-jump);
+}
diff --git a/changedetectionio/templates/diff.html b/changedetectionio/templates/diff.html
index 22e34901d64..4dbb67a1487 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/templates/diff.html
+++ b/changedetectionio/templates/diff.html
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
     {% if last_error_screenshot %}
     const error_screenshot_url="{{url_for('static_content', group='screenshot', filename=uuid, error_screenshot=1) }}";
     {% endif %}
+
+    const highlight_submit_ignore_url="{{url_for('highlight_submit_ignore_url', uuid=uuid)}}";
+
 </script>
 <script src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='diff-overview.js')}}" defer></script>
 
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ <h1>Differences</h1>
     </div>
 
      <div class="tab-pane-inner" id="text">
-         <div class="tip">Pro-tip: Use <strong>show current snapshot</strong> tab to visualise what will be ignored.</div>
+         <div class="tip">Pro-tip: Use <strong>show current snapshot</strong> tab to visualise what will be ignored, highlight text to add to ignore filters</div>
 
          {% if password_enabled_and_share_is_off %}
            <div class="tip">Pro-tip: You can enable <strong>"share access when password is enabled"</strong> from settings</div>
@@ -91,7 +94,7 @@ <h1>Differences</h1>
                  <td id="a" style="display: none;">{{previous}}</td>
                  <td id="b" style="display: none;">{{newest}}</td>
                  <td id="diff-col">
-                     <span id="result"></span>
+                     <span id="result" class="highlightable-filter"></span>
                  </td>
              </tr>
              </tbody>
diff --git a/changedetectionio/templates/preview.html b/changedetectionio/templates/preview.html
index ead4e3b4102..5cc61bedc4a 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/templates/preview.html
+++ b/changedetectionio/templates/preview.html
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     {% if last_error_screenshot %}
     const error_screenshot_url="{{url_for('static_content', group='screenshot', filename=uuid, error_screenshot=1) }}";
     {% endif %}
+    const highlight_submit_ignore_url="{{url_for('highlight_submit_ignore_url', uuid=uuid)}}";
 </script>
 <script src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='diff-overview.js')}}" defer></script>
 
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@
         {% endif %}
     </ul>
 </div>
-
+<form><input type="hidden" name="csrf_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}"></form>
 <div id="diff-ui">
     <div class="tab-pane-inner" id="error-text">
         <div class="snapshot-age error">{{watch.error_text_ctime|format_seconds_ago}} seconds ago</div>
@@ -36,11 +37,12 @@
 
     <div class="tab-pane-inner" id="text">
         <div class="snapshot-age">{{watch.snapshot_text_ctime|format_timestamp_timeago}}</div>
-        <span class="ignored">Grey lines are ignored</span> <span class="triggered">Blue lines are triggers</span>
+        <span class="ignored">Grey lines are ignored</span> <span class="triggered">Blue lines are triggers</span> <span class="tip"><strong>Pro-tip</strong>: Highlight text to add to ignore filters</span>
+
         <table>
             <tbody>
             <tr>
-                <td id="diff-col">
+                <td id="diff-col" class="highlightable-filter">
                     {% for row in content %}
                     <div class="{{row.classes}}">{{row.line}}</div>
                     {% endfor %}
diff --git a/changedetectionio/tests/test_ignorehighlighter.py b/changedetectionio/tests/test_ignorehighlighter.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..88bd0af61db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changedetectionio/tests/test_ignorehighlighter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import time
+from flask import url_for
+from .util import live_server_setup, wait_for_all_checks
+from changedetectionio import html_tools
+from . util import  extract_UUID_from_client
+
+def set_original_ignore_response():
+    test_return_data = """<html>
+       <body>
+     Some initial text<br>
+     <p>Which is across multiple lines</p>
+     <br>
+     So let's see what happens.  <br>
+     <p>oh yeah 456</p>
+     </body>
+     </html>
+
+    """
+
+    with open("test-datastore/endpoint-content.txt", "w") as f:
+        f.write(test_return_data)
+
+
+def test_highlight_ignore(client, live_server):
+    live_server_setup(live_server)
+    set_original_ignore_response()
+    test_url = url_for('test_endpoint', _external=True)
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("import_page"),
+        data={"urls": test_url},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+    assert b"1 Imported" in res.data
+
+    # Give the thread time to pick it up
+    wait_for_all_checks(client)
+    uuid = extract_UUID_from_client(client)
+    # use the highlighter endpoint
+    res = client.post(
+        url_for("highlight_submit_ignore_url", uuid=uuid),
+        data={"mode": 'digit-regex', 'selection': 'oh yeah 123'},
+        follow_redirects=True
+    )
+
+    res = client.get(url_for("edit_page", uuid=uuid))
+
+    # should be a regex now
+    assert b'/oh\ yeah\ \d+/' in res.data
+
+    # Should return a link
+    assert b'href' in res.data
+
+    # And it should register in the preview page
+    res = client.get(url_for("preview_page", uuid=uuid))
+    assert b'<div class="ignored">oh yeah 456' in res.data