Abstract: This application is directed to digital content clipping implemented by a computer with a processor and memory including one or programs executable by the processor. The computer obtains digital content and an address of a web page opened in a web browser of a user, and evaluates one or more of the digital content and the address to identify the web page as a candidate web page for clipping. The candidate web page is categorized based one or more content categories. The one or more content categories includes one or more of availability and organization of related content items, page sequence in a user browsing history, frequency of access by user, time spent on page, and one or more topic descriptions. The computer then extracts at least a fragment of the digital content into a digital content collection that is associated with the user in a content management application.