Pick one from your list

Type your options into the rows or paste a list, then press Pick. It works as a random picker from list, and as a random name picker when the rows are names. A wheel picker or picker wheel is the same page. The tool builds the wheel from your items and spins for a couple of seconds before stopping on one choice. The two starter rows are there to be typed over or cleared. You can drag the grip handle to reorder rows, or use Alt+↑ and Alt+↓. If you want three rounds instead of one, switch to Best of 3 before you pick. On a longer list, three spins will often produce no majority, and the readout will report that directly.

You can add up to 500 options. For lists between 2 and 60 items, the tool displays a circular wheel spinner where each entry receives an equal slice. Slice labels longer than 18 characters truncate on the wheel with an ellipsis, while the editor keeps your full text. Above 60 options, the wheel is replaced by a vertical reel with the same deceleration and the same maths. That is a deliberate display for longer lists, not a failure.

Yes. Pasting multi-line text into any option row splits it into one row per line. The Paste a list button simply focuses an empty row so you can paste straight into it. Blank lines are ignored when you pick, but they are not deleted while typing so your cursor does not jump around. You can press Shuffle to randomise the order. If you paste more than 500 lines, the tool keeps the first 500 and reports how many were trimmed.

Yes. The answer comes from crypto.getRandomValues, the random number generator built into your browser. We turn that number into one of your options, and we throw leftover numbers away so the early rows do not get a tiny extra chance. On a list of 3 or 7 that leftover would matter. We draw again instead. It comes from your browser, not from the weather, and we say so. We ran a hundred thousand draws and published the distribution test.

There are no weighting sliders or percentages, but duplicating an entry does the job. If you want one option to have twice the chance of the others, add it to the list a second time. Two rows of the same item out of four total entries gives it a one-in-two chance on any pick. We allow duplicate entries silently for this reason. It is a blunt instrument, but it keeps the editor simple.

No, not by default. When you close the tab, your list disappears, which is the intended behaviour. If you want to keep your options on that computer or phone, tick Remember my list on this device below the rows. That saves the list in your browser only, never on a server, and it requires your agreement in the cookie banner. With the setting left off, closing the tab leaves nothing behind.

Yes. Press Copy link after a pick completes. The tool creates a link that carries your options and the chosen answer in the address itself. When someone opens it, the page opens with the result already landed and the wheel stationary, so they see what was picked without waiting through a spin. They can see the list, check the data line, or press Pick your own to clear the link and start their own draw.

Not if you already know what you want. If one choice is obviously right, a random picker is useless. It earns its place when you are genuinely torn between three or four sensible options and the debate has stalled. Pressing the button breaks the deadlock, and the few seconds of spinning give you a quiet moment to realise whether you were secretly hoping for one specific outcome. The pause between pressing and knowing is the real product.

Health, legal, and money decisions belong somewhere else. A list of treatments, a list of settlement offers, a list of places to put your savings — those are not lists this tool should touch, because the cost of a wrong pick is carried entirely by you and nobody here is accountable for it. Not for gambling either. It is good for the restaurants you keep circling, or the chores nobody wants to start.

Yes. In Chrome or Edge, use Install app from the browser menu. On iPhone, open Share and tap Add to Home Screen. That puts the same page on your phone without the browser chrome, and without an App Store listing. After you have opened a page once, it still works if the connection drops. Your list stays on the device either way.