Random Picker
Open toolPick one or more random items from a list.
Type a list of options and let the tool pick one — or several — at random. Use it for choosing a winner, deciding where to eat, assigning turns, or drawing names.
How it works
The tool shuffles your whole list (a Fisher–Yates shuffle) and takes the first few items. That means every option has an equal chance, and one item can never be picked twice in the same draw. The result is shown as a numbered list in the order the items were drawn.
Each click on Pick is an independent, fresh draw. The randomness comes from the browser's standard random number generator, which is fine for games and everyday decisions but is not meant for anything security-related, such as generating passwords.
How to use it
- Type your options in the box, one per line.
- Set How many to pick (1 by default).
- Click Pick and read the result below.
- Click Pick again for a new draw from the same list.
Options & controls
Inputs
- Options (one per line)
- Your list, one option per line. Spaces at the start and end of a line are trimmed, and blank lines are ignored.
- How many to pick
- A whole number, 1 or more. An empty, zero or invalid entry is treated as 1. If it is higher than the number of options, every option is returned in a random order and a note tells you so.
Buttons
- Pick
- Draws the picks. Disabled, with a hint “Add at least one option.”, until there is at least one option.
- Reset
- In the title row. Clears the options, sets How many to pick back to 1, and clears the result.
Result
- Result panel
- Shows the picked items as a numbered list. Before the first draw it reads “Add your options and click Pick.” The result stays until you pick again, even if you edit the options in the meantime.
Tips & guidelines
- Duplicates are kept as separate entries. If “Alice” appears twice she has double the chance — a simple way to weight an option — but she can also be picked twice in a multi-pick.
- To assign everyone a turn in random order, set How many to pick to a number at least as large as the list, and the whole list comes back shuffled.
- For a fair public draw, screen-share or show the list first so everyone can see what was entered.
Limits
- There is no built-in weighting, no “don't pick the same person twice in a row” memory, and no history of past results.
- The randomness is not cryptographic, so do not use this for anything where someone might benefit from predicting the result.
Saved in your browser
Nothing. Your options and results are cleared when you refresh or close the page.