Copy PlainText Alternatives

Copy PlainText is described as 'Tiny multi-process extension that removes the formatting from the selection before saving to the Clipboard' and is an app in the web browsers category. There are six alternatives to Copy PlainText for Windows, Mac, Web-based and AutoHotkey. The best Copy PlainText alternative is PureText, which is free. Other great apps like Copy PlainText are Pure Paste, PlainPaste, PasteUnformatted and text-format.

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  1. PureText icon
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    PureText is a tiny (13Kb) application for Windows that allows you to paste text to any application without formatting, using a hotkey (default Win + V).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  2. Pure Paste icon
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    How many times have you pasted some text into an email and ended up with a mess of different font sizes?

    16 Pure Paste alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  3.  1 like

    PlainPaste is a simple app to let you paste copied text without formatting in Windows. Simple press Ctrl-V once to paste regularly, or twice fast to paste as text.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • AutoHotkey
     
  4. When copying text from one application and pasting it into another one, you usually get to keep the formatting of the text as well. With formatting, I here refer to font size, text color, bold, hyperlinks, et cetera.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. Text-format is text format cleaner online tool,text cleaner,format text online,text format remover,strip HTML,remove characters,replace online.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Purifai icon
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    Purifai removes unsupported formatting while keeping what the destination app understands — so your text pastes cleanly into Mail, Docs, Slack, Word, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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