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 five alternatives to Copy PlainText for a variety of platforms, including Windows, AutoHotkey, Waterfox, Pale Moon and Firefox. The best alternative is PureText, which is free. Other great apps like Copy PlainText are PlainPaste, PasteUnformatted, Copy Plain Text 2 and Pure Paste.
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).
Features
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.
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.
Features
DiscontinuedThe program is no longer updated. Last version, released in December 2011, can be still downloaded from the official website.
With this addon you can copy selected text without any formatting such as italic, bold, font size, etc. Just select text, right click and from context menu choose "Copy as plain text".
Features
DiscontinuedThe extension is no longer updated since August 2016 and it doesn't work on Firefox 57 and later. It still works on XUL-based Firefox forks like
Waterfox and
Pale Moon
How many times have you pasted some text into an email and ended up with a mess of different font sizes?