PasteUnformatted Alternatives
PasteUnformatted is described as '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' and is an app. There are five alternatives to PasteUnformatted for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Firefox, Linux and AutoHotkey. The best alternative is PureText, which is free. Other great apps like PasteUnformatted are PlainPaste, Copy Plain Text 2, Copy PlainText 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.
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".
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DiscontinuedThe extension is no longer updated since August 2016 and it doesn't work on Firefox 57 and later.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
Copy PlainText is a tiny multi-process extension that removes the formatting from the selection before saving to the Clipboard.
Features
How many times have you pasted some text into an email and ended up with a mess of different font sizes?