Paste as Plain Text

Paste formatted text and instantly convert it to clean plain text. Remove hidden formatting from Word, Google Docs, emails, and websites in one click.

Paste as Plain Text - Explanation & Examples

The Paste as Plain Text tool removes formatting from rich text and returns clean plain text. It strips style metadata from sources like Word, Google Docs, websites, and emails.

⭐ What this tool removes

  • Bold, italic, underline, and other font styles
  • Font sizes, font families, colors, and highlights
  • Links and embedded formatting metadata
  • Hidden formatting from rich text editors and email clients

⚙️ Optional cleanup settings

  • Remove links: removes URL-like text from output
  • Remove extra spaces: collapses repeated spaces and tabs
  • Remove line breaks: converts new lines to single spaces
  • Trim whitespace: trims extra whitespace at the start and end

🔎 How to use

  1. Paste formatted content into the input area.
  2. Enable or disable optional cleanup settings.
  3. Copy the clean result or download it as .txt.

⭐ Example

Input (formatted source):

Important: Visit “our page” at https://example.com

Output (plain text):

Important: Visit "our page" at

Frequently Asked Questions

It removes rich text formatting and returns clean plain text.

It removes font styles, colors, sizes, links, and hidden metadata from pasted content.

Yes. The tool is designed for content pasted from Word, Google Docs, emails, and websites.

It removes URL-like text patterns such as <code>https://...</code>, <code>http://...</code>, and <code>www....</code> from the output.

It collapses repeated spaces and tabs into a single space while keeping text readable.

It converts new lines into spaces, producing one continuous text block.

Yes. Line breaks are preserved unless you enable <strong>Remove line breaks</strong>.

It removes extra whitespace at the beginning and end of the output.

Yes. You can copy to clipboard and download the result as a <code>.txt</code> file.

No. All processing runs in your browser and your text stays local.