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24 alternatives to A simple app to make Ctrl+V paste unformatted text by default (Windows)

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This Windows application changes the default paste behavior to insert unformatted text instead of preserving formatting from the source. When users press Ctrl+V, the app strips away fonts, colors, styles, and other… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A simple app to make Ctrl+V paste unformatted text by default (Windows) launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Show your work. Paste is a new presentation tool for Slack.

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Paste as plain text by default

    2022 · sindresorhus.com · its alternatives →

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    Devsync▲319

    Visually edit CSS. Live-sync the result with your editor.

    2020 · devsync.co · its alternatives →

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    Inspired by the design and UI/UX of apps like Notion, and utility of open-source apps like StackEdit, I decided to create a minimalistic, local-only WYSIWYG Markdown editor. Some features worth highlighting: - Monaco editor and Prettier integration for code snippets - Tables (apparently the holy grail of WYSIWYG editing) - Embeds (for CodePen, CodeSandbox and YouTube, most useful for HTML or JSON exports) - Accepts Markdown paste-in, and "exports"/generates HTML, Markdown and JSON outputs - Collaboration (with real-time awareness and initial commenting system, available only when…

    2023 · editor.vrite.io · its alternatives →

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    Convert text to markdown for LLMs like ChatGPT

    2025 · copyasmarkdown.com · its alternatives →

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    Keep a library of saved text, paste it in a keystroke

    Feb 2026 · usepastey.com · its alternatives →

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    Purifai▲217

    App-aware copy/paste that removes unsupported formatting

    Jan 2026 · purifai.app · its alternatives →

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    The headless rich text editor framework for web artisans. - ueberdosis/tiptap

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    This is a simple Pastebin clone I made using the Deno Typescript runtime. I created a simple templating system, and implemented server-side rendering for the UI. Demo: https://paste.jlcarveth.dev/

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Copied▲162

    Instant Text Access, Easy Copy-Paste, and Organized Snippets

    2024 · copiedpro.com · its alternatives →

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    Generate 180+ copy-and-paste fonts for Instagram, TikTok, Discord, bios, names, and messages. Free fancy text generator with cool, cute, bold, cursive, and symbol styles.

    2025 · fontgenerator.cool · its alternatives →

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    I’ve been impressed with Claude Code but one thing that sometimes gets in the way in my workflows is the messy, mangled text that is shown when pasting text from the Claude Code terminal sessions. So I built an open-source utility that cleans extraneous white space, pipes, and other characters from your CC/Codex pastes. For example, you can turn this: `How can I create a Claude Code script that │ │ cleans up extraneous characters and cleans up │ │ extra spaces, new lines, and other messiness │ when I copy from Claude Code terminal │ │ prompts or copy code from Claude Responses in │ │…

    Mar 2026 · cleanclode.com · its alternatives →

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    A copy-and-paste extension that perfectly preserves formats

    2025 · copywithformat.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello HN, I’m Joseph, a solo developer. I built CustomPaste because I was frustrated by the binary choice standard clipboard tools give us: either keep all the messy formatting (background colors, huge fonts) or strip everything down to plain text. We all know Ctrl+Shift+V (paste as plain text), but that is often too destructive, it kills hyperlinks, bolding, and lists when I usually just want to normalize the font family (e.g., force Arial 11pt) or remove background colors. I wanted a tool that let me "strip exactly what I want, and keep exactly what I want." The Solution: Instead of a…

    Jan 2026 · custompaste.com · its alternatives →

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    Reusable HTML templates and blocks to help you build beautiful and professional landing pages quickly and easily by COPY-PASTE

    2020 · frontendor.com · its alternatives →

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    Vscode Extension allows you to paste with typing effect.

    2025 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →

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    Pluck▲71

    Copy any UI component from any website and paste it into Claude, Cursor, Figma, or any AI tool. Get pixel-perfect code in seconds. Free to use.

    Mar 2026 · pluck.so · its alternatives →

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    CtrlV▲25

    Code sharing at the speed of paste

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    Fixes your paste problems with text -- paste without formatting, remove line breaks from paragraphs, and even convert images to text (OCR). 100% free.

    2018 · pastemagic.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi folks, I've been working on a visual devtool chrome extension for Tailwind CSS for quite some time now and just launched in recently. It let's you tweak your website from the browser itself and copy the classes or html afterwards to paste in your IDE. It's especially well suited to try out changes quickly, but I've built most of the landing page with the help of the extension itself. You can try it out in the landing page itself (no need to install anything). Features: - Click on any class (eg: px-4) and try out other values easily. - Preview the website in responsive mode and quickly…

    2022 · supertweak.dev · its alternatives →

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    Paste without losing links, lists, or paragraph breaks.

    Jul 2026 · paste-formatter.app · its alternatives →

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    The Ultimate Cheat Sheets at Your Fingertips

    2024 · qirolab.com · its alternatives →

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    Share code, text, and markdown securely with end-to-end encryption. Zero-knowledge paste sharing with expiry and burn-after-read options.

    2025 · pastevault.dev · its alternatives →

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    Notepad for AI watermark text cleaning and formatting

    2025 · notepadllm.com · its alternatives →

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