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24 alternatives to No Formatting

Remove formatting when you paste a clip.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. No Formatting launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Plain Clip▲135

   Remove the formatting from copied text.

   2016 · bluem.net · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Clipped▲74

   Summarize anything.

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Pure Paste▲164

   Paste as plain text by default

   2022 · sindresorhus.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Paste by FiftyThree▲525

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

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Clips▲91

   Copy and paste anywhere with iOS 8 widget & keyboard

   2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Copy Paste Character▲115

   Easily find and copy special characters

   2014 · copypastecharacter.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Typewriter▲72

   A Text Editor with No Features

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   BlankSlate.io▲86

   Fast Note Taking in your Browser

   2015 · blankslate.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   ClipText▲64

   Share text as a image to get around that 140 character limit

   2015 · cliptext.co · its alternatives →

10. 10
    ChatGPT Notepad ▲141

    Edit less, create more, perfectly format GPT content

    2024 · chatgptnotepad.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    I built a clipboard tool to strip/keep specific formatting like Italics▲38

    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 →

12. 12
    Paste for Mac▲7

    Beautiful clipboard manager

    2015 · try.pasteapp.me · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Copywithformat▲13

    A copy-and-paste extension that perfectly preserves formats

    2025 · copywithformat.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Free Summarizer▲167

    Summarize *any* text online in just a few secs. *MAGIC*

    2015 · freesummarizer.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Transcribe▲115

    A great audio to text tool for journalists

    2014 · transcribe.wreally.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    A simple app to make Ctrl+V paste unformatted text by default (Windows)▲33

    DevComrade - A copy/paste/run productivity improvement utility for developers - postprintum/devcomrade

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Clean Text for iOS▲110

    An essential tool for removing text formatting on iOS 📱👌

    2016 · apimac.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    SpeechCut▲72

    Cut videos by speech, Not by waveforms

    Nov 2025 · speechcut.app · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Ink Paste▲110

    Never. Forget. Another. Word.

    2015 · sporthiatus.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Pasteboard▲75

    Easy image uploads

    2014 · pasteboard.co · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Shotnote▲70

    Leave a shot. Leave a note.

    2014 · shotnote.me · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Clean Text▲7

    Mac tool for eliminating all text formatting issues.

    2016 · apimac.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Slicereader▲62

    Easy focused reading one paragraph at a time

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    CopyClip 2▲71

    Clipboard management done right

    2015 · fiplab.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →