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24 alternatives to Plain Clip

Remove the formatting from copied text.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Plain Clip launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Pure Paste▲164

   Paste as plain text by default

   2022 · sindresorhus.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   No Formatting▲3

   Remove formatting when you paste a clip.

   2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   CleanBoard - Clean Clipboard▲67

   Automatically removes formatting from your MacOS clipboard

   2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Clean Text▲7

   Mac tool for eliminating all text formatting issues.

   2016 · apimac.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Text Capture▲96

   Simple & convenient OCR tool for macOS

   2024 · textcapture.app · its alternatives →

6. 6
   ClipMark▲113

   Never lose anything you copy again

   Apr 2026 · clip-mark.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   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 →

8. 8
   Clipped▲74

   Summarize anything.

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Snipit - Ultimate OCR app for Mac▲131

   Effortless image to text conversion for Mac

   2024 · getsnipit.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Clean Text for iOS▲110

    An essential tool for removing text formatting on iOS 📱👌

    2016 · apimac.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Copywithformat▲13

    A copy-and-paste extension that perfectly preserves formats

    2025 · copywithformat.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    ClipText▲64

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

    2015 · cliptext.co · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Copyclip▲108

    Simple, efficient clipboard manager for your Mac

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Paste Quick▲109

    Quick clipboard and copy/paste manager

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    ClippyApp▲96

    Copy and paste multiple items, with ease

    2019 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Clips▲91

    Copy and paste anywhere with iOS 8 widget & keyboard

    2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    SmartPaste▲93

    Paste without annoying styles on macOS

    2021 · smartpaste.app · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Paste for Mac▲7

    Beautiful clipboard manager

    2015 · try.pasteapp.me · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Plainboard▲5

    Pasteboard plain text formatter for your Mac MenuBar

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Quick Clip - a copy and paste clipboard Chrome Extension▲7

    All the links you need to copy & past daily in one place.

    2017 · natesmoyer.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    notepadllm.com▲15

    Notepad for AI watermark text cleaning and formatting

    2025 · notepadllm.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    PasteSpace 2.0▲5

    A private Mac clipboard manager with no subscriptions

    Jul 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Paste & Copy▲6

    A free online clipboard tool

    2024 · pastencopy.online · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Plain Text▲7

    Clean text, remove formatting, count words

    2024 · plain-text.app · its alternatives →

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