Alternatives

Products that do what Text Sanitizer does

Fix messy layout formatting from PDF copy-pastes

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   Plain Clip▲135

   Remove the formatting from copied text.

   2016

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   Purifai▲217

   App-aware copy/paste that removes unsupported formatting

   Jan 2026

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   Clean Text▲99

   Clean Text for iOS is a tool to reduce text cleanup time.

   2017

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   Pure Paste▲164

   Paste as plain text by default

   2022

5. 5
   Clean Text for iOS▲110

   An essential tool for removing text formatting on iOS 📱👌

   2016

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   I made a tool to clean and convert any webpage to Markdown▲441

   My partner usually writes substack posts which I then mirror to our website’s blog section. To automate this, I made a simple tool to scrape the post and clean it so that I can drop it to our blog easily. This might be useful to others as well. Oh and ofcourse you can instruct GPT to make any final edits :D

   2024 · markdowndown.vercel.app

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   Text Formatter by 99Tools▲3

   Clean, format, and transform text instantly.

   Mar 2026 · 99tools.net

8. 8
   Clean Clode▲154

   Instantly clean Claude Code & Codex terminal output

   Mar 2026

9. 9
   Plain Text List▲133

   Easily copy and paste-able lists for all your needs

   2018

10. 10
    TextClean▲1

    Fix broken Unicode & corrupted text in 1 click

    Aug 2026 · textcleanerfree100.vercel.app

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    Email List Cleaner by MailSwift▲123

    Clean email lists right in your browser for free

    2018

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    CleanCopy▲1

    Clean copied text instantly. No login. No AI.

    Jan 2026

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    HtmlWasher – An HTML cleanup tool▲75

    2017 · htmlwasher.com

14. 14
    Text Wizard: Clean & Convert▲2

    Magic formatting for your text

    Jan 2026

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    Struk▲5

    Clean, format, and structure any text in seconds

    Jan 2026

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    free legal text sanitizer▲9

    100% client-side text redactor for law firms (No servers).

    Jul 2026

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

    2020 · github.com

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    CleanTextTools▲1

    AI text cleaner, remove ChatGPT formatting

    May 2026 · cleantexttools.com

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    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

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    Plain Text Converter▲2

    This tool convers messy text into plain text.

    Jun 2026 · plaintextgeneration.com

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    Paste Formatter▲5

    Paste without losing links, lists, or paragraph breaks.

    Jul 2026 · paste-formatter.app

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    Paragraph Formatter

    20+ free tools to help you on your day to day

    Mar 2026

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    AiCleanerText▲1

    Clean & format messy text instantly with AI

    Jun 2026 · aicleanertext.com

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    PasteClean▲1

    Clean AI Text for Outlook & Email

    Jan 2026

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