Paste as Plain Text
Copies selected text to the clipboard without formatting.
As of May 2026, Paste as Plain Text has 60 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 2 reviews in the Functionality & UI category.
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Version
2.0
Manifest V3
History
5 snapshotsTracking since Apr 1, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | 50 | 5.00 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 54 | 5.00 | 2 | 2.0 |
| May 6, 2026 | 52 | 5.00 | 2 | 2.0 |
| May 18, 2026 | 55 | 5.00 | 2 | 2.0 |
| May 31, 2026 | 63 | 5.00 | 2 | 2.0 |
| Now | 60 | 5.00 | 2 | 2.0 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- contextMenusscriptingactiveTabclipboardWrite
- Host access
- <all_urls>
Screenshots
About
Tired of pasting styled or formatted text into your documents, emails, or code editors? Paste as Plain Text is a simple Chrome extension that adds a context menu option to copy any selected text without formatting — just clean, unstyled plain text. ✂️ Right-click → Copy as Plain Text → Paste anywhere ✅ Removes all HTML tags and formatting ✅ Works on any website ✅ No setup required ✅ No data collected or transmitted ✅ No ads, no tracking, no bloat Perfect for writers, developers, students, and anyone who frequently works with clean text. Use it once and you’ll wonder how you lived without it.
Technical
- Version
- 2.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 1.56MiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- ihnidngaplaadalmfplhdpgcocbahmfh
- Developer ID
- u2361f5902f14328d9dd4900c764d89bf
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- May 21, 2025
- Last Updated (Store)
- Aug 10, 2025
- Last Scraped
- May 31, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
- —
- Privacy Policy
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified May 31, 2026.