PlainPaste

About

Ctrl + V → always plain text. One tiny extension fixes copy‑and‑paste chaos in Gmail, Google Docs, Slack, Jira, Notion, Trello—any page with a text box.

🛑 Why you need it
“Paste without formatting” muscle‑memory fail – nobody remembers Ctrl + Shift + V or ⌘‑Shift‑Option‑V every time.
Random fonts & colours ruin emails, tickets and wiki pages.
Manual clean‑up wastes minutes a day.
✨ Key features
Automatic plain‑text paste – hit Ctrl/⌘ + V like normal; we silently strip HTML, CSS, tracking IDs and hidden tables.
Hold Alt/Option to bypass – need rich formatting just once? Press the modifier while pasting.
Per‑site toggle – click the toolbar icon ➜ “Keep formatting on this site”.
Zero back‑end – no servers, no cloud, no accounts. 100 % local.
Minimal permissions – only clipboardRead and storage.
Open‑source – review the code or fork on GitHub.
ChromeOS & Chromebook friendly – fixes what the OS can’t.
🚀 How it works
A lightweight content script listens for paste events, grabs text/plain from your clipboard, and replaces the original HTML before it hits the page. If you’re holding Alt, or the site is whitelisted, PlainPaste steps aside.

🔐 Privacy
We literally can’t see what you paste:

No network calls – the extension never contacts a server.
No analytics – we don’t track you.
Code on GitHub – transparency built in.
🖥️ Tested on
Gmail, Outlook Web, Fastmail
Google Docs, Sheets, Slides
Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Mattermost
Jira, Confluence, Trello, Linear
Notion, Coda, ClickUp, Asana
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Instagram captions
⌨️ Keyboard cheatsheet
Action	Windows / Linux	macOS
Plain paste	Ctrl + V	⌘ + V
Keep formatting	Alt + Ctrl + V	⌥ + ⌘ + V
🔄 Changelog
v1.0.0 — May 2025
• First release: global plain‑text paste, Alt override, per‑site switch, dark/light icon.

🙋‍♂️ FAQ
Does it break copy‑paste inside Google Docs?
No—Docs has its own JS clipboard, but PlainPaste waits until the paste event hits the editor and swaps in plain text safely.

Can I change the modifier key?
Yes. Right‑click the icon ➜ Options ➜ choose Alt, Shift, or Ctrl.

Edge / Brave / Opera?
Works anywhere Chrome extensions run.