Format Cleaner

About

Clean up messy formatted text effortlessly! Format Cleaner gives you precise control over what formatting gets removed when you copy text from websites.

### 🎯 Perfect for:
- **Students & Researchers** - Copy clean text for papers and assignments
- **Content Creators** - Get plain text without losing time on cleanup
- **Professionals** - Paste formatted content into documents seamlessly
- **Developers** - Copy code examples without unwanted styling

### ✨ Key Features:

**Smart Copy Detection**
- Works with both manual copying (Ctrl+C) and website copy buttons
- Automatically detects ChatGPT, documentation sites, and code editors
- Save custom copy buttons for sites we don't detect automatically

**Granular Control**
- Remove colors and backgrounds (perfect for ChatGPT responses)
- Strip bold, italic, and underline formatting
- Convert lists to plain text
- Remove custom fonts and font sizes
- Convert links to plain text
- Or go full plain text mode

**Site-Specific Settings**
- Different formatting rules for each website
- Set ChatGPT to remove colors, keep code formatting elsewhere
- Global settings with per-site overrides

**Instant Presets**
- **"Remove Colors"** - Perfect for ChatGPT and AI responses
- **"Plain Text"** - Complete formatting removal
- **Quick toggles** - Click active preset to turn it off

### 🚀 How It Works:

1. **Install & Configure** - Choose your formatting preferences
2. **Copy Anywhere** - Use Ctrl+C or click copy buttons as normal  
3. **Clean Results** - Paste perfectly formatted text every time

No more:
- ❌ Weird colors from ChatGPT responses
- ❌ Unwanted fonts breaking your document style
- ❌ Manual cleanup of copied content
- ❌ Inconsistent formatting in your work

### 🛡️ Privacy & Security:
- **No data collection** - Everything stays on your device
- **No external connections** - Works completely offline
- **Open source** - Transparent and trustworthy
- **Minimal permissions** - Only accesses clipboard when you copy

### 💡 Pro Tips:
- Right-click any copy button and select "Save as Copy Button" for custom site support
- Use site-specific settings to have different rules for different websites
- The extension indicator shows exactly what formatting was removed
- Quick preset buttons work as toggles - click again to turn off

**Transform your copy-paste workflow today!**

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*Supports all Chromium browsers: Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, and more.*