How to remove formatting
Quick answer: To remove formatting, paste your text, pick the clean-ups and copy the result.
- Paste your text. Fonts, colours and links are dropped the moment you paste.
- Pick the clean-ups. Straighten quotes, remove hidden spaces, join lines broken by a PDF, strip bullets and more.
- Copy the result. Or download it as a .txt file.
Why copied text misbehaves
Text from PDFs and websites often carries invisible characters: non-breaking spaces, zero-width spaces and hard line breaks at the end of every line. They cause odd gaps and wrapping when you paste. This tool finds and removes them.
Frequently asked questions
How do I paste without formatting?
Paste here, then copy the clean result. On most computers Ctrl+Shift+V (Cmd+Shift+Option+V on Mac) also pastes plain text, but it won't fix hidden characters or broken lines.
Is my text uploaded?
No. All the cleaning happens in your browser.