# Clean And Copy Selection

> This extension removes various characters (spaces, tabs, and newlines) from the selected text before copying it to the clipboard.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/clean-and-copy-selection](https://chrome-stats.com/d/clean-and-copy-selection)

## Overview

- **ID:** `clean-and-copy-selection`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** BodyDroid
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2022-10-10
- **First published:** 2022-10-09
- **Size:** 36 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/clean-and-copy-selection/)

## Description

Clean And Copy Selection is a Firefox add-on that removes various characters (spaces, tabs, and newlines) from the selected text before copying it to the clipboard. It simplifies copying single vocabulary words from online dictionaries without unnecessary characters.

## Rankings

- #65,638 — Overall
- #96 — selection

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `menus`
- `clipboardWrite`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows reading and modifying clipboard content, which can be sensitive, posing a moderate privacy risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/clean-and-copy-selection)