# Clean Copy — Remove Invisible Characters

> Automatically removes zero-width/invisible characters from copied text. Adds a context menu: “Copy cleaned text”.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `clean-copy-remove`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** McIMakeAddOns
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-22
- **First published:** 2025-08-19
- **Size:** 14 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/clean-copy-remove/)

## Description

Clean Copy fixes messy pastes by removing invisible/formatting characters that sneak into text from the web, PDFs, docs, or chat apps.What it removes    Zero-width characters: ZWSP/ZWJ/ZWNJ    Soft hyphen (SHY)    BOM and variation selectors    Bi-di control marks    Control characters    (Optional build here removes line feeds \n/\r so everything pastes as a single line.)How it works    Auto-clean on copy/cut: when enabled, your clipboard text is cleaned before it’s stored.    Right-click → Copy cleaned text: on demand.    Leaves normal spaces and tabs intact (unless you install the “no line feeds” variant).Why this helps    Stops weird search behavior and broken commands caused by hidden characters.    Makes pasting into terminals, IDEs, CMSs, and spreadsheets predictable.Features    Toggle Auto-clean from the toolbar popup.    Context menu action for selections.    No data collection. No remote requests. 100% local.Usage    Install the add-on.    (Optional) Open the toolbar popup and ensure Auto-clean is ON.    Copy as usual—or use Right-click → Copy cleaned text.

## Rankings

- #103,399 — Overall
- #200 — spreadsheet

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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-copy-remove)