# Copy PlainText

> Copy Plain Text without any formatting

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `copy-plaintext`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** erosman
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 25,464
- **Weekly downloads:** 313
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (262 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.15
- **Last updated:** 2023-07-28
- **First published:** 2017-04-06
- **Size:** 82 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/copy-plaintext/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/erosman/support](https://github.com/erosman/support)

## Description

**Copy PlainText** is a lightweight Chrome extension designed to remove all formatting from any text you copy. Before the text is saved to your clipboard, the extension strips styles, fonts, colors, and extra spacing, delivering clean plain text. It supports custom find & replace with strings and regular expressions, removes leading/trailing spaces and multiple spaces, and includes keyboard shortcuts for efficiency.

This extension respects your privacy by containing no tracking or advertisements. It also provides a neat paste plain text feature to ensure what you paste is always formatting-free. Apple/Mac users can adjust function key settings to properly use shortcuts. While current browser APIs limit making this the default copy function, Copy PlainText offers an intuitive way to maintain formatting-free clipboard content with helpful notifications and a user guide included.

## Rankings

- #454 — Overall
- #9 — Social & Communication
- #11 — Search Tools
- #30 — Appearance
- #1 — context menu
- #1 — format

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `clipboardRead`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `menus`
- `notifications`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Very low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

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

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## Review summary

Users broadly find Copy PlainText useful for copying/pasting large text blocks and multiple conversations, especially for developers. The tone is generally positive, with mentions like perfect add and Good Work Erosman. However, there are several recurring issues: automatic copy is not working for some users; compatibility problems on certain sites (e.g., we.telegram.org); and installation failures or corruption reported by a user. A few requests point to a missing or inaccessible menu in the latest FF release. Overall, the addon is valued for text handling but reliability and UX could be improved.

### Pros

- Allows copying and pasting multiple conversations (e.g., from Copilot).
- Viewed as a good addition and praised by users (e.g., perfect add and Good Work Erosman).
- Useful for developers and people who work with large amounts of text.

### Cons

- Auto-copy does not work reliably.
- Doesn't work on certain sites (e.g., we.telegram.org).
- Installation can fail or be corrupted.
- Menu visibility/access and guidance can be lacking in some Firefox releases.

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