Copy As Plain Text

Easily copy the selected text without formatting to the clipboard via the right-click menu.

Copy As Plain Text - Chrome Extension

"Copy As Plain Text" is a lightweight Chrome extension that allows you to copy any selected text from a webpage without any formatting. Simply highlight the desired text, right-click, and choose 'Copy as plain text' from the context menu. You can also use the toolbar button for the same functionality. Once copied, you can paste it anywhere using (Ctrl + V) or the right-click menu. For any issues, reporting bugs is easy via the extension's homepage.

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Extension stats

By: Yubi

Users: 30,000+

Rating: 4.26

(46)

Version: 0.1.4 (Last updated: 2024-10-29)

Creation date: 2020-07-04

Permissions:

storage
activeTab
scripting
contextMenus
clipboardWrite

Size: 14.87K

Email: mu*****@gmail.com

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 5,005 ▲ 71

Other rankings

#1486 in Tools ▲ 1

#110 in paste keyword 15 ▲ 3

#135 in context menu keyword 23 ▼ 4

#140 in clipboard keyword 11 ▼ 2

#157 in menu keyword 19 ▲ 2

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Not available on Firefox

Copy As Plain Text (v0.1.4)

8,575+ 4.90

(7)

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works as intended to copy text without formatting
Helps in avoiding formatting issues when copying text
Saves time compared to using Notepad or other methods to strip formatting
Useful for writing papers and handling web text
Generally effective with various text types, including truncated or weirdly formatted text

Cons

Lacks a keyboard shortcut, leading to extra clicks and mouse actions
Inconsistent performance; sometimes fails to copy plain text
Removes line breaks, resulting in text being output as one big section
Does not work properly on certain formatted texts like PDFs from Canva
Right-click copy feature might not work if blocked by websites

Most mentioned

Need for a keyboard shortcut
Inconsistent functionality
Desire to keep line breaks when copying
General effectiveness of the tool
Issues with formatting, particularly with complex text or links

User reviews

Works on some text but not PDFs with different formats ( designed with Canva specifically).

Meynard Mojello, 2024-10-16

Needs shortcut key, right click function is an extra steps and mouse motion

Dan Nichols, 2024-09-29

It works! Like others, I would like to have a keyboard shortcut for it (shift-ctrl-C maybe?). Ideally, it would be nice if it could (in the browser, not any other context) usurp the normal ctrl-C (or cmd-C on a Mac) operation to and copy without formatting by default, then require a different code like shift-ctrl-C to copy with formatting, since copying with formatting is nearly never actually wanted, but might be in some specialized context. But I can't take away a star for the extension not having a new feature I wish it had. For the feature it is advertised as providing, it provides it perfectly.

Stanton McCandlish, 2024-06-25

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Copy As Plain Text requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

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