# Paste as Plain Text

> Adds a 'Paste as plain text' option to the context menu for editable fields

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/paste-as-plain-text](https://chrome-stats.com/d/paste-as-plain-text)

## Overview

- **ID:** `paste-as-plain-text`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** David Gardiner
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 20
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-11-16
- **First published:** 2025-11-13
- **Size:** 16 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/paste-as-plain-text/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/flcdrg/firefox-extension-paste-as-plain](https://github.com/flcdrg/firefox-extension-paste-as-plain)

## Description

Replicates the functionality found in other browsers' context menus.

While often you can use Ctrl-Shift-V to paste text without formatting, there are some scenarios where that doesn't work properly (Azure DevOps work item fields are once example).

This extension provides plain text pasting functionality for when the keyboard shortcut can't.

## Rankings

- #25,002 — Overall
- #28 — paste
- #182 — waste

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `contextMenus`
- `activeTab`
- `clipboardRead`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `scripting`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/paste-as-plain-text)