How to Strip Formatting When You Copy and Paste Text: 5 Ways

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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windows – What is the keyboard shortcut for pasting without formatting in MS Word? – Super User

 

I looked at the shortcuts settings, and they are fine pic attached. Any ideas? Your description suggests that some third-party program has taken over the shortcut. Did you install something recently? Was this reply helpful?

Yes No. Sorry this didn’t help. No, i didn’t install any program lately. The “paste” botton on word doesn’t work as well. It happned for me on 2 differenet computers, with the same version of Office.

I just realized that I didn’t ask what you mean specifically by the shortcut not working Does nothing paste at all, or does it paste in the wrong format? I recommend that you keep the default options selected for each paste category “Paste within the same document” and so forth and that you also choose to display the Paste Options button. See screen shot below. As for your question – ctrl V does nothing, as well as pressing the “paste” button at the “home” menu. Can you paste into some other program other Office program or a program which isn’t part of the Office suite?

Does it make a difference what program is the source of the content? For example, can you copy something in Word but it won’t paste in another document? Or can’t it be pasted anywhere? You could try starting Word in Safe mode and see if that works around the issue temporarily.

It doesn’t pate into Word from any prgram: I copied from Chrome, PowerPoint, and it does not pate into word. Choose where you want to search below Search Search the Community. Nadav Karni. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

I have the same question 0. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Stefan Blom MVP. In Word, as a workaround, try assigning some other shortcut and use that one instead. Thanks for your feedback. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Stefan Blom’s post on July 15, Hi Stefan, thanks for the answer. In reply to Nadav Karni’s post on July 16, In reply to Stefan Blom’s post on July 16, Hi Stefan, Thanks a lot for your detailed answer.

I tried a diffrent shortcut ctrl shift W – does not work. Thanks, Nadav. In reply to Nadav Karni’s post on July 17, In reply to Stefan Blom’s post on July 17, I can paste into any other program: Excel, notepad eth. It also does not paste in Safe mode. This site in other languages x.

 

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Under the heading Cut, copy, and paste, Uncheck the box labeled Show Paste Options button when content is pasted. Now when you paste items into Microsoft Office documents, you will no longer be plagued by the Paste Options. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.

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Click Add and you’re all set. Because of varying menu names, it might not work in every single app, but should take care of most. To get around this, you can instead choose a unique key combination for your paste without formatting shortcut. You’ll just have to remember it and make sure it doesn’t clash with other shortcuts your apps may use.

If you’re a Windows user jealous of the above workaround for Mac users, don’t despair. There’s a tiny Windows tool, called PureText , that gives you a new shortcut to always paste without formatting. Even better, the tool is available on the Microsoft Store for easy installation and automatic updates. After you install it, right-click its icon in your System Tray and choose Options to configure a few settings. If you’d prefer to use something else, you can set a different shortcut here. Otherwise, make sure you have Paste the converted text into the currently selected window checked, which makes the shortcut paste for you instead of only converting.

You’ll likely want to disable Play a sound , as there’s no reason to hear an annoying chime every time you paste. Make sure Automatically run PureText when Windows starts is selected so you don’t have to start it manually, and you’re all set. It’s a simple utility, but it makes the action of pasting without formatting on Windows 10 or Windows 11 incredibly easy.

If you’re using Windows 11, you can use the built-in clipboard manager to paste without formatting. It takes a few extra clicks compared to the above method, so it’s not perfect, but still worth knowing about. Here, toggle on Clipboard history to enable the built-in manager. On the menu that appears, click the three-dot button next to the item that you want to paste without formatting. This will show some new icons, including a Paste as text icon that shows a clipboard and the letter A.

Click this to paste while removing the formatting. This is a clunky method that we include just so you’re aware of it. In most cases, you’ll likely find one of the above options more convenient. Pasting without formatting is only an issue when you paste into an app that supports special text styles. Thus, one classic way to copy and paste without formatting is to simply paste the text into Notepad Windows or TextEdit Mac first.

These programs are basic text editors, so they don’t work with various fonts and rich text like bold and italics. Simply copy the text you want, then paste it into Notepad or TextEdit. It will appear as plain text there; copy this and paste it to the final destination. It’s not the most efficient way to paste without formatting, but it doesn’t require you to download any software and works reliably.