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Paste as plain text

Pastes clipboard content without formatting, removing any font, size, color, or style.

Ctrl + Shift + V

When to use it

When copying text from web pages, documents, or emails and you want to paste it without original formatting.

Pro tip

Works in most applications, but not all. In some apps like Microsoft Word, you may need to use 'Keep Text Only' from the paste options.

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