Merlin
Copy PlainText

Copy PlainText

Copy Plain Text without any formatting

What is Copy PlainText?
'Copy PlainText' is a Firefox extension that allows you to copy text from the web in plain text format, hence removing all formatting. Besides stripping off the text of any formatting, it also provides features like removing extra spaces, allows custom Find & Replace, and enables pasting in plaintext. It respects user privacy with no tracking or advertising. It is easy to use with keyboard shortcuts but is not yet set as the default copy function of the browser due to WebExtension API limitations.
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By: erosman
Rating: 4.61 (231)
Version: 1.15 (Last updated: 2023-07-28)
Creation date: 2017-04-06
Weekly download count: 748
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • clipboardRead
  • clipboardWrite
  • menus
  • notifications
  • storage
Size: 84.31K
URLs: Website
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# 475
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Copy PlainText is a tiny extension that removes the formatting from the selection before copying/pasting to/from the Clipboard.

Note: None of my extensions contain any tracking, advertising or privacy infringement.

Features

  • Remove the formatting from the selection before saving to the Clipboard (Firefox restricts some functions on some URLs.)
  • Custom Find & Replace (string & Regular Expression) (v1.13)
  • Remove the spaces from the start and end of the selection
  • Remove multiple spaces
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Paste PlainText
  • Help Guide
Apple/Mac Users: if the shortcut keys do not work, try System Preferences - Keyboard - then check “Use all F1,F2, etc. keys as standard function keys."

Note: WebExtension API does not allow setting Copy PlainText as the default copy function of the browser at the moment.

Permissions

  • Get data from the clipboard: Used to Paste Clipboard text
  • Input data to the clipboard: Used to Copy to Clipboard
  • Display notifications to you: Used to inform users
Optional Permissions
  • Download files and read and modify the browser's download history: Used only to export Preferences
  • Access your data for all websites (v1.14): Added <all_urls> as a workaround for Firefox bug 1841483 (1838753/1653408), to be able to inject a code into iframes to get the selected text
User reviews
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Pros
  • Convenient to use
  • Ability to copy plain, unformatted text
  • Useful shortcut key
Cons
  • Requires new permission to access 'all_urls' after latest update
  • Source code not open source
  • Intrusive functionality after update
Most mentioned
  • Ability to turn it off would be better
  • Requires new permission to access 'all_urls' after latest update
  • Very useful tool
Recent reviews
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by Firefox user 18130787, 2024-04-02
No need for "Paste" in the context menu that appears in the text field. The ability to turn it off would be better Also, I'd like to use this feature to remove line breaks and then put a space at the beginning of the line, but I don't know how to do that.
by Firefox user 17966179, 2024-03-11
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Safety
Risk impact

Copy PlainText is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Copy PlainText has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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