Paste as plain text
Pastes just the words, without the fonts, colors and links from wherever you copied them.
WindowsCtrl+Shift+V
Mac⌥+⇧+⌘+V
How to use it
- Copy text from a website or email.
- Click into your document or message.
- Press the shortcut to paste it in the surrounding style.
Pro tip
Works in Chrome, Edge, Google Docs, Slack, Teams and most modern apps.
Heads up: In Microsoft Word, Ctrl + Shift + V pastes formatting instead. Use Paste Options > Keep Text Only there.
Next up in Text Editing
- Open the emoji and symbol pickerWin+.
- Delete to the start of the line⌘+Delete
- Jump one word at a timeCtrl+← / →
- Select one word at a timeCtrl+Shift+← / →
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