# Paste plain text

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/paste-plain-text/4326>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 14, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/paste-plain-text/4326 "2020-10-14T13:23:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![pw242](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f6c823/32.png) [@pw242](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/pw242)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/paste-plain-text/4326/1 "2020-10-14T13:23:54Z")

</div>

After installing 2.1.35 I see that when I copy-paste text, a lot of formatting information also gets invisibly copied including alignment, colour, font and so on. This is a real problem. When pasting from web pages, spreadsheets, and other sources as I often do, the formatting is inconsistent with other cards.  
I don’t find the feature useful at all. I have to go via Notepad to just paste plain text.  
If the feature is retained, would it be possible to include a ‘paste as plain text’ option too?

Or is there some workaround I am missing? I downgraded to the previous Anki version as this was making it so tedious to add new cards.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![p4nix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/p4nix/32/81_2.png) [@p4nix](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/p4nix)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/paste-plain-text/4326/2 "2020-10-14T14:07:19Z")

</div>

Ctrl+Shift+V should get rid of most formatting. You can also select all text with Ctrl+A and then remove formatting with Ctrl+R. If you don’t want to press Ctrl+Shift+V, but rather Ctrl+V to paste without formatting, this can be configured in the preferences under Basic.

Some strange HTML elements can still make an exception, as far as I am aware. Most of formatting should be stripped though.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/paste-plain-text/4326/3 "2023-05-01T05:26:38Z")

</div>