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Documentation for New PowerToys Toy (Paste As Plain Text) #4311

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### Paste as Plain Text

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[Paste as Plain Text](paste-as-plain-text.md) allows you to paste text from your clipboard, excluding text-formatting, with a quick key shortcut (<kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>⊞ Win</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd>).
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title: PowerToys Paste as Plain Text for Windows
description: Allows you to paste text from your clipboard, excluding text-formatting, with a quick key shortcut.
ms.date: 03/01/2023
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# Paste as Plain Text

PowerToys **Paste as Plain Text** enables you to paste text stored in your clipboard, excluding any text-formatting, using a quick key shortcut. Any formatting included with the clipboard text will be replaced with an unformatted version of the text.

![Paste as Plain Text screenshot.](../images/pt-paste-as-plain-text.png)

## Getting started

### Enable

To start using Paste as Plain Text, enable it in the PowerToys Settings (Paste as Plain Text section).
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### Activate

Once enabled, execute the paste as plain text action with the activation shortcut (default: <kbd>Ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>Win</kbd>+<kbd>V</kbd>).

## Settings

From the Settings menu, the following options can be configured:

| Setting | Description |
| :--- | :--- |
| Activation shortcut | The customizable keyboard command to execute this action. |