diff --git a/app/src/protyle/util/paste.ts b/app/src/protyle/util/paste.ts
index 09cca230ade..94f1df9d22f 100644
--- a/app/src/protyle/util/paste.ts
+++ b/app/src/protyle/util/paste.ts
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export const pasteAsPlainText = async (protyle: IProtyle) => {
     }
     if (localFiles.length > 0) {
         uploadLocalFiles(localFiles, protyle, false);
-        writeText("");
+        return;
     }
     /// #endif
     if (localFiles.length === 0) {
@@ -272,7 +272,6 @@ const readLocalFile = async (protyle: IProtyle, localFiles: string[]) => {
         }
     }
     uploadLocalFiles(localFiles, protyle, true);
-    writeText("");
 };
 
 export const paste = async (protyle: IProtyle, event: (ClipboardEvent | DragEvent) & { target: HTMLElement }) => {