{"id":1124,"date":"2025-04-24T02:03:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T02:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2025-04-24T02:03:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T02:03:43","slug":"how-to-paste-plain-text-on-mac-using-a-simple-shortcut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/archives\/1124","title":{"rendered":"How to Paste Plain Text on Mac Using a Simple Shortcut"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’re a Mac<\/a> user who\u2019s familiar with the Windows way of copying and pasting, you likely know that macOS follows a similar process but with the Command key instead of Control. For example, Command-C is for copy and Command-V is for paste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But here’s a handy clipboard trick many Mac users don\u2019t realize: you can paste text without its original formatting. On Windows, you might copy text, then paste it into a plain text editor to strip the formatting before pasting it again. But on a Mac, you don\u2019t need all those extra steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To paste as plain text directly, simply use the shortcut Command-Option-Shift-V. This will automatically remove any formatting and paste the text in plain format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This shortcut works system-wide, meaning you can use it in almost any macOS application that accepts text input.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who prefer to use a single key shortcut, there\u2019s a way to customize it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Go to\u00a0Settings<\/strong>\u00a0>\u00a0Keyboard<\/strong>\u00a0>\u00a0Keyboard Shortcuts<\/strong>\u00a0>\u00a0App Shortcuts<\/strong>\u00a0>\u00a0All Applications<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Create a new entry for “Paste and Match Style” and assign\u00a0CMD+X<\/strong>\u00a0as the combo.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    This customization works almost everywhere, except within MS Office apps, but fortunately, you can still use the right-click menu there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    If you’re a Mac user who\u2019s familiar with the Windows way of copying and pasting, you likely know that macOS follows a similar process but with the Command key instead of Control. For example, Command-C is for copy and Command-V is for paste. But here’s a handy clipboard trick many Mac users don\u2019t realize: you can paste […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guide","category-laptops","tag-apple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1125,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions\/1125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batteryone.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}