The free plugin that pastes clipboard HTML as proper Markdown — headings, links, lists, tables and code intact. Three ways to install it, all under a minute.
New in v1.0.8: a Markdown with [[WikiLinks]] paste mode — internal (relative) links become Obsidian WikiLinks, while external links, images and code blocks stay as they are. Pick it in Settings → Clean Copy → Default paste mode.
Updated August 2026 · covers v1.0.8
mahope/clean-copy-obsidian and confirm.BRAT watches the repository's releases, so every future version arrives automatically.
main.js, manifest.json and styles.css.<your-vault>/.obsidian/plugins/clean-copy-obsidian/ and put all three files inside it.This method also works on Obsidian mobile — use any file manager to reach the vault folder.
The same three files are bundled as a single download:
Unzip it into <vault>/.obsidian/plugins/ so you end up with a clean-copy-obsidian folder containing the three files, then enable the plugin as above.
Copy any formatted text from the web, then in Obsidian press Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+V (or run "Paste as clean Markdown" from the command palette). Headings arrive as #, links as [text](url), tables as pipe tables, entities decoded. Two more commands live in the palette: Paste as plain text and Clean selection for tidying text already in a note.
Yes, when the release is built from a public repository you can inspect. Clean Copy's source is public at github.com/mahope/clean-copy-obsidian, each release ships exactly three files (main.js, manifest.json, styles.css), and the plugin makes no network requests — conversion runs locally.
The manual and zip methods do: copy the three files into your vault's .obsidian/plugins folder from any file manager, then reload the plugin list. BRAT is desktop-only, so mobile users should use the manual method.
Submission through Obsidian's developer dashboard is pending. The build is identical either way — installing via BRAT or manually gives you the same version today, and you can switch to the directory listing once approved.
No. Paste as clean Markdown, plain-text paste and clean-selection are free forever. Pro ($19/yr) only adds custom find/replace cleanup rules.