Clean Copy Web
Paste messy, over-formatted text — get clean Markdown or plain text back. The same converter our browser extension uses, running entirely in your browser.
Tip: text copied from a web page keeps its formatting when pasted here.
Why clean copied text?
Text you copy from the web arrives stuffed with invisible junk: smart quotes that break code, non-breaking spaces that break search, nested spans and styles that break your CMS. Clean Copy strips all of it and gives you predictable output:
- Markdown mode keeps the structure that matters — headings, bold/italic, links, lists (including nested ones), code blocks, and tables (converted to pipe-separated Markdown tables).
- Plain text mode removes everything but readable characters.
- Smart-quote cleanup converts “ ” ‘ ’ — – into safe ASCII equivalents and removes zero-width and non-breaking spaces.
Frequently asked questions
Is my text uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion is pure JavaScript running on this page. Your text never touches a server.
What's the difference between this and the browser extension?
The extension copies directly from any web page with a right-click — no paste needed. This web tool handles text you already have: email content, documents, anything. Same engine, same results. Get the extension →
Does it work offline?
Yes — once the page has loaded, you can disconnect and keep converting.
Which HTML elements are converted?
Headings h1–h6 (#…######), bold/strong (**), italic/em (*), links [text](url), images , ordered and unordered lists including nesting, code blocks (```), inline code (`), paragraphs, line breaks and horizontal rules. Everything else is stripped to plain text.
Can I paste raw HTML?
Yes. If your clipboard contains actual HTML markup (e.g. copied from an editor's code view), use the source of this trick: paste it into the field — the tool detects raw tags starting with "<" and converts them directly.
Clean Copy Pro — $19/year
Pro adds priority features to both the web tool and the browser extension: batch conversion of many snippets at once, custom cleanup rules you define once and reuse everywhere, and a year of major updates. One license covers 5 devices.
Batch conversion — clean many snippets at once
Paste one snippet per line. Lines starting with
< are treated as HTML and converted to Markdown; other lines are
cleaned as plain text. Results appear one per line, in the same order.
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