topbarfade

User Reviews

PureText
PureText

PureText is a useful tool to convert clipboard text into plain text and remove all formating. Usually, if you copy/paste text or paragraphs into a word processor or other rich text aware application, ...

Average of 6 user ratings: 5
Click here to post your own review


  • Jan 28, 2009
  • For version:
  • 2.0

quote  Simple, time-saving, effective and unobtrusive  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I've been using this on one PC for several weeks and have just put a copy onto my other PC. I use MS Word, Excel and Outlook and do a lot of copy and paste. I used to waste so much time trying to remove unwanted formatting. Now I have PureText run at start-up so whenever I want to paste plain text I use Win-V instead of Ctrl-V - so simple! (and I love the 'chink' sound it makes when you use it).

user Review by: filesnips (2)
Read all 2 reviews by filesnips


  • Feb 01, 2008
  • For version:
  • 2.0

quote  Should be a standard feature in Excel etc.  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

I've been using this tiny little utility for years now and take it for granted. When working on other people's computers I often wonder why ctrl+q doesn't paste plain text! Why waste time in Excel doing Edit > Paste Special > Values, when you can just press a couple of keys.

user Review by: GJWConsultant (7)
Read all 7 reviews by GJWConsultant


  • Aug 02, 2007
  • For version:
  • 2.0

quote  Real little gem!  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

In my view this tiny application (only 12 KB!) is really invaluable for those who intensively works with various texts. Being a translator I need many times a day to copy text in one program and paste it into another and it's very annoying to change the formatting each time after pasting. PureText allows to elegantly solve this problem: I copy some text, click CTRL+B hot-key (it's a hot-key of my choice) and the text is pasted without any formatting or it acquires the formatting of the target text. And did I say that PureText is free and doesn't require installation?

user Review by: Nikita (20)
Read all 20 reviews by Nikita


  • Oct 20, 2005
  • For version:
  • 2.0

quote  Outstanding and effective program!  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

Have used PureText for about two years now and don't think I've had a program that works as well. Removes all the annoying formatting from anything that you copy to clipboard and before you paste from emails, web pages, etc. A must have program!

user Review by: KingRichardIII
First post


  • Oct 14, 2004
  • For version:
  • 2.0

quote  So simple  quote

  • Interface: 5
  • Features: 5
  • Ease of use: 5
  • Value: 5
  • Overall: 5

So you just wrote a document in a word processor. Now you want to past it into another program. Oh no you have all the formatting. This program will simply remove all the formatting with the click of one button in the sys tray.(notification area). You could paste to notepad then recopy but why when this tool is available.

user Review by: oteotd (34)
Read all 34 reviews by oteotd


  • Nov 21, 2003
  • For version:
  • NA

quote  Excellent!  quote

  • Interface: 0
  • Features: 0
  • Ease of use: 0
  • Value: 0
  • Overall: 5

Simple and effective. Great for Web designers!

user Review by: PaulSzilard (3)
Read all 3 reviews by PaulSzilard