PureText

5.0 for Windows

Convert rich formatting text to plain text using a global hotkey, while running on low system resources - Screenshot of PureText
Strips all RichTextFormatting from a selection - Screenshot of PureText
User interface - Screenshot of PureText

PureText 5 is a freeware text converter app and clipboard program developed by Steve Miller for Windows. It's light on system resources, portable and straightforward.

The download has been tested by an editor here on a PC with some screenshots included to illustrate the user interface.

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Removes text formatting from your copying

PureText only removes rich formatting from text. This includes the font face, font style (bold, italics, etc.), font color, paragraph styles (left/right/center aligned), margins, character spacing, bullets, subscript, superscript, tables, charts, pictures, embedded objects, etc. However, it does not modify the actual text. It will not remove or fix new-lines, carriage returns, tabs, or other white-space. It will not fix word-wrap or clean up your paragraphs. If you copy the source code of a web page to the clipboard, it is not going to remove all the HTML tags. If you copy text from an actual web page (not the source of the page), it will remove the formatting.

PureText is basically equivalent to opening Notepad, doing a PASTE, followed by a SELECT-ALL, and then a COPY. The benefit of PureText is performing all these actions with a single Hot-Key and having the result pasted into the current window automatically.

Compatibility and License

PureText is provided under a freeware license on Windows from clipboard managers with no restrictions on usage. Download and installation of this PC software is free and 5.0 is the latest version last time we checked.


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  1. PureText Download
  2. Free Clipboard Managers
  3. Portable Software
  4. Text Converting Software
PureText has been picked by our editors as very good.
PureText has been tested for viruses and malware.
We have tested PureText 5.0 against malware with several different programs. We certify that this program is clean of viruses, malware and trojans.