PureText for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffJanuary 24, 2013

When you need to paste text, the whole text, and nothing but the text, turn to this modestly appointed clipboard app. With a default hot key combination of WINDOWS V, PureText pastes plain, stripped-down, unformatted text from the source document to its destination quickly and without fuss.

It's hardly what one would call feature-rich, but this freeware offering doesn't need to be. It worked equally well on Vista and XP in our tests, and pasted flawlessly from Web documents. It would be nice if PureText had an optional desktop icon and was listed in the program menu; unless you've selected to run PureText on startup, you'll need to run the EXE to launch the app anew.

What’s new in version 3.0

Version 3.0 has added support for using the ALT key in Hot-Keys and fixed issue that prevented many Hot-Keys from working on Windows 8.

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: January 24, 2013

Latest update: January 24, 2013

Version: 3.0

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows 95
Windows 8
Windows 2000
Windows 10
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows XP
Windows NT
Windows ME
Windows 98

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 34,276

Downloads Last Week: 0

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User Reviews

4.6/5

27 User Votes

An all-time favourite of mine!
wateengedoe2January 3, 2016
Pros
Very quick and simple Saving you from a lot of annoyance with inadvertently copied formatting Can be customised, so you can use the hot key combination you like best
Cons
You're gonna miss it when borrowing someone else's computer (unless you convince them they should get this little gem too).
Summary
I've been using this little programme 'forever', and I love it! How annoyed can you get when all kinds of formatting (including huge fonts from websites, hidden codes inside Word, and complete Excel cells) are being copied along when it's only the text you need? Well, with PureText, this annoyance will be gone forever!
Simple, essential program
SibTigerDecember 17, 2015
Pros
Every day, I paste text and want the formatting stripped out. I set PureText to "Windows key + V" and it's my go-to way to paste.
Cons
Can't think one.
Summary
I don't know how a tiny 82KB program that doesn't actually install could install unwanted browser plugins. It has never done that for me! Did the reviewers review the wrong program?
Perfectly Simple
SummerFadeSeptember 5, 2013
Pros
This application does one thing and does it very well: convert formatted text to plain text with a single keystroke, anywhere you are working. The global hotkey WinKey+V is the way to use this power tool.
Cons
Doesn't have hundreds of options and unnecessary features. Hey, the only "con" is actually a "pro"!
Summary
Simple, clean, small and extremely effective!
MarcPenningsJuly 29, 2013
Pros
Simple, clean, small and extremely effective! Easy to 'install' or uninstall for that matter.
Cons
Pasting the selection changes the actual contents of the clipboard.
Summary
Just good.
Does exactly what it's supposed to
blckclbrtnFebruary 7, 2013
Pros
Functions perfectly Low memory usage No installation required
Cons
I don't know if it's just me, but it seems like there's a second or two delay in the new version that didn't used to occur. I'm using it on a new system, though, so it could be that.
Summary
Highly recommended. No bloat, no UI flash, no BS. Just does what it's supposed to do, and does it well.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Feb 7, 2013<p/>I don't know what the CNET downloader program does, but if you download from the direct link, all you get is a nice little ZIP file with the EXE in it. There is no installer, so I'm not sure what the other users could be talking about aside from the CNET program itself. My recommendation: always use the direct download link.
Ditto on the warning about ride along software
mrobinson52January 25, 2013
Pros
The Puretext itself is very helpful software. It becomes very easy to copy text from any source and then paste it as unformatted into any other document or chat window.
Cons
Very difficult to remove crapware comes with this installer. It will hijack your preferred search engine, add an unwanted toolbar, and hijack your homepage unless you VERY CAREFULLY uncheck all of the pre-checked options in the agreement.
Summary
Very good program that consorts with very bad company in the installer.
Product is installing other malware.
infoatomssucksJanuary 24, 2013
Pros
This product works great, but see cons below.
Cons
This is installing infoatoms as a browser plugin that is malware and difficult to remove. Do not recommend in the short term.
Summary
It is not worth the hassle to download this and have the infoatoms malware. I did not realize this until it was too late and had to go through a frustrating process to remove. Overall, with the infoatoms, I would not recommend.
Works great, solves a problem nicely
mrobinson52September 8, 2012
Pros
I use this at work more than at home, but this very nicely solves the problem of pasting formatted text without the formatting without the extra effort that paste special always required.
Cons
None that I can think of.
Summary
So simple.
PawistikMarch 10, 2012
Pros
Does exactly what it's supposed to.
Cons
None that I've noticed
Summary
Simple program that does exactly what it's supposed to do and saves me a lot of trouble when copying & pasting (which I seem to do a lot of).
Does all that is asked of it without fail
hamearlybirdOctober 26, 2011
Pros
Sucessfully removes all formatting, allowing me to resize or reformat at will.
Cons
Would be nice if it would leave images intact in copied material, but that would probably be counter to its purpose.
Summary
Great product

Developer’s Description

By Steve Miller

Copy and paste texts free from all formatting.