Unformat Pro strips the formatting from everything you copy, just like Unformat, and goes further: ⌃⌥V types the clipboard where pasting is blocked (Citrix, remote desktops, locked-down sites), and ⌃⌥C copies the selected text or, failing that, the text in an area of the screen. A free app, notarized by Apple.
- Free — no account, no ads
- ⌃⌥V — types the clipboard
- ⌃⌥C — copies the selection or an area
- Notarized — by Apple
Paste and copy where it’s blocked
- ⌃⌥V — Type clipboard — In Citrix, a remote desktop or a site that refuses pasting, Unformat Pro types your text character by character, as if at the keyboard: the app on the other side does not see a paste, so it cannot block it. Fast, normal or slow speed; Escape stops typing.
- ⌃⌥C — Copy the selection, or an area — The text selected in the frontmost app is copied directly. With no selection, or when the app does not share it (a Citrix session is only a picture), the screen dims: draw a rectangle around the text, and it is recognized on your Mac and copied.
- A history that types again — The last ten copied or captured texts stay in the “Capture history” menu: one click types the chosen text again into the frontmost app. Kept in memory only, never on disk.
- Hidden files — “Show/Hide hidden files” in the menu shows or hides Finder’s hidden files in one click, whatever your keyboard layout.
In a remote session, switch the speed to “Slow” if characters go missing. When you use the menu rather than ⌃⌥V, a 1- or 3-second delay gives you time to click into the right field.
Copy, paste: it’s clean
- Plain text as you copy — RTF and HTML formatting is removed every time you copy: web pages, word processors, emails. You choose which formats to clean.
- Uppercase, lowercase, spaces — Optionally, copied text is converted to uppercase or lowercase, and extra spaces or line breaks at the start and end are trimmed.
- Excluded apps — What you copy from the apps you choose keeps its formatting. The list is built from your open apps.
- Passwords left alone — Content that a password manager marks as concealed is never changed, nor are files copied in Finder, links or images.
- ⌥⌘V to pause — The ⌥⌘V shortcut pauses or resumes cleaning when you want to keep a style. A HUD, a sound or a notification can confirm each cleaning.
- Your way — Light, dark or system theme, an interface in English, French, Spanish or German, automatic launch at login, statistics of cleaned copies.
What macOS will ask you, and why
Cleaning the clipboard needs no permission. The others are requested by macOS the first time you use the feature that needs them.
- Accessibility — To type the clipboard (⌃⌥V), read the selected text (⌃⌥C) and send Finder the hidden-files shortcut. Unformat Pro only uses it when you trigger one of these features.
- Screen Recording — To read the area you draw with ⌃⌥C and recognize its text on your Mac. Nothing is recorded or sent.
- Automation — Only if Unformat (the App Store version) is open and you choose “Quit Unformat”: macOS then asks you to allow Unformat Pro to control Unformat.
- Notifications — Optional: for Unformat Pro’s confirmations and messages.
Two versions, one at a time
Keep just one: running together, both would clean every copy and their ⌥⌘V and ⌃⌥C shortcuts would clash. If Unformat is open, Unformat Pro tells you and offers to quit it. Unformat’s settings and exclusions are not carried over: set up Unformat Pro once.
Nothing leaves your Mac
Unformat Pro makes no Internet connection and checks for no updates online: ElpisIA receives nothing you copy, type or capture. Details are in the privacy policy.
Download
For Mac, macOS 26 or later, Apple silicon or Intel. In English, French, Spanish and German. An app notarized by Apple, distributed by ElpisIA outside the Mac App Store. No automatic updates: the latest version is always on this page.
The .dmg file is available on Unformat Pro’s page, with the FAQ, support and privacy policy.
