ClipboardCleaner

A macOS menu bar app that strips formatting from your clipboard. When you copy rich text (from Slack, Notion, web pages, etc.), ClipboardCleaner converts it to plain text so you can paste without carrying over fonts, colors, and styles.

Quick Start

bash build.sh           # build the app + zip
bash build.sh install   # copy to ~/Applications, enable auto-start, launch

Usage

ClipboardCleaner lives in your menu bar with a clipboard icon.

• Left-click — cleans the clipboard immediately (strips formatting from current contents)
• Right-click — opens a menu to quit the app

Download from Slack

If someone sent you ClipboardCleaner.zip:

1. Unzip it — you'll get ClipboardCleaner.app
2. Double-click to run (you may need to right-click → Open the first time to bypass Gatekeeper)
3. For auto-start on login, clone this repo and run bash build.sh install

Uninstall

bash build.sh uninstall

This removes the app from ~/Applications, removes the login LaunchAgent, and stops any running instance.

Building from Source

Requires Xcode Command Line Tools (xcode-select --install).

git clone <repo-url>
cd clipboard-cleaner
bash build.sh
open ClipboardCleaner.app