Clean Copy

I got tired of copying a note and pasting it somewhere only to see the YAML frontmatter at the top. So I made this plugin. It copies your note to clipboard without the frontmatter or cleans it before copy. That's the main thing.

What it does

• Removes the --- frontmatter block at the top
• Turns [[wikilinks]] into plain text
• Strips inline #tags
• Removes ^block-id anchors
• Cleans up callout syntax (> [!NOTE] etc.)
• Optional: strip all Markdown formatting too (bold, italic, headings) — off by default

If you select text first, it copies just the selection. Otherwise it copies the whole note.

Usage

• Click the ribbon icon on the left sidebar, or
• Use the command palette → "Copy note without properties"
• There's also a "Copy as plain text" command if you want everything stripped, including formatting

Settings

Go to Settings → Clean Copy to toggle what gets removed. Everything is on by default except the Markdown formatting stripping.

Author

Rafael Mehdiyev