Remove Claude’s formatting from Google Docs
Google Docs preserves pasted HTML, so copying straight from Claude carries its class names — the ones containing “claude” — into a Google Doc. They are invisible while you read, but present in the source and readable by anyone who looks. Paste with Ctrl+Shift+V (Cmd+Shift+V on macOS) to paste without formatting.
Check yours first. Paste the text into the free checker and it lists every artifact with its exact position — no account, nothing uploaded, unlimited.
Check my text →What Google Docs keeps
- A normal paste carries the source formatting and its underlying markup; paste-without-formatting drops both.
- Docs also normalises straight quotes into curly ones as you type, so smart punctuation can appear even in text you wrote yourself.
- If the document is already pasted, select all and use Format → Clear formatting, then fix the headings.
The fastest fix
Paste with Ctrl+Shift+V (Cmd+Shift+V on macOS) to paste without formatting.
That handles the markup. It does not handle zero-width characters, non-breaking and exotic spaces, smart quotes or em dashes, which are text rather than formatting and survive every paste route on every platform.
