v2.0.2
April 16, 2026Better cleanup of sidebar-quoted output from tools like Claude Code.
Improved
- —Quote-bar cleanup — strips ▎ and other left-sidebar block characters used to mark quoted output, while preserving blank lines between paragraphs
Changelog
What's new in PasteClear
Every update, documented.
v2.0.0
April 11, 2026A major upgrade to the cleaning engine and overall experience.
New
- —Auto-clean mode — automatically cleans terminal text the moment it hits your clipboard
- —Cleaning aggressiveness — choose between Light, Standard, and Deep from the menu bar
- —ANSI escape code removal — color codes, cursor sequences, and escape characters stripped automatically
- —Shell prompt stripping — removes $, %, #, and common prompt prefixes
- —URL repair — fixes URLs broken by terminal line wrapping
- —Box drawing removal — cleans up │ ─ ┌ └ and other box-drawing characters
- —Notification preview — see a preview of cleaned text before it replaces your clipboard
- —Toast feedback — subtle confirmation when auto-clean processes your clipboard
- —Keyboard shortcuts — trigger cleaning via customizable hotkeys
- —Paste Original — quickly paste the original unmodified text when needed
Improved
- —Better terminal detection, including support for tmux, screen, and other multiplexers
- —Expanded menu bar with quick access to auto-clean, aggressiveness, and shortcuts
- —Launches at login by default so it's always ready
- —New custom app icon and refined menu bar icon
Fixed
- —DMG is now properly signed and notarized — Gatekeeper won't block installation
v1.0.0
April 10, 2026Initial release.
New
- —One-click cleanup — detects terminal-formatted text on your clipboard and cleans it from the menu bar
- —Trailing whitespace removal — strips trailing spaces and tabs from every line
- —Indentation normalization — removes unnecessary leading whitespace while preserving relative indentation
- —Line break unwrapping — rejoins lines artificially broken by the terminal's column width
- —Terminal detection — three-signal heuristic identifies when clipboard content came from a terminal
- —Menu bar app — lives in your menu bar, no dock icon, minimal footprint
- —Secure download — purchase confirmation email with a signed, token-verified download link
- —Support page — lost your download link? Enter your email and get a fresh one