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LibreOffice Calc

Paste plain text

CtrlAltShiftV

Windows Desktop app LibreOffice shared commands

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In LibreOffice Calc, Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V will paste plain text. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Text destination

Where this comes from

LibreOffice general keyboard shortcuts

Documentation checked on 2026-09-11. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

The same task in other apps

Paste as plain text ChromeOS Ctrl + Shift + V
Paste plain text Mozilla Firefox Ctrl + Shift + V
Paste a link as plain text GitHub Cmd + Shift + V
Paste without formatting GitLab Cmd + Shift + V
Paste text without its styling Google Docs Cmd + Shift + V
Paste as unformatted text LibreOffice Writer Ctrl + Alt + Shift + V
Paste without formatting Mozilla Thunderbird Ctrl + Shift + V
Paste plain text Microsoft Word Ctrl + Shift + V
Paste without formatting Zotero Cmd + Shift + V

More LibreOffice Calc shortcuts

Undo change Ctrl + Z
Redo change Ctrl + Y
Open document Ctrl + O
New document Ctrl + N
Save document Ctrl + S
Print Ctrl + P
Find Ctrl + F
Edit the current cell F2

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