WPS Clear Formatting is a PDF text editing feature for removing formatting from selected text; it includes 2 core tasks, with 0 available without membership and 2 membership-related items.
At a Glance
| Metric | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Core tasks | 2 | Matches the number of rows in the How-to Index |
| Available without membership | 0 | Matches the number of Free rows in the index |
| Membership-related items | 2 | Matches the number of membership-required rows in the index |
| Version limit | None | Available in the WPS Windows client that supports PDF editing |
About This Feature
Overview
Clear Formatting is a text cleanup feature in WPS PDF editing. It removes formatting attributes from selected text while keeping the text content itself.
Core tasks include:
- Clear text formatting: Use Clear Formatting in text editing mode for selected text.
- Review the cleared result: Remove bold, italics, underlines, colors, and paragraph-related formatting while keeping plain text.
This feature is useful for unifying PDF text styles, cleaning up leftover formatting after pasted content, and resetting text before applying a new layout.
System Requirements
| Item | Requirement |
|---|---|
| Operating system | A Windows device that can run WPS Office normally |
| App version | It is recommended to use the latest version of WPS Office with the PDF component installed |
| Network | No mandatory internet connection is required for local editing; internet access is needed for sign-in or membership verification |
| Other | Open an editable PDF file and enter Text Edit mode |
Download & Installation
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Official Download | WPS Office Free Download |
| Post-install Check | Launch WPS Office → open a PDF file → enter Text Edit mode and check whether the Clear Formatting button is available |
Source: WPS Download Center
Compare with Alternatives
| Dimension | WPS | Microsoft | Notion | Adobe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capability Summary | In WPS PDF Text Edit mode, you can clear formatting from selected text and keep only the text content. | Word provides Clear All Formatting to remove font and style formatting from selected text. | Google Docs supports clearing text formatting for selected text and provides a keyboard shortcut for it. | Notion supports page formatting, block editing, and layout adjustments, but no official page was found for a directly equivalent PDF text clear-formatting action. | Adobe Acrobat community content shows plain-text export methods that reduce retained formatting, but no official page was found for a directly equivalent single Clear Formatting button in this scenario. |
| Official Source | — | Microsoft Q&A: reset word document format | Keyboard shortcuts for Google Docs - Computer | Format your page – Notion Help Center | Can I force Acrobat to remove formatting and images from text? |
Advantage: It is built into the PDF text editing workflow, so you can clean up text styles without leaving the PDF editing interface.
Overall Conclusion
WPS Clear Formatting is more closely aligned with PDF text editing workflows and is convenient when you need to remove existing styles directly inside a PDF. Other products also provide text formatting cleanup in their own environments, but their entry points and document contexts are different from PDF text editing.
Use Cases
| # | Scenario | Target Users | Core Pain Point | Solution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unify PDF text styles | Document editors | Text on the same page uses inconsistent formatting | Select the text and use Clear Formatting to remove the original styles |
| 2 | Clean up pasted formatting | Office users | Pasted text keeps extra fonts and colors | Enter Text Edit mode and apply Clear Formatting |
| 3 | Reset text before reformatting | Layout editors | Existing formatting interferes with later adjustments | Clear formatting first, then apply the new style you need |
| 4 | Fix local display inconsistencies | PDF reviewers | Some text appears with unexpected bold, color, or indentation | Clear formatting for the affected text and review the result again |
| 5 | Edit membership-based PDF content | Users who need to modify PDFs | Text formatting needs to be cleaned directly in a PDF | Enable PDF editing access and use Text Edit with Clear Formatting |
Membership & Benefits
Free vs WPS Premium
| Feature | Free User | WPS Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Open and view PDF files | ✅ | ✅ |
| PDF text editing | ❌ or limited | ✅ |
| Clear text formatting | ❌, requires PDF editing access first | ✅ |
| Other advanced PDF editing tools | ❌ or limited | ✅ |
Source: WPS Office pricing page
Recommendations
| Use Case | Recommended Plan | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Only viewing PDF content | Free | Basic viewing is usually enough when no text editing is needed |
| Occasionally changing PDF text formatting | WPS Premium | You need PDF text editing access to use Clear Formatting and related editing tools |
| Frequently cleaning up or reformatting PDF text | WPS Premium | Better suited for ongoing PDF editing, formatting cleanup, and other advanced tools |
How to Subscribe
- WPS membership center: Subscribe now
Source: WPS Office pricing page