# Hide Markdown in Read-Only mode

**URL:** <https://community.bear.app/t/hide-markdown-in-read-only-mode/18898>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Tags:** features\
**Created:** [March 6, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/hide-markdown-in-read-only-mode/18898 "2026-03-06T14:00:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![humblebee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c2a13f/32.png) [@humblebee](https://community.bear.app/u/humblebee)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/hide-markdown-in-read-only-mode/18898/1 "2026-03-06T14:00:36Z")

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Sometimes when I copy content, the Markdown syntax is also included in the clipboard.

It would be nice to have an option to hide the Markdown.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/7/7d970052f0157a0abdd0f5360ad505c8b6cb5f44.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![daneb1](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/daneb1/32/5808_2.png) [@daneb1](https://community.bear.app/u/daneb1)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/hide-markdown-in-read-only-mode/18898/2 "2026-03-06T19:29:46Z")

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You can use “copy as plain text” (markdown syntax will be omitted) or “copy as rich text” (formatted + syntax of course also omitted)

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**Author:** ![humblebee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c2a13f/32.png) [@humblebee](https://community.bear.app/u/humblebee)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/hide-markdown-in-read-only-mode/18898/3 "2026-03-07T00:44:57Z")

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Thank you. That’s a great approach.

However, I found that those options aren’t available for cells within the table, which is my use case.

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/9/9207bfccfbe67bac32d54a248fd3521dacefece9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![daneb1](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/daneb1/32/5808_2.png) [@daneb1](https://community.bear.app/u/daneb1)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 8:18am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/hide-markdown-in-read-only-mode/18898/4 "2026-03-07T08:18:31Z")

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You are right. Even when trying “copy as” from main menu, it does not work (but on the other hand, the option is not greyed out). It is strange and I suspect that it it a bug or omission.

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**Author:** ![Glaurung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ab097/32.png) [@Glaurung](https://community.bear.app/u/Glaurung)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/hide-markdown-in-read-only-mode/18898/5 "2026-04-08T14:42:34Z")

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I actually just created an account to come here and post this same suggestion! When the note is in read-only mode markdown code should be hidden since it can’t be modified anyway. I copy a lot of single code lines and it would be nice to be able to triple-click the line and copy the code without the backticks surrounding it. Or if you don’t want to do that, add a copy icon on the left for single lines of code similar to code blocks.