Observed arrival · 2026-08-26
PasteZero, the clipboard cleaner for AI residue
A local macOS clipboard manager that removes zero-width characters, Unicode lookalikes, markdown marks, and typographic punctuation before text reaches your paste target.
Field notes
The visible sandbox compares a 406-character source with a cleaned result and identifies the transformations it applied, including Unicode normalization, dash conversion, quote conversion, markdown removal, and trailing-space cleanup. The homepage also describes a clipboard-history workflow that preserves both versions and a file workflow that returns a cleaned copy without modifying the original. The downloadable Mac app is presented as local and private, with Accessibility permission required for its system-level operation.
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