From the web app I was able to do it this way on a Mac: Open a terminal window. Give the command "cat > /dev/null" so the window will ignore all input Cut the entire note with ^X Paste the note into the terminal window -- this throws away the formatting. Copy the note from the terminal window. Paste it back into the web app. To say this solution sucks would be an understatement, but I tried everything else I could think of. Evernote: please add a "clear formatting" option that WORKS to the web app and to the Android app.