You want to paste without formatting? When I looked at this in January: (1) Right-click > Paste Special > Paste values only This worked with many sources, but there was a problem pasting from Excel this way. (2) Double-click to invoke editing mode and then use Ctrl+v This works for a single cell, but not for a range. (3) Paste into a plain text container, re-copy, then Ctrl+v This works, but is a hassle so you would reserve it for special cases. The plain text container could be Notepad, or another plain text editor, or a Google Sheets note. Maybe there's a new workaround or solution since my earlier testing. (I didn't look at add-ons, for example.)