diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EditTextCompose.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EditTextCompose.java
index eae4528a65..3fc1eb5b05 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EditTextCompose.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EditTextCompose.java
@@ -290,8 +290,11 @@ public class EditTextCompose extends FixedEditText {
                 @Override
                 public boolean onCreateActionMode(ActionMode mode, Menu menu) {
                     try {
+                        SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getContext());
+                        boolean paste_plain = prefs.getBoolean("paste_plain", false);
+
                         int order = 1000;
-                        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.O)
+                        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.O || paste_plain)
                             menu.add(Menu.CATEGORY_SECONDARY, android.R.id.pasteAsPlainText, order++, getTitle(R.string.title_paste_plain));
                         if (undo_manager && can(android.R.id.undo))
                             menu.add(Menu.CATEGORY_SECONDARY, R.string.title_undo, order++, getTitle(R.string.title_undo));
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsMisc.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsMisc.java
index 62ce2bf8f0..b83b37f616 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsMisc.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentOptionsMisc.java
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ public class FragmentOptionsMisc extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferenc
     private SwitchCompat swWebp;
     private SwitchCompat swAnimate;
     private SwitchCompat swEasyCorrect;
+    private SwitchCompat swPastePlain;
     private SwitchCompat swInfra;
     private SwitchCompat swTldFlags;
     private SwitchCompat swJsonLd;
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ public class FragmentOptionsMisc extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferenc
             "exact_alarms",
             "native_dkim", "native_arc", "native_arc_whitelist",
             "webp", "animate_images",
-            "easy_correct", "infra", "tld_flags", "json_ld", "dup_msgids", "thread_byref", "save_user_flags", "mdn",
+            "easy_correct", "paste_plain", "infra", "tld_flags", "json_ld", "dup_msgids", "thread_byref", "save_user_flags", "mdn",
             "app_chooser", "app_chooser_share", "adjacent_links", "adjacent_documents", "adjacent_portrait", "adjacent_landscape",
             "delete_confirmation", "global_keywords", "test_iab"
     ));
@@ -456,6 +457,7 @@ public class FragmentOptionsMisc extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferenc
         swWebp = view.findViewById(R.id.swWebp);
         swAnimate = view.findViewById(R.id.swAnimate);
         swEasyCorrect = view.findViewById(R.id.swEasyCorrect);
+        swPastePlain = view.findViewById(R.id.swPastePlain);
         swInfra = view.findViewById(R.id.swInfra);
         swTldFlags = view.findViewById(R.id.swTldFlags);
         swJsonLd = view.findViewById(R.id.swJsonLd);
@@ -1537,6 +1539,13 @@ public class FragmentOptionsMisc extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferenc
             }
         });
 
+        swPastePlain.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton compoundButton, boolean checked) {
+                prefs.edit().putBoolean("paste_plain", checked).apply();
+            }
+        });
+
         swInfra.setOnCheckedChangeListener(new CompoundButton.OnCheckedChangeListener() {
             @Override
             public void onCheckedChanged(CompoundButton compoundButton, boolean checked) {
@@ -2369,6 +2378,7 @@ public class FragmentOptionsMisc extends FragmentBase implements SharedPreferenc
             swWebp.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("webp", true));
             swAnimate.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("animate_images", true));
             swEasyCorrect.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("easy_correct", false));
+            swPastePlain.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("paste_plain", false));
             swInfra.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("infra", false));
             swTldFlags.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("tld_flags", false));
             swJsonLd.setChecked(prefs.getBoolean("json_ld", false));
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_options_misc.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_options_misc.xml
index 35d2184726..6db022142a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_options_misc.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/fragment_options_misc.xml
@@ -1601,6 +1601,17 @@
                     app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/swAnimate"
                     app:switchPadding="12dp" />
 
+                <androidx.appcompat.widget.SwitchCompat
+                    android:id="@+id/swPastePlain"
+                    android:layout_width="0dp"
+                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+                    android:layout_marginTop="12dp"
+                    android:text="@string/title_advanced_paste_plain"
+                    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
+                    app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
+                    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/swEasyCorrect"
+                    app:switchPadding="12dp" />
+
                 <androidx.appcompat.widget.SwitchCompat
                     android:id="@+id/swInfra"
                     android:layout_width="0dp"
@@ -1609,7 +1620,7 @@
                     android:text="@string/title_advanced_infra"
                     app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
                     app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
-                    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/swEasyCorrect"
+                    app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@id/swPastePlain"
                     app:switchPadding="12dp" />
 
                 <androidx.constraintlayout.helper.widget.Flow
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 3bb0f5c334..5b19093541 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -945,6 +945,7 @@
     <string name="title_advanced_webp" translatable="false">WebP</string>
     <string name="title_advanced_animate" translatable="false">Animate images (GIF, etc.)</string>
     <string name="title_advanced_easy_correct" translatable="false">Easy correct</string>
+    <string name="title_advanced_paste_plain" translatable="false">Add paste as plain text</string>
     <string name="title_advanced_infra" translatable="false">Show infrastructure</string>
     <string name="title_advanced_tld_flags" translatable="false">Show TLD flags</string>
     <string name="title_advanced_json_ld" translatable="false">Show Linked Data (JSON-LD)</string>