diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/ui/PasteSensitiveTextInputEditTextTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/ui/PasteSensitiveTextInputEditTextTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49d26af97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/ui/PasteSensitiveTextInputEditTextTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package fr.free.nrw.commons.ui
+
+import android.R
+import android.content.Context
+import android.os.Build
+import android.util.AttributeSet
+import androidx.test.core.app.ApplicationProvider
+import androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnit4
+import fr.free.nrw.commons.ui.PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText
+import org.junit.Assert
+import org.junit.Before
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith
+import java.lang.Exception
+import kotlin.Throws
+
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4::class)
+class PasteSensitiveTextInputEditTextTest {
+
+    private var context: Context? = null
+    private var textView: PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText? = null
+
+    @Before
+    fun setup() {
+        context = ApplicationProvider.getApplicationContext()
+        textView = PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText(context)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun onTextContextMenuItemPasteFormattingDisabled() {
+        textView!!.setFormattingAllowed(false);
+        textView!!.setText("Text")
+        textView!!.onTextContextMenuItem(R.id.paste)
+        Assert.assertEquals("Text", textView!!.text.toString())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun onTextContextMenuItemPasteFormattingAllowed() {
+        textView!!.setFormattingAllowed(true);
+        textView!!.setText("Text")
+        textView!!.onTextContextMenuItem(R.id.paste)
+        Assert.assertEquals("Text", textView!!.text.toString())
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun onTextContextMenuItemPaste() {
+        textView!!.setText("Text")
+        textView!!.onTextContextMenuItem(R.id.paste)
+        Assert.assertEquals("Text", textView!!.text.toString())
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    fun onTextContextMenuItemNotPaste() {
+        textView!!.setText("Text")
+        textView!!.onTextContextMenuItem(R.id.copy)
+        Assert.assertEquals("Text", textView!!.text.toString())
+    }
+
+    // this test has no real value, just % for test code coverage
+    @Test
+    fun extractFormattingAttributeSet(){
+        val methodExtractFormattingAttribute = textView!!.javaClass.getDeclaredMethod(
+            "extractFormattingAttribute", Context::class.java, AttributeSet::class.java)
+        methodExtractFormattingAttribute.isAccessible = true
+        methodExtractFormattingAttribute.invoke(textView, context, null)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    @Throws(Exception::class)
+    fun setFormattingAllowed() {
+        val fieldFormattingAllowed = textView!!.javaClass.getDeclaredField("formattingAllowed")
+        fieldFormattingAllowed.isAccessible = true
+        textView!!.setFormattingAllowed(true)
+        Assert.assertTrue(fieldFormattingAllowed.getBoolean(textView))
+        textView!!.setFormattingAllowed(false)
+        Assert.assertFalse(fieldFormattingAllowed.getBoolean(textView))
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/ui/PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/ui/PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bde665632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/ui/PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package fr.free.nrw.commons.ui;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.res.TypedArray;
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.os.Build.VERSION;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.util.Log;
+import com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText;
+import fr.free.nrw.commons.R;
+
+public class PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText extends TextInputEditText {
+
+    private boolean formattingAllowed = true;
+
+    public PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText(final Context context) {
+        super(context);
+    }
+
+    public PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText(final Context context, final AttributeSet attrs) {
+        super(context, attrs);
+        formattingAllowed = extractFormattingAttribute(context, attrs);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onTextContextMenuItem(int id) {
+
+        // if not paste command, or formatting is allowed, return default
+        if(id != android.R.id.paste || formattingAllowed){
+            return super.onTextContextMenuItem(id);
+        }
+
+        // if its paste and formatting not allowed
+        boolean proceeded;
+        if(VERSION.SDK_INT >= 23) {
+            proceeded = super.onTextContextMenuItem(android.R.id.pasteAsPlainText);
+        }else {
+            proceeded = super.onTextContextMenuItem(id);
+            if (proceeded && getText() != null) {
+                // rewrite with plain text so formatting is lost
+                setText(getText().toString());
+                setSelection(getText().length());
+            }
+        }
+        return proceeded;
+    }
+
+    private boolean extractFormattingAttribute(Context context, AttributeSet attrs){
+
+        boolean formatAllowed = true;
+
+        TypedArray a = context.getTheme().obtainStyledAttributes(
+            attrs, R.styleable.PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText, 0, 0);
+
+        try {
+            formatAllowed = a.getBoolean(
+                R.styleable.PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText_allowFormatting, true);
+        } finally {
+            a.recycle();
+        }
+        return formatAllowed;
+    }
+
+    public void setFormattingAllowed(boolean formattingAllowed){
+        this.formattingAllowed = formattingAllowed;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/UploadMediaDetailAdapter.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/UploadMediaDetailAdapter.java
index cb51ac4ff..0eff105e8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/UploadMediaDetailAdapter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/upload/UploadMediaDetailAdapter.java
@@ -10,14 +10,12 @@ import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.Spinner;
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
-import androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatEditText;
-import androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatSpinner;
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView;
 import butterknife.BindView;
 import butterknife.ButterKnife;
-import com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText;
 import com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.R;
+import fr.free.nrw.commons.ui.PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText;
 import fr.free.nrw.commons.utils.AbstractTextWatcher;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -93,13 +91,13 @@ public class UploadMediaDetailAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<UploadMediaDe
         Spinner spinnerDescriptionLanguages;
 
         @BindView(R.id.description_item_edit_text)
-        TextInputEditText descItemEditText;
+        PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText descItemEditText;
 
         @BindView(R.id.description_item_edit_text_input_layout)
         TextInputLayout descInputLayout;
 
         @BindView(R.id.caption_item_edit_text)
-        TextInputEditText captionItemEditText;
+        PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText captionItemEditText;
 
         @BindView(R.id.caption_item_edit_text_input_layout)
         TextInputLayout captionInputLayout;
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/layout/row_item_description.xml b/app/src/main/res/layout/row_item_description.xml
index dfba75863..9b9ac1915 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/layout/row_item_description.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/layout/row_item_description.xml
@@ -39,13 +39,14 @@
           app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
           app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent">
 
-            <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
+            <fr.free.nrw.commons.ui.PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText
               android:id="@+id/caption_item_edit_text"
               android:layout_width="match_parent"
               android:layout_height="match_parent"
               android:hint="@string/share_caption_hint"
               android:imeOptions="actionNext|flagNoExtractUi"
-              android:inputType="textMultiLine" />
+              android:inputType="textMultiLine"
+              app:allowFormatting="false" />
         </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
 
         <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout
@@ -56,13 +57,14 @@
           app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
           app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent">
 
-            <com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputEditText
+            <fr.free.nrw.commons.ui.PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText
               android:id="@+id/description_item_edit_text"
               android:layout_width="match_parent"
               android:layout_height="match_parent"
               android:hint="@string/share_description_hint"
               android:imeOptions="actionNext|flagNoExtractUi"
-              android:inputType="textMultiLine" />
+              android:inputType="textMultiLine"
+              app:allowFormatting="false" />
         </com.google.android.material.textfield.TextInputLayout>
 
     </androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/attrs.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/attrs.xml
index f43772fb5..ea801637b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/attrs.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/attrs.xml
@@ -57,4 +57,8 @@
         <attr name="camera" format="color"/>
         <attr name="centerRegion" format="color"/>
     </declare-styleable>
+
+    <declare-styleable name="PasteSensitiveTextInputEditText">
+        <attr name="allowFormatting" format="boolean"/>
+    </declare-styleable>
 </resources>