From ed18bfd4e89880eb626e16756bf6ec1ff1b47865 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amy Evans <amy@expensify.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 15:13:16 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "Merge pull request #55932 from prakashbask/fix/53718"

This reverts commit 4987f62f367c5d13be53bcf64bcd058eb5455edd, reversing
changes made to beafd488e59870d35d6f05fd8d0e29e6d045aee5.
---
 src/hooks/useHtmlPaste/index.ts                      | 12 +++---------
 .../home/report/ContextMenu/ContextMenuActions.tsx   |  6 ++++--
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/hooks/useHtmlPaste/index.ts b/src/hooks/useHtmlPaste/index.ts
index 1a5606ef48ad..1a7e62f3141e 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useHtmlPaste/index.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useHtmlPaste/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import {useCallback, useEffect} from 'react';
-import {isMobile} from '@libs/Browser';
 import Parser from '@libs/Parser';
 import CONST from '@src/CONST';
 import type UseHtmlPaste from './types';
@@ -90,14 +89,9 @@ const useHtmlPaste: UseHtmlPaste = (textInputRef, preHtmlPasteCallback, isActive
      */
     const handlePastePlainText = useCallback(
         (event: ClipboardEvent) => {
-            const markdownText = event.clipboardData?.getData('text/plain');
-            // Updated paste logic to address issue #53718
-            // When copying from a chat conversation, the clipboard contains markdown-formatted text.
-            // On desktop web, users have the option to paste as plain text, but this feature is unavailable on mobile web.
-            // A conditional check is added to determine whether to retain markdown or convert it to plain text based on the platform.
-            if (markdownText) {
-                const parsedText = isMobile() ? markdownText : Parser.htmlToText(Parser.replace(markdownText));
-                paste(parsedText);
+            const plainText = event.clipboardData?.getData('text/plain');
+            if (plainText) {
+                paste(plainText);
             }
         },
         [paste],
diff --git a/src/pages/home/report/ContextMenu/ContextMenuActions.tsx b/src/pages/home/report/ContextMenu/ContextMenuActions.tsx
index 46e2c814db24..7d8b2f031e3b 100644
--- a/src/pages/home/report/ContextMenu/ContextMenuActions.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/home/report/ContextMenu/ContextMenuActions.tsx
@@ -119,8 +119,10 @@ function setClipboardMessage(content: string | undefined) {
     if (!Clipboard.canSetHtml()) {
         Clipboard.setString(Parser.htmlToMarkdown(content));
     } else {
-        const markdownText = Parser.htmlToMarkdown(content);
-        Clipboard.setHtml(content, markdownText);
+        const anchorRegex = CONST.REGEX_LINK_IN_ANCHOR;
+        const isAnchorTag = anchorRegex.test(content);
+        const plainText = isAnchorTag ? Parser.htmlToMarkdown(content) : Parser.htmlToText(content);
+        Clipboard.setHtml(content, plainText);
     }
 }