diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/clipboard.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/clipboard.cljs
index fabf3e3fed..4d365f0bee 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/clipboard.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/clipboard.cljs
@@ -1067,7 +1067,8 @@
     (watch [_ state  _]
       (let [[text content]
             (if (v3-html-paste? state)
-              (when-let [fragment (text-clipboard/html->fragment html)]
+              (when-let [fragment (some-> (text-clipboard/html->fragment html)
+                                          (text-clipboard/without-overrides))]
                 [(text-paste/fragment->text fragment)
                  (text-paste/fragment->content fragment (txt/get-default-text-attrs))])
               (let [style (deref refs/workspace-clipboard-style)
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v3_editor.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v3_editor.cljs
index 8ed1cb50fe..f3138a5238 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v3_editor.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/shapes/text/v3_editor.cljs
@@ -107,11 +107,13 @@
 (def ^:private max-paste-html-length 1000000)
 
 (defn- clipboard->fragment
-  "The paste fragment for `data`: its HTML when allowed and it has text, else its plain text."
+  "The paste fragment for `data`: its HTML when allowed and it has text, else its
+  plain text. Either way it is unstyled, so it adopts the caret style."
   [^js data html-paste?]
   (let [html (when html-paste? (.getData data "text/html"))]
     (or (when (< 0 (count html) max-paste-html-length)
-          (text-clipboard/html->fragment html))
+          (some-> (text-clipboard/html->fragment html)
+                  (text-clipboard/without-overrides)))
         (text-clipboard/text->fragment (.getData data "text/plain")))))
 
 (defn- selection-start
@@ -125,18 +127,32 @@
       {:para focus-para :offset focus-offset})))
 
 (defn- paste-fragment
-  "Insert the text of `fragment`, then restyle it with the fragment overrides."
+  "Insert the text of `fragment`, then restyle it with the fragment overrides or,
+  when it has none, with the pending caret style."
   [fragment]
   (let [shape-id (text-editor/text-editor-get-active-shape-id)
-        start    (selection-start)]
+        start    (selection-start)
+        styled?  (text-paste/styled? fragment)
+        pending? (some? (text-editor/get-pending-caret-styles shape-id))]
+    (when styled?
+      (text-editor/clear-pending-caret-styles!))
     (text-editor/text-editor-insert-text (text-paste/fragment->text fragment))
-    (if (and (some? start) (text-paste/styled? fragment))
+    (cond
+      (nil? start)
+      (sync-wasm-text-editor-content!)
+
+      styled?
       (do
         ;; Sync first so the cached content stays index-aligned with WASM.
         (text-editor/text-editor-sync-content)
         (if-let [{:keys [content]} (wasm.api/apply-paste-styles shape-id fragment start)]
           (commit-restyled-content shape-id content)
           (sync-wasm-text-editor-content!)))
+
+      pending?
+      (sync-with-pending-caret-styles! shape-id start)
+
+      :else
       (sync-wasm-text-editor-content!))))
 
 (defn- reset-input-node
@@ -315,8 +331,6 @@
         (mf/use-fn
          (fn [^js event]
            (dom/prevent-default event)
-           ;; Pasted text keeps the surrounding style; drop any pending caret style.
-           (text-editor/clear-pending-caret-styles!)
            (when-let [fragment (some-> (.-clipboardData event)
                                        (clipboard->fragment
                                         (features/active-feature? @st/state "text-editor-wasm/v1-html-paste")))]
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/util/text/clipboard.cljs b/frontend/src/app/util/text/clipboard.cljs
index 963f49b688..4c806fd1c4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/util/text/clipboard.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/util/text/clipboard.cljs
@@ -244,6 +244,17 @@
       (.parseFromString html "text/html")
       (document->fragment)))
 
+(defn without-overrides
+  "`fragment` as one plain run per paragraph, so it takes the style it is pasted
+  into. External sources keep only their text and paragraphs."
+  [fragment]
+  (mapv (fn [{:keys [children] :as paragraph}]
+          (assoc paragraph :children
+                 (if (seq children)
+                   [{:text (str/join (map :text children)) :attrs {}}]
+                   [])))
+        fragment))
+
 (defn text->fragment
   "The paste fragment for plain text, one paragraph per line, or nil when empty."
   [text]
diff --git a/frontend/test/frontend_tests/util_text_clipboard_test.cljs b/frontend/test/frontend_tests/util_text_clipboard_test.cljs
index a8f65d6e4f..d2d757fbb0 100644
--- a/frontend/test/frontend_tests/util_text_clipboard_test.cljs
+++ b/frontend/test/frontend_tests/util_text_clipboard_test.cljs
@@ -163,3 +163,14 @@
 
   (t/testing "empty text gives no fragment"
     (t/is (nil? (clipboard/text->fragment "")))))
+
+(t/deftest without-overrides
+  (t/testing "external HTML keeps its text and paragraphs but no emphasis"
+    (t/is (= [(paragraph (plain-run "Hello bold and italic"))
+              (paragraph)
+              (paragraph (plain-run "Second"))]
+             (clipboard/without-overrides (html->fragment google-docs-html)))))
+
+  (t/testing "empty paragraphs stay empty"
+    (t/is (= [(paragraph)]
+             (clipboard/without-overrides [(paragraph)])))))