diff --git a/applets/notes/package/contents/ui/main.qml b/applets/notes/package/contents/ui/main.qml
--- a/applets/notes/package/contents/ui/main.qml
+++ b/applets/notes/package/contents/ui/main.qml
@@ -310,6 +310,18 @@
                         text: i18nc("@info:tooltip", "Strikethrough")
                     }
                 }
+                QQC2.ToolButton {
+                    icon.name: "edit-clear-all"
+                    icon.color: textIconColor
+                    icon.width: units.iconSizes.smallMedium
+                    icon.height: icon.width
+                    onClicked: documentHandler.clearFormatting()
+                    Accessible.name: clearFormattingTooltip.text
+                    QQC2.ToolTip {
+                        id: clearFormattingTooltip
+                        text: i18nc("@info:tooltip", "Clear formatting")
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             Item { // spacer
diff --git a/applets/notes/plugin/documenthandler.h b/applets/notes/plugin/documenthandler.h
--- a/applets/notes/plugin/documenthandler.h
+++ b/applets/notes/plugin/documenthandler.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
     void setFontSize(int arg);
     void setTextColor(const QColor &arg);
     void setFontFamily(const QString &arg);
+    void clearFormatting();
 
     void setText(const QString &arg);
 
diff --git a/applets/notes/plugin/documenthandler.cpp b/applets/notes/plugin/documenthandler.cpp
--- a/applets/notes/plugin/documenthandler.cpp
+++ b/applets/notes/plugin/documenthandler.cpp
@@ -300,6 +300,24 @@
     emit fontFamilyChanged();
 }
 
+void DocumentHandler::clearFormatting()
+{
+    QTextCursor cursor = textCursor();
+    if (cursor.isNull())
+        return;
+
+    QTextCharFormat fmt;
+    fmt.setFontWeight(QFont::Normal);
+    fmt.setFont(m_doc->defaultFont());
+    fmt.clearBackground();
+
+    if (!cursor.hasSelection())
+        cursor.select(QTextCursor::WordUnderCursor);
+    cursor.setCharFormat(fmt);
+
+    reset();
+}
+
 QStringList DocumentHandler::defaultFontSizes() const
 {
     // uhm... this is quite ugly