How To Change The Case Or Capitalization Of Selected Text In Obsidian

by Yaron Elharar ( @YaronElharar )

Updated September 20, 2026 · First version published November 23, 2023

Obsidian does not currently document a built-in editor command for converting selected note text between uppercase, lowercase, title case, and similar cases. You can add this functionality with a community plugin, or use an optional external tool such as Microsoft Word or AnyCase. You do not need to leave Obsidian. This article is current as of September 20, 2026.

What Is Obsidian?

Obsidian is a versatile note-taking and knowledge management application designed to help users across many professions create, organize, and interlink their notes in a unique digital workspace. Obsidian utilizes a local-first approach to data storage. Your notes are saved on your device, ensuring maximum data privacy.

No core selected-text case command in the editor

The Command Palette runs whatever commands are currently available. Obsidian Help and the changelog do not document a core command that turns a selected passage into uppercase, lowercase, title case, or similar cases. That gap is about converting arbitrary selected note text in the editor. It is not a claim that Obsidian has no case tools anywhere.

Native case conversion does exist in other Obsidian surfaces. Bases formulas can change case. Web Clipper supports transforms such as upper, lower, title, camel, snake, and kebab. Those do not replace a selected-text editor command. You still cannot highlight a sentence in a note and convert it with a documented core command.

Obsidian does have built-in Find and Replace for the current note. Changelog entries refer to Find and Replace menu items. Find and Replace can swap a specific string, including a differently capitalized version of that string. It is still not a one-click selected-text case converter.

Install a community plugin such as Change Case

You do not have to leave Obsidian to convert selected text. The official community plugin directory currently lists Change Case, which changes the case of the current selection. It includes commands for lowercase, UPPERCASE, Sentence case, camelCase, PascalCase, snake_case, kebab-case, and more. Those commands work on desktop and mobile.

Change Case is a community plugin, not a core Obsidian feature. Obsidian does not document it as built-in.

To install a community plugin:

1. Open Settings → Community plugins → Browse.
2. Search for Change Case (or another case-conversion plugin you trust).
3. Install and enable it.
4. Select text in a note, then run the case command from the Command Palette. You can assign a hotkey to a plugin command in Settings → Hotkeys.

Obsidian warns that community plugins execute third-party code. Review a plugin before you enable it.

Optional: copy the text into Microsoft Word

You do not need Word for this. If you already use Word and want an Office-side conversion, it remains a valid optional path. After you paste the text into Word, use Home → Change Case, or press Shift+F3. Microsoft documents Shift+F3 as cycling lowercase, UPPERCASE, and Capitalize Each Word. Shift+F3 is a Word shortcut. It does nothing useful for this inside Obsidian.

1. Select the text whose case you want to change and copy it.
2. Open Word and paste the text into a new document.
3. Select the pasted text. On the Home tab, click Change Case, or press Shift+F3 to cycle lowercase, UPPERCASE, and Capitalize Each Word.
4. Copy the converted text and paste it back into Obsidian.

If the string is not already in a note, or you only need to convert a snippet once, use the free case converter. That page pastes converted text. It does not rewrite the open Obsidian note.

Optional: convert in place with AnyCase on Windows

AnyCase is a Windows 11, 10, 8.1, and 8 utility. It converts selected text in Obsidian and countless Windows programs. That in-place shortcut is an AnyCase claim, not an Obsidian-certified integration. This article does not say Obsidian certifies AnyCase. AnyCase is not an Obsidian feature, not required, and not a multi-platform app.

The free version is unlimited to use, with a short delay between conversions. AnyCase Pro is $24 per year and removes that delay. It includes three stations.

To convert selected text in Obsidian with the AnyCase menu:

1. Download AnyCase.
2. Install it as you would any other Windows program.
3. Open Obsidian and select the text whose case you want to change.
4. Hold Shift, then right-click the selection. Choose the case you want from the AnyCase conversion menu. Ordinary right-click alone opens the usual Obsidian menu, not the AnyCase conversions. You can also pick a case from the AnyCase window.

The Win+Alt keys below are default AnyCase shortcuts. You can change them in AnyCase settings. They are not Obsidian shortcuts. Install AnyCase first; without it, those combinations do nothing in Obsidian.

AnyCase shortcuts that work in Obsidian

These are the default AnyCase shortcuts. You can change them in AnyCase settings. Win+Alt+L is lowercase, Win+Alt+U is UPPERCASE, Win+Alt+T is Title Case, Win+Alt+S is Sentence case, Win+Alt+A is AlTeRnAtInG CaPs, and Win+Alt+O opens the main AnyCase window.

• Specialized text cases: AnyCase includes options such as snake_case and kebab-case in addition to Title Case and other standard styles.
• Custom words: If you have specific words that you frequently use in your Obsidian workspace, you can save them in AnyCase.
• Quick Replace: AnyCase includes a Quick Replace helper. Obsidian already has built-in Find and Replace for the current note, so do not treat AnyCase Quick Replace as filling a missing Obsidian feature.
• Context menu: If you prefer not to use the AnyCase window or shortcuts, hold Shift and right-click the selection to open the AnyCase conversion menu.

Final thoughts

Obsidian does not currently document a built-in editor command for converting selected note text between uppercase, lowercase, title case, and similar cases. Bases formulas and Web Clipper case transforms exist elsewhere; they do not convert a highlighted passage in the editor. You can stay in Obsidian by installing a community plugin such as Change Case from Settings → Community plugins → Browse. Obsidian warns that community plugins execute third-party code. Copying into Word (Home → Change Case, or Shift+F3) remains an optional workaround. If you want the same in-place Windows shortcut in Obsidian and countless Windows programs, that comes from a third-party utility such as AnyCase. For a one-off paste, use the free case converter. That page does not edit the open Obsidian note in place.