diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
index 4513b24ea7..25bba6ca0c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/FragmentCompose.java
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ public class FragmentCompose extends FragmentBase {
                 onMenuCompact();
                 return true;
             case R.id.menu_clear:
-                onMenuClear();
+                StyleHelper.apply(R.id.menu_clear, etBody);
                 return true;
             case R.id.menu_contact_group:
                 onMenuContactGroup();
@@ -1014,38 +1014,6 @@ public class FragmentCompose extends FragmentBase {
         bottom_navigation.setLayoutParams(params);
     }
 
-    private void onMenuClear() {
-        int start = etBody.getSelectionStart();
-        int end = etBody.getSelectionEnd();
-
-        if (start < 0)
-            start = 0;
-        if (end < 0)
-            end = 0;
-
-        if (start > end) {
-            int tmp = start;
-            start = end;
-            end = tmp;
-        }
-
-        boolean selected = (start != end);
-        if (start == end) {
-            start = 0;
-            end = etBody.length();
-        }
-
-        SpannableString ss = new SpannableString(etBody.getText());
-
-        for (Object span : ss.getSpans(start, end, Object.class))
-            if (!(span instanceof ImageSpan))
-                ss.removeSpan(span);
-
-        etBody.setText(ss);
-        if (selected)
-            etBody.setSelection(start, end);
-    }
-
     private void onMenuContactGroup() {
         Bundle args = new Bundle();
         args.putLong("working", working);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/StyleHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/StyleHelper.java
index 1fd1c655f2..5819ec3bc1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/StyleHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/StyleHelper.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import android.graphics.Typeface;
 import android.text.SpannableString;
 import android.text.Spanned;
 import android.text.style.ForegroundColorSpan;
+import android.text.style.ImageSpan;
 import android.text.style.RelativeSizeSpan;
 import android.text.style.StyleSpan;
 import android.text.style.URLSpan;
@@ -125,6 +126,24 @@ public class StyleHelper {
                     return true;
                 }
 
+                case R.id.menu_clear: {
+                    boolean selected = (start != end);
+                    if (start == end) {
+                        start = 0;
+                        end = etBody.length();
+                    }
+
+                    for (Object span : ss.getSpans(start, end, Object.class))
+                        if (!(span instanceof ImageSpan))
+                            ss.removeSpan(span);
+
+                    etBody.setText(ss);
+                    if (selected)
+                        etBody.setSelection(start, end);
+
+                    return true;
+                }
+
                 default:
                     return false;
             }