diff --git a/client/src/components/Chat/Input/ChatForm.tsx b/client/src/components/Chat/Input/ChatForm.tsx
index 51e9cb5c28..69e4819a99 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Chat/Input/ChatForm.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Chat/Input/ChatForm.tsx
@@ -29,14 +29,11 @@ const ChatForm = ({ index = 0 }) => {
     defaultValues: { text: '' },
   });
 
-  const { handlePaste, handleKeyUp, handleKeyDown, handleCompositionStart, handleCompositionEnd } =
-    useTextarea({
-      textAreaRef,
-      submitButtonRef,
-      disabled: !!requiresKey,
-      setValue: methods.setValue,
-      getValues: methods.getValues,
-    });
+  const { handlePaste, handleKeyDown, handleCompositionStart, handleCompositionEnd } = useTextarea({
+    textAreaRef,
+    submitButtonRef,
+    disabled: !!requiresKey,
+  });
 
   const {
     ask,
@@ -58,9 +55,6 @@ const ChatForm = ({ index = 0 }) => {
       }
       ask({ text: data.text });
       methods.reset();
-      if (textAreaRef.current) {
-        textAreaRef.current.value = '';
-      }
     },
     [ask, methods],
   );
@@ -84,6 +78,13 @@ const ChatForm = ({ index = 0 }) => {
     [requiresKey, invalidAssistant],
   );
 
+  const { ref, ...registerProps } = methods.register('text', {
+    required: true,
+    onChange: (e) => {
+      methods.setValue('text', e.target.value);
+    },
+  });
+
   return (
     <form
       onSubmit={methods.handleSubmit((data) => submitMessage(data))}
@@ -104,19 +105,14 @@ const ChatForm = ({ index = 0 }) => {
             />
             {endpoint && (
               <TextareaAutosize
-                {...methods.register('text', {
-                  required: true,
-                  onChange: (e) => {
-                    methods.setValue('text', e.target.value);
-                  },
-                })}
+                {...registerProps}
                 autoFocus
                 ref={(e) => {
+                  ref(e);
                   textAreaRef.current = e;
                 }}
                 disabled={disableInputs}
                 onPaste={handlePaste}
-                onKeyUp={handleKeyUp}
                 onKeyDown={handleKeyDown}
                 onCompositionStart={handleCompositionStart}
                 onCompositionEnd={handleCompositionEnd}
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextarea.ts b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextarea.ts
index 58dd01ad42..4f8e6f7a93 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextarea.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/Input/useTextarea.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ import { useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
 import { EModelEndpoint } from 'librechat-data-provider';
 import React, { useEffect, useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
 import type { TEndpointOption } from 'librechat-data-provider';
-import type { UseFormSetValue } from 'react-hook-form';
 import type { KeyboardEvent } from 'react';
-import { forceResize, insertTextAtCursor, trimUndoneRange, getAssistantName } from '~/utils';
+import { forceResize, insertTextAtCursor, getAssistantName } from '~/utils';
 import { useAssistantsMapContext } from '~/Providers/AssistantsMapContext';
 import useGetSender from '~/hooks/Conversations/useGetSender';
 import useFileHandling from '~/hooks/Files/useFileHandling';
@@ -18,14 +17,10 @@ type KeyEvent = KeyboardEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>;
 export default function useTextarea({
   textAreaRef,
   submitButtonRef,
-  setValue,
-  getValues,
   disabled = false,
 }: {
   textAreaRef: React.RefObject<HTMLTextAreaElement>;
   submitButtonRef: React.RefObject<HTMLButtonElement>;
-  setValue: UseFormSetValue<{ text: string }>;
-  getValues: (field: string) => string;
   disabled?: boolean;
 }) {
   const assistantMap = useAssistantsMapContext();
@@ -166,33 +161,6 @@ export default function useTextarea({
     [isSubmitting, filesLoading, enterToSend, textAreaRef, submitButtonRef],
   );
 
-  const handleKeyUp = (e: KeyEvent) => {
-    const target = e.target as HTMLTextAreaElement;
-
-    const isUndo = e.key === 'z' && (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey);
-    if (isUndo && target.value.trim() === '') {
-      textAreaRef.current?.setRangeText('', 0, textAreaRef.current?.value?.length, 'end');
-      setValue('text', '', { shouldValidate: true });
-      forceResize(textAreaRef);
-    } else if (isUndo) {
-      trimUndoneRange(textAreaRef);
-      setValue('text', '', { shouldValidate: true });
-      forceResize(textAreaRef);
-    }
-
-    if ((e.keyCode === 8 || e.key === 'Backspace') && target.value.trim() === '') {
-      textAreaRef.current?.setRangeText('', 0, textAreaRef.current?.value?.length, 'end');
-    }
-
-    if (e.key === 'Enter' && e.shiftKey) {
-      return console.log('Enter + Shift');
-    }
-
-    if (isSubmitting) {
-      return;
-    }
-  };
-
   const handleCompositionStart = () => {
     isComposing.current = true;
   };
@@ -201,36 +169,31 @@ export default function useTextarea({
     isComposing.current = false;
   };
 
-  /** Necessary handler to update form state when paste doesn't fire textArea input event */
-  const setPastedValue = useCallback(
-    (textArea: HTMLTextAreaElement, pastedData: string) => {
-      const currentTextValue = getValues('text') || '';
-      const { selectionStart, selectionEnd } = textArea;
-      const newValue =
-        currentTextValue.substring(0, selectionStart) +
-        pastedData +
-        currentTextValue.substring(selectionEnd);
-
-      setValue('text', newValue, { shouldValidate: true });
-    },
-    [getValues, setValue],
-  );
-
   const handlePaste = useCallback(
     (e: React.ClipboardEvent<HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
-      e.preventDefault();
       const textArea = textAreaRef.current;
       if (!textArea) {
         return;
       }
 
-      const pastedData = e.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
-      setPastedValue(textArea, pastedData);
-      insertTextAtCursor(textArea, pastedData);
-      forceResize(textAreaRef);
+      if (!e.clipboardData) {
+        return;
+      }
 
-      if (e.clipboardData && e.clipboardData.files.length > 0) {
+      let includedText = '';
+      const { types } = e.clipboardData;
+
+      if (types.indexOf('text/rtf') !== -1 || types.indexOf('Files') !== -1) {
         e.preventDefault();
+        includedText = e.clipboardData.getData('text/plain');
+      }
+
+      if (includedText && e.clipboardData.files.length > 0) {
+        insertTextAtCursor(textAreaRef.current, includedText);
+        forceResize(textAreaRef);
+      }
+
+      if (e.clipboardData.files.length > 0) {
         setFilesLoading(true);
         const timestampedFiles: File[] = [];
         for (const file of e.clipboardData.files) {
@@ -242,14 +205,13 @@ export default function useTextarea({
         handleFiles(timestampedFiles);
       }
     },
-    [handleFiles, setFilesLoading, setPastedValue, textAreaRef],
+    [handleFiles, setFilesLoading, textAreaRef],
   );
 
   return {
     textAreaRef,
-    handleKeyDown,
-    handleKeyUp,
     handlePaste,
+    handleKeyDown,
     handleCompositionStart,
     handleCompositionEnd,
   };