diff --git a/components/email/__tests__/composer-plugin-surfaces.test.tsx b/components/email/__tests__/composer-plugin-surfaces.test.tsx
index 60f6691c9..c9351bc27 100644
--- a/components/email/__tests__/composer-plugin-surfaces.test.tsx
+++ b/components/email/__tests__/composer-plugin-surfaces.test.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { act, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { act, createEvent, fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
 import React from 'react';
 import { EmailComposer } from '../email-composer';
@@ -413,6 +413,66 @@ describe('composer-attach-menu', () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe('composer-selection-menu', () => {
+  const SURFACE = 'composer-selection-menu';
+  const rightClick = (el: HTMLElement) => {
+    const event = createEvent.contextMenu(el, { clientX: 40, clientY: 50 });
+    fireEvent(el, event);
+    return event;
+  };
+
+  beforeEach(() => { useSettingsStore.setState({ plainTextMode: true }); });
+  afterEach(() => { useSettingsStore.setState({ plainTextMode: false }); });
+
+  it('leaves the browser menu alone without plugin entries, and without a selection', () => {
+    const { container } = render(<EmailComposer initialData={{ ...DRAFT, body: 'Hello there' }} onClose={vi.fn()} />);
+    const textarea = container.querySelector('textarea') as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+    textarea.setSelectionRange(0, 5);
+    expect(rightClick(textarea).defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('menu')).toBeNull();
+
+    act(() => { setPluginActions('p1', 'P1', SURFACE, checkActions([{ id: 'improve', label: 'Improve' }])); });
+    textarea.setSelectionRange(3, 3);
+    expect(rightClick(textarea).defaultPrevented).toBe(false);
+    expect(screen.queryByRole('menu')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('offers Cut, Copy and the plugin entries on selected text, and hands the click the selection', async () => {
+    const writeText = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    vi.stubGlobal('navigator', { ...navigator, clipboard: { writeText } });
+    try {
+      act(() => { setPluginActions('p1', 'P1', SURFACE, checkActions([{ id: 'improve', label: 'Improve', icon: 'sparkles' }])); });
+      const { container } = render(<EmailComposer initialData={{ ...DRAFT, body: 'Hello there' }} onClose={vi.fn()} />);
+      const textarea = container.querySelector('textarea') as HTMLTextAreaElement;
+      textarea.setSelectionRange(0, 5);
+
+      expect(rightClick(textarea).defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+      const menu = screen.getByRole('menu');
+      expect(menu).toHaveTextContent('cut');
+      expect(menu).toHaveTextContent('copy');
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByRole('menuitem', { name: 'Improve' }));
+      await act(async () => {});
+      expect(dispatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith('p1', SURFACE, 'improve', expect.objectContaining({ selection: { text: 'Hello' } }));
+      expect(typeof dispatch.mock.calls[0][3].composerId).toBe('string');
+      expect(screen.queryByRole('menu')).toBeNull();
+
+      textarea.setSelectionRange(0, 5);
+      rightClick(textarea);
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('composer-selection-copy'));
+      expect(writeText).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Hello');
+      expect(textarea.value).toBe('Hello there');
+
+      textarea.setSelectionRange(0, 6);
+      rightClick(textarea);
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByTestId('composer-selection-cut'));
+      expect(writeText).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith('Hello ');
+      expect(textarea.value).toBe('there');
+    } finally {
+      vi.unstubAllGlobals();
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 describe('composer-sidebar and composer-sidebar-right', () => {
   function stubWidth(width: number) {
     class FixedWidthObserver {
diff --git a/components/email/composer-selection-menu.tsx b/components/email/composer-selection-menu.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea17d8e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/email/composer-selection-menu.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+"use client";
+
+// The right-click menu on selected text in the composer. It only appears
+// when a plugin declared entries for it (the composer-selection-menu
+// surface, api.ui.setActions); otherwise the browser's own menu stays, with
+// its spelling suggestions. Cut and Copy are kept, since the menu replaces
+// the one that had them. A click on a plugin entry carries the composer id
+// and the selected text.
+
+import { useCallback } from "react";
+import { useTranslations } from "next-intl";
+import { ContextMenu, ContextMenuItem, ContextMenuSeparator } from "@/components/ui/context-menu";
+import { PluginActions, usePluginActions } from "@/components/plugins/plugin-actions";
+import { useContextMenu } from "@/hooks/use-context-menu";
+import { Copy, Scissors } from "@/components/icons";
+
+export const COMPOSER_SELECTION_SURFACE = "composer-selection-menu";
+
+export interface SelectionMenuTarget {
+  /** The selected text, as the plugin gets it. */
+  text: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Where the menu opens for a contextmenu event. The keyboard (Shift+F10,
+ * the Menu key) fires it at 0,0: then the menu opens under the selection.
+ */
+export function selectionMenuPoint(
+  e: { clientX: number; clientY: number; currentTarget?: EventTarget | null },
+  selection: Selection | null = typeof window === "undefined" ? null : window.getSelection(),
+): { x: number; y: number } {
+  if (e.clientX || e.clientY) return { x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY };
+  if (selection && selection.rangeCount > 0) {
+    const rect = selection.getRangeAt(0).getBoundingClientRect();
+    if (rect.width || rect.height) return { x: rect.left, y: rect.bottom };
+  }
+  const el = e.currentTarget instanceof Element ? e.currentTarget : null;
+  const rect = el?.getBoundingClientRect();
+  return rect ? { x: rect.left + 16, y: rect.top + 16 } : { x: 0, y: 0 };
+}
+
+/** The menu's state and the contextmenu handler for the message text. */
+export function useComposerSelectionMenu() {
+  const actions = usePluginActions(COMPOSER_SELECTION_SURFACE);
+  const menu = useContextMenu<SelectionMenuTarget>();
+  const { openContextMenu } = menu;
+  const enabled = actions.length > 0;
+  const onContextMenu = useCallback((e: React.MouseEvent, read: () => string) => {
+    if (!enabled) return;
+    const text = read();
+    if (!text.trim()) return;
+    const point = selectionMenuPoint(e);
+    openContextMenu({
+      preventDefault: () => e.preventDefault(),
+      stopPropagation: () => e.stopPropagation(),
+      clientX: point.x,
+      clientY: point.y,
+    } as React.MouseEvent, { text });
+  }, [enabled, openContextMenu]);
+  return { ...menu, onContextMenu, enabled };
+}
+
+export function ComposerSelectionMenu({
+  menu,
+  composerId,
+  onClipboard,
+}: {
+  menu: ReturnType<typeof useComposerSelectionMenu>;
+  composerId: string | null;
+  /** Cut or copy the selection the menu was opened on. */
+  onClipboard: (command: "cut" | "copy") => void;
+}) {
+  const t = useTranslations("email_composer");
+  const { contextMenu, closeContextMenu, menuRef } = menu;
+  if (!contextMenu.isOpen) return null;
+  const text = contextMenu.data?.text ?? "";
+  return (
+    <ContextMenu ref={menuRef} isOpen={contextMenu.isOpen} position={contextMenu.position} onClose={closeContextMenu}>
+      <ContextMenuItem icon={Scissors} label={t("cut")} testId="composer-selection-cut" onClick={() => { closeContextMenu(); onClipboard("cut"); }} />
+      <ContextMenuItem icon={Copy} label={t("copy")} testId="composer-selection-copy" onClick={() => { closeContextMenu(); onClipboard("copy"); }} />
+      <ContextMenuSeparator />
+      <PluginActions
+        surface="composer-selection-menu"
+        variant="menu"
+        context={{ composerId, selection: { text } }}
+        onRan={closeContextMenu}
+      />
+    </ContextMenu>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/components/email/email-composer.tsx b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
index ddd33ec0d..af4a74f2e 100644
--- a/components/email/email-composer.tsx
+++ b/components/email/email-composer.tsx
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import { useProMultiAccountIdentities, stripCrossAccountIdentityPrefix } from "@
 import { useAccountStore } from "@/stores/account-store";
 import { useSettingsStore } from "@/stores/settings-store";
 import { ComposerPluginSidebar, useComposerSidebars } from "./composer-plugin-sidebars";
+import { ComposerSelectionMenu, useComposerSelectionMenu } from "./composer-selection-menu";
 import { PluginSlot } from "@/components/plugins/plugin-slot";
 import { usePluginSlotOffers } from "@/hooks/use-plugin-slot-offers";
 import { usePluginActions } from "@/components/plugins/plugin-actions";
@@ -2796,6 +2797,40 @@ export function EmailComposer({
     () => ({ draft: pluginDraft, selection: pluginSelection, composerId: pluginComposerId }),
     [pluginDraft, pluginSelection, pluginComposerId],
   );
+
+  // The right-click menu on selected text, when a plugin put entries in it.
+  const selectionMenu = useComposerSelectionMenu();
+  const readSelectedText = useCallback((): string => {
+    if (plainTextModeRef.current) {
+      const textarea = bodyRef.current;
+      return textarea ? textarea.value.slice(textarea.selectionStart ?? 0, textarea.selectionEnd ?? 0) : '';
+    }
+    const editor = editorRef.current;
+    return editor ? readEditorSelection(editor).text : '';
+  }, []);
+  const onBodyContextMenu = useCallback((e: React.MouseEvent) => {
+    selectionMenu.onContextMenu(e, readSelectedText);
+  }, [selectionMenu, readSelectedText]);
+  // Cut and Copy from that menu: the browser's own command, run with the
+  // selection active again, keeps formatting on the clipboard; when the
+  // command is not available the plain text goes there.
+  const clipboardFromMenu = useCallback((command: 'cut' | 'copy') => {
+    const text = readSelectedText();
+    const plain = plainTextModeRef.current;
+    const textarea = bodyRef.current;
+    const editor = editorRef.current;
+    if (plain) textarea?.focus(); else editor?.commands.focus();
+    let done = false;
+    try { done = typeof document.execCommand === 'function' && document.execCommand(command); } catch { done = false; }
+    if (done) return;
+    void navigator.clipboard?.writeText(text).catch(() => {});
+    if (command !== 'cut') return;
+    if (plain) {
+      if (textarea) replaceTextareaRange(textarea, textarea.selectionStart ?? 0, textarea.selectionEnd ?? 0, '');
+    } else {
+      editor?.commands.deleteSelection();
+    }
+  }, [readSelectedText]);
   const pluginToolbarProps = useMemo(
     () => ({ insertText: pluginInsertText, getSelectedText: pluginSelectedText, composerId: pluginComposerId }),
     [pluginInsertText, pluginSelectedText, pluginComposerId],
@@ -4103,9 +4138,10 @@ export function EmailComposer({
             )}
             style={{ height: 'calc(100vh - 350px)' }}
             aria-invalid={validationErrors.body || undefined}
+            onContextMenu={onBodyContextMenu}
           />
         ) : (
-          <div ref={editorContainerRef}>
+          <div ref={editorContainerRef} onContextMenu={onBodyContextMenu}>
             <RichTextEditor
               content={body}
               onChange={(html) => {
@@ -4727,6 +4763,7 @@ export function EmailComposer({
       )}
     </div>
       <ComposerPluginSidebar side="right" mode={pluginSidebars.modes.right} onOpen={() => pluginSidebars.open('right')} onClose={() => pluginSidebars.close('right')} extraProps={pluginSidebarProps} />
+      <ComposerSelectionMenu menu={selectionMenu} composerId={pluginComposerId} onClipboard={clipboardFromMenu} />
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/lib/plugin-slot-catalog.ts b/lib/plugin-slot-catalog.ts
index 455202c0f..2e54dbdd3 100644
--- a/lib/plugin-slot-catalog.ts
+++ b/lib/plugin-slot-catalog.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export const SLOT_CATALOG = {
   'composer-attach-menu': S('composer', 'action', ['ui:composer-toolbar'], { composerId: null }, 'entries in the Attach menu (for example "From Nextcloud"); the click\'s composerId lets api.composer.attach add files'),
   'composer-options-menu': S('composer', 'action', ['ui:composer-toolbar'], { composerId: null }, 'entries in the composer\'s Options menu'),
   'composer-toolbar-actions': S('composer', 'action', ['ui:composer-toolbar'], { composerId: null }, 'buttons in the composer\'s bottom bar, after Attach, Templates and Options; an action\'s shortcut works while the composer has focus', true),
+  'composer-selection-menu': S('composer', 'action', ['ui:composer-toolbar'], { composerId: null, selection: 'compose:read' }, 'entries in the right-click menu on selected text in the message (without plugin entries the browser\'s own menu stays); the click\'s selection is { text }'),
 
   // ─── Calendar ──────────────────────────────────────────────
   'calendar-event-actions': S('calendar', 'frame', ['ui:calendar-action'], { eventData: 'calendar:read', setVirtualLocation: null }, 'buttons in the event form', true),
diff --git a/locales/en/common.json b/locales/en/common.json
index 10cf32a0c..a10fa5503 100644
--- a/locales/en/common.json
+++ b/locales/en/common.json
@@ -752,6 +752,8 @@
     "send_offline": "You seem to be offline. The message is still here, send it again once you are back online.",
     "send_timeout": "The server stopped responding. Check your Sent folder before sending again — the message may have gone out.",
     "send_recipients_rejected": "Not sent - the server rejected every recipient.",
+    "cut": "Cut",
+    "copy": "Copy",
     "send_plugin_failed": "Not sent - a plugin that handles sending failed or took too long. Check your Sent folder before sending again.",
     "send_some_recipients_rejected": "Sent, but not to these recipients - the server rejected them.",
     "continue_draft": "Continue draft",