diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/resourceHandling.ts b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/resourceHandling.ts
index 1cc0e5b96..44eb8998f 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/resourceHandling.ts
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/gui/NoteEditor/utils/resourceHandling.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import Resource from '@joplin/lib/models/Resource';
 const bridge = require('@electron/remote').require('./bridge').default;
 import ResourceFetcher from '@joplin/lib/services/ResourceFetcher';
 import htmlUtils from '@joplin/lib/htmlUtils';
-import rendererHtmlUtils, { extractHtmlBody } from '@joplin/renderer/htmlUtils';
+import rendererHtmlUtils, { extractHtmlBody, removeWrappingParagraphAndTrailingEmptyElements } from '@joplin/renderer/htmlUtils';
 import Logger from '@joplin/utils/Logger';
 import { fileUriToPath } from '@joplin/utils/url';
 import { MarkupLanguage } from '@joplin/renderer';
@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ export async function processPastedHtml(html: string, htmlToMd: HtmlToMarkdownHa
 	if (htmlToMd && mdToHtml) {
 		const md = await htmlToMd(MarkupLanguage.Markdown, html, '');
 		html = (await mdToHtml(MarkupLanguage.Markdown, md, markupRenderOptions({ bodyOnly: true }))).html;
+
+		// When plugins that add to the end of rendered content are installed, bodyOnly can
+		// fail to remove the wrapping paragraph. This works around that issue by removing
+		// the wrapping paragraph in more cases. See issue #10061.
+		if (!md.trim().includes('\n')) {
+			html = removeWrappingParagraphAndTrailingEmptyElements(html);
+		}
 	}
 
 	return extractHtmlBody(rendererHtmlUtils.sanitizeHtml(html, {
diff --git a/packages/renderer/htmlUtils.test.ts b/packages/renderer/htmlUtils.test.ts
index a91873596..251572b00 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/htmlUtils.test.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/htmlUtils.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import htmlUtils, { extractHtmlBody, htmlDocIsImageOnly } from './htmlUtils';
+import htmlUtils, { extractHtmlBody, htmlDocIsImageOnly, removeWrappingParagraphAndTrailingEmptyElements } from './htmlUtils';
 
 describe('htmlUtils', () => {
 
@@ -86,4 +86,14 @@ describe('htmlUtils', () => {
 		}
 	});
 
+	it.each([
+		['<p>Test</p><div></div>', 'Test'],
+		['<p>Testing</p><p>A test</p>', '<p>Testing</p><p>A test</p>'],
+		['<p>Testing</p><hr/>', '<p>Testing</p><hr/>'],
+		['<p>Testing</p><div style="border: 2px solid red;"></div>', '<p>Testing</p><div style="border: 2px solid red;"></div>'],
+		['<p>Testing</p><style onload=""></style>', 'Testing'],
+		['<p>is</p>\n<style onload="console.log(\'test\')"></style>', 'is\n'],
+	])('should remove empty elements (case %#)', (before, expected) => {
+		expect(removeWrappingParagraphAndTrailingEmptyElements(before)).toBe(expected);
+	});
 });
diff --git a/packages/renderer/htmlUtils.ts b/packages/renderer/htmlUtils.ts
index 4b55ee223..ecc2e6995 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/htmlUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/htmlUtils.ts
@@ -424,6 +424,54 @@ export const extractHtmlBody = (html: string) => {
 	return bodyFound ? output.join('') : html;
 };
 
+export const removeWrappingParagraphAndTrailingEmptyElements = (html: string) => {
+	if (!html.startsWith('<p>')) return html;
+
+	const stack: string[] = [];
+	const output: string[] = [];
+	let inFirstParagraph = true;
+	let canSimplify = true;
+
+	const parser = new htmlparser2.Parser({
+		onopentag: (name: string, attrs: Record<string, string>) => {
+			if (inFirstParagraph && stack.length > 0) {
+				output.push(makeHtmlTag(name, attrs));
+			} else if (!inFirstParagraph && attrs.style) {
+				canSimplify = false;
+			}
+
+			stack.push(name);
+		},
+		ontext: (encodedText: string) => {
+			if (encodedText.trim() && !inFirstParagraph) {
+				canSimplify = false;
+			} else {
+				output.push(encodedText);
+			}
+		},
+		onclosetag: (name: string) => {
+			stack.pop();
+			if (stack.length === 0 && name === 'p') {
+				inFirstParagraph = false;
+			} else if (inFirstParagraph) {
+				if (isSelfClosingTag(name)) return;
+				output.push(`</${name}>`);
+
+				// Many elements, even if empty, can still be visible.
+				// For example, an <hr/>. Don't simplify if these elements
+				// are present.
+			} else if (!['div', 'style', 'span'].includes(name)) {
+				canSimplify = false;
+			}
+		},
+	});
+
+	parser.write(html);
+	parser.end();
+
+	return canSimplify ? output.join('') : html;
+};
+
 export const htmlDocIsImageOnly = (html: string) => {
 	let imageCount = 0;
 	let nonImageFound = false;