diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MemSearchDialog.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MemSearchDialog.java
index ef791bbbd5..5fc7396ede 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MemSearchDialog.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MemSearchDialog.java
@@ -710,6 +710,9 @@ class MemSearchDialog extends DialogComponentProvider {
 		public void insertString(int offs, String str, AttributeSet a) throws BadLocationException {
 			clearStatusText();
 
+			// allow pasting numbers in the forms like 0xABC or ABCh 
+			str = removeNumberBasePrefixAndSuffix(str);
+			
 			String currentText = getText(0, getLength());
 			String beforeOffset = currentText.substring(0, offs);
 			String afterOffset = currentText.substring(offs, currentText.length());
@@ -788,6 +791,34 @@ class MemSearchDialog extends DialogComponentProvider {
 			}
 			return null;
 		}
+		
+		private String removeNumberBasePrefixAndSuffix(String str) {
+			if (!(currentFormat instanceof HexSearchFormat || currentFormat instanceof BinarySearchFormat)) {
+				return str;
+			}
+			
+			String numMaybe = str.strip();
+			String lowercase = numMaybe.toLowerCase();
+			if (currentFormat instanceof HexSearchFormat) {
+				if (lowercase.startsWith("0x")) {
+					numMaybe = numMaybe.substring(2);
+				} else if (lowercase.startsWith("$")) {
+					numMaybe = numMaybe.substring(1);
+				} else if (lowercase.endsWith("h")) {
+					numMaybe = numMaybe.substring(0, numMaybe.length() - 1);
+				}
+			} else {
+				if (lowercase.startsWith("0b")) {
+					numMaybe = numMaybe.substring(2);
+				}
+			}
+			
+			// check if the resultant number looks valid for insertion (i.e. not empty)
+			if (!numMaybe.isEmpty()) {
+				return numMaybe;
+			}
+			return str;
+		}
 	}
 
 	boolean getShowAdvancedOptions() {
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/test.slow/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MemSearchBinaryTest.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/test.slow/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MemSearchBinaryTest.java
index 800471a12c..bbfcc6ac48 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/test.slow/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MemSearchBinaryTest.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/test.slow/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MemSearchBinaryTest.java
@@ -107,6 +107,17 @@ public class MemSearchBinaryTest extends AbstractMemSearchTest {
 		myTypeText("01110000 01110000");
 		assertEquals("01110000 01110000", valueField.getText());
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testBinaryPasteNumberWithPrefix() {
+		// paste a number with a binary prefix;
+		// the prefix should be removed before the insertion
+		setValueText("0b00101010");
+		assertEquals("00101010", valueField.getText());
+		
+		setValueText("0B1010 10");
+		assertEquals("1010 10", valueField.getText());
+	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testBinarySearch() throws Exception {
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/test.slow/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MemSearchHexTest.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/test.slow/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MemSearchHexTest.java
index 49ef8e726b..c944729927 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/test.slow/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MemSearchHexTest.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/test.slow/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MemSearchHexTest.java
@@ -187,6 +187,27 @@ public class MemSearchHexTest extends AbstractMemSearchTest {
 
 		assertEquals("01 23 45 67 89", valueField.getText());
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testHexPasteNumberWithPrefixAndSuffix() {
+		// paste a number with a hex prefix;
+		// the prefix should be removed before the insertion
+		setValueText("0xabcdef");
+		assertEquals("abcdef", valueField.getText());
+		
+		setValueText("$68000"); 
+		assertEquals("68000", valueField.getText());
+		
+		// same for 'h' the suffix
+		setValueText("ABCDEFh");
+		assertEquals("ABCDEF", valueField.getText());
+		
+		// should also somehow work with leading and trailing white spaces
+		setValueText("  0X321  ");
+		assertEquals("321", valueField.getText().strip());
+		setValueText("  123H ");
+		assertEquals("123", valueField.getText().strip());
+	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testHexSearch() throws Exception {
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/test.slow/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MnemonicSearchPluginTest.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/test.slow/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MnemonicSearchPluginTest.java
index 55d987edfb..5421d1e47e 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/test.slow/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MnemonicSearchPluginTest.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/test.slow/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/searchmem/MnemonicSearchPluginTest.java
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ public class MnemonicSearchPluginTest extends AbstractGhidraHeadedIntegrationTes
 		JTextField valueField = (JTextField) comboBox.getEditor().getEditorComponent();
 
 		assertEquals(
-			"01010101 10001011 11101100 10000001 11101100 ........ ........ ........ ........ ",
-			valueField.getText());
+			"01010101 10001011 11101100 10000001 11101100 ........ ........ ........ ........",
+			valueField.getText().strip());
 
 	}
 
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ public class MnemonicSearchPluginTest extends AbstractGhidraHeadedIntegrationTes
 		JTextField valueField = (JTextField) comboBox.getEditor().getEditorComponent();
 
 		assertEquals(
-			"01010... 10001011 11...... 10000001 11101... ........ ........ ........ ........ ",
-			valueField.getText());
+			"01010... 10001011 11...... 10000001 11101... ........ ........ ........ ........",
+			valueField.getText().strip());
 
 	}
 
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ public class MnemonicSearchPluginTest extends AbstractGhidraHeadedIntegrationTes
 		JTextField valueField = (JTextField) comboBox.getEditor().getEditorComponent();
 
 		assertEquals(
-			"01010101 10001011 11101100 10000001 11101100 00000100 00000001 00000000 00000000 ",
-			valueField.getText());
+			"01010101 10001011 11101100 10000001 11101100 00000100 00000001 00000000 00000000",
+			valueField.getText().strip());
 	}
 
 	/**