diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a5981e1ce85..e470489427e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@
                 "key": "ctrl+; c",
                 "when": "editorTextFocus && jupyter.hascodecells && !notebookEditorFocused"
             },
+            {
+                "command": "jupyter.changeCellToRaw",
+                "key": "ctrl+; r",
+                "when": "editorTextFocus && jupyter.hascodecells && !notebookEditorFocused"
+            },
             {
                 "command": "jupyter.gotoNextCellInFile",
                 "key": "ctrl+alt+]",
diff --git a/src/commands.ts b/src/commands.ts
index eaf0b659302..d8caf0f0e66 100644
--- a/src/commands.ts
+++ b/src/commands.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ export interface ICommandNameArgumentTypeMapping {
     [DSCommands.MoveCellsDown]: [];
     [DSCommands.ChangeCellToMarkdown]: [];
     [DSCommands.ChangeCellToCode]: [];
+    [DSCommands.ChangeCellToRaw]: [];
     [DSCommands.GotoNextCellInFile]: [];
     [DSCommands.GotoPrevCellInFile]: [];
     [DSCommands.ScrollToCell]: [Uri, string];
diff --git a/src/interactive-window/commands/commandRegistry.ts b/src/interactive-window/commands/commandRegistry.ts
index cd418ce1790..70283bba44a 100644
--- a/src/interactive-window/commands/commandRegistry.ts
+++ b/src/interactive-window/commands/commandRegistry.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export class CommandRegistry implements IDisposable, IExtensionSyncActivationSer
         this.registerCommand(Commands.MoveCellsDown, this.moveCellsDown);
         this.registerCommand(Commands.ChangeCellToMarkdown, this.changeCellToMarkdown);
         this.registerCommand(Commands.ChangeCellToCode, this.changeCellToCode);
+        this.registerCommand(Commands.ChangeCellToRaw, this.changeCellToRaw);
         this.registerCommand(Commands.GotoNextCellInFile, this.gotoNextCellInFile);
         this.registerCommand(Commands.GotoPrevCellInFile, this.gotoPrevCellInFile);
         this.registerCommand(Commands.AddCellBelow, this.addCellBelow);
@@ -436,6 +437,10 @@ export class CommandRegistry implements IDisposable, IExtensionSyncActivationSer
         this.getCurrentCodeWatcher()?.changeCellToCode();
     }
 
+    private async changeCellToRaw(): Promise<void> {
+        this.getCurrentCodeWatcher()?.changeCellToRaw();
+    }
+
     private async gotoNextCellInFile(): Promise<void> {
         this.getCurrentCodeWatcher()?.gotoNextCell();
     }
diff --git a/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/cellFactory.ts b/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/cellFactory.ts
index 3a47f71dcd7..e2a5e884c59 100644
--- a/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/cellFactory.ts
+++ b/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/cellFactory.ts
@@ -37,12 +37,17 @@ function generateMarkdownCell(code: string[]) {
     return new NotebookCellData(NotebookCellKind.Markup, generateMarkdownFromCodeLines(code).join('\n'), 'markdown');
 }
 
+function generateRawCell(code: string[], matcher: CellMatcher) {
+    const lines = matcher.isCell(code[0]) && code.length > 1 ? code.slice(1) : code;
+    return new NotebookCellData(NotebookCellKind.Markup, lines.join('\n'), 'raw');
+}
+
 export function generateCells(
     settings: IJupyterSettings | undefined,
     code: string,
     splitMarkdown: boolean
 ): NotebookCellData[] {
-    // Determine if we have a markdown cell/ markdown and code cell combined/ or just a code cell
+    // Determine if we have a markdown cell/ raw cell/ or code cell
     const split = splitLines(code, { trim: false });
     const firstLine = split[0];
     const matcher = new CellMatcher(settings);
@@ -70,6 +75,9 @@ export function generateCells(
             // Just a single markdown cell
             return [generateMarkdownCell(split)];
         }
+    } else if (matcher.isRaw(firstLine)) {
+        // Just a raw cell
+        return [generateRawCell(split, matcher)];
     } else {
         // Just code
         return [generateCodeCell(split, matcher)];
diff --git a/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/cellMatcher.ts b/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/cellMatcher.ts
index f1b745d0d34..b29cb282455 100644
--- a/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/cellMatcher.ts
+++ b/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/cellMatcher.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ import { noop } from '../../platform/common/utils/misc';
 export class CellMatcher {
     public codeExecRegEx: RegExp;
     public markdownExecRegEx: RegExp;
+    public rawExecRegEx: RegExp;
 
     private codeMatchRegEx: RegExp;
     private markdownMatchRegEx: RegExp;
+    private rawMatchRegEx: RegExp;
     private defaultCellMarker: string;
 
     constructor(settings?: IJupyterSettings) {
@@ -27,25 +29,40 @@ export class CellMatcher {
             settings ? settings.markdownRegularExpression : undefined,
             RegExpValues.PythonMarkdownCellMarker
         );
+        this.rawMatchRegEx = this.createRegExp(
+            undefined, // No setting for raw cells yet
+            RegExpValues.PythonRawCellMarker
+        );
         this.codeExecRegEx = new RegExp(`${this.codeMatchRegEx.source}(.*)`);
         this.markdownExecRegEx = new RegExp(`${this.markdownMatchRegEx.source}(.*)`);
+        this.rawExecRegEx = new RegExp(`${this.rawMatchRegEx.source}(.*)`);
         this.defaultCellMarker = settings?.defaultCellMarker ? settings.defaultCellMarker : '# %%';
     }
 
     public isCell(code: string): boolean {
-        return this.isCode(code) || this.isMarkdown(code);
+        return this.isCode(code) || this.isMarkdown(code) || this.isRaw(code);
     }
 
     public isMarkdown(code: string): boolean {
         return this.markdownMatchRegEx.test(code.trim());
     }
 
+    public isRaw(code: string): boolean {
+        return this.rawMatchRegEx.test(code.trim());
+    }
+
     public isCode(code: string): boolean {
         return this.codeMatchRegEx.test(code.trim()) || code.trim() === this.defaultCellMarker;
     }
 
     public getCellType(code: string): string {
-        return this.isMarkdown(code) ? 'markdown' : 'code';
+        if (this.isMarkdown(code)) {
+            return 'markdown';
+        } else if (this.isRaw(code)) {
+            return 'raw';
+        } else {
+            return 'code';
+        }
     }
 
     public isEmptyCell(code: string): boolean {
diff --git a/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/cellMatcher.unit.test.ts b/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/cellMatcher.unit.test.ts
index 21e78569d23..06a53f863a6 100644
--- a/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/cellMatcher.unit.test.ts
+++ b/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/cellMatcher.unit.test.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ suite('CellMatcher', () => {
         test('CellMatcher for valid code cell', () => {
             assert.ok(defaultMatcher.isCell(cellMarker), `"${cellMarker}" should match as a cell marker`);
             assert.ok(defaultMatcher.isCode(cellMarker), `"${cellMarker}" should match as a code cell marker`);
+            assert.equal(defaultMatcher.getCellType(cellMarker), 'code', `"${cellMarker}" should be detected as code cell type`);
         });
     });
 
@@ -41,6 +42,22 @@ suite('CellMatcher', () => {
         test('CellMatcher for valid markdown cell', () => {
             assert.ok(defaultMatcher.isCell(cellMarker), `"${cellMarker}" should match as a cell marker`);
             assert.ok(defaultMatcher.isMarkdown(cellMarker), `"${cellMarker}" should match as a markdown cell marker`);
+            assert.equal(defaultMatcher.getCellType(cellMarker), 'markdown', `"${cellMarker}" should be detected as markdown cell type`);
+        });
+    });
+
+    const rawCellMarkers = [
+        '# %% [raw]',
+        '#%%[raw]',
+        '#   %%    [raw]',
+        '# %% [raw] extra stuff',
+        '   # %% [raw]   '
+    ];
+    rawCellMarkers.forEach((cellMarker) => {
+        test('CellMatcher for valid raw cell', () => {
+            assert.ok(defaultMatcher.isCell(cellMarker), `"${cellMarker}" should match as a cell marker`);
+            assert.ok(defaultMatcher.isRaw(cellMarker), `"${cellMarker}" should match as a raw cell marker`);
+            assert.equal(defaultMatcher.getCellType(cellMarker), 'raw', `"${cellMarker}" should be detected as raw cell type`);
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/codewatcher.ts b/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/codewatcher.ts
index e1c2425ee2e..0c8bba3c034 100644
--- a/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/codewatcher.ts
+++ b/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/codewatcher.ts
@@ -694,6 +694,13 @@ export class CodeWatcher implements ICodeWatcher {
         });
     }
 
+    @capturePerfTelemetry(Telemetry.ChangeCellToRaw)
+    public changeCellToRaw() {
+        this.applyToCells((editor, cell, _) => {
+            return this.changeCellTo(editor, cell, 'raw');
+        });
+    }
+
     @capturePerfTelemetry(Telemetry.GotoNextCellInFile)
     public gotoNextCell() {
         const editor = window.activeTextEditor;
@@ -743,11 +750,6 @@ export class CodeWatcher implements ICodeWatcher {
     }
 
     private changeCellTo(editor: TextEditor, cell: ICellRange, toCellType: nbformat.CellType) {
-        // change cell from code -> markdown or markdown -> code
-        if (toCellType === 'raw') {
-            throw Error('Cell Type raw not implemented');
-        }
-
         // don't change cell type if already that type
         if (cell.cell_type === toCellType) {
             return;
@@ -758,18 +760,37 @@ export class CodeWatcher implements ICodeWatcher {
 
         // new definition text
         const cellMarker = this.getDefaultCellMarker(editor.document.uri);
-        const definitionMatch =
-            toCellType === 'markdown'
-                ? cellMatcher.codeExecRegEx.exec(definitionText) // code -> markdown
-                : cellMatcher.markdownExecRegEx.exec(definitionText); // markdown -> code
+        
+        // Determine which regex to use based on current cell type
+        let definitionMatch: RegExpExecArray | null = null;
+        if (cellMatcher.isMarkdown(definitionText)) {
+            definitionMatch = cellMatcher.markdownExecRegEx.exec(definitionText);
+        } else if (cellMatcher.isRaw(definitionText)) {
+            definitionMatch = cellMatcher.rawExecRegEx.exec(definitionText);
+        } else {
+            definitionMatch = cellMatcher.codeExecRegEx.exec(definitionText);
+        }
+        
         if (!definitionMatch) {
             return;
         }
+        
         const definitionExtra = definitionMatch[definitionMatch.length - 1];
-        const newDefinitionText =
-            toCellType === 'markdown'
-                ? `${cellMarker} [markdown]${definitionExtra}` // code -> markdown
-                : `${cellMarker}${definitionExtra}`; // markdown -> code
+        
+        // Create the new definition text based on target cell type
+        let newDefinitionText: string;
+        switch (toCellType) {
+            case 'markdown':
+                newDefinitionText = `${cellMarker} [markdown]${definitionExtra}`;
+                break;
+            case 'raw':
+                newDefinitionText = `${cellMarker} [raw]${definitionExtra}`;
+                break;
+            case 'code':
+            default:
+                newDefinitionText = `${cellMarker}${definitionExtra}`;
+                break;
+        }
 
         editor
             .edit(async (editBuilder) => {
diff --git a/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/types.ts b/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/types.ts
index a7956bef48b..18ece46759a 100644
--- a/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/types.ts
+++ b/src/interactive-window/editor-integration/types.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export interface ICodeWatcher extends IDisposable {
     moveCellsDown(): Promise<void>;
     changeCellToMarkdown(): void;
     changeCellToCode(): void;
+    changeCellToRaw(): void;
     debugCurrentCell(): Promise<void>;
     gotoNextCell(): void;
     gotoPreviousCell(): void;
diff --git a/src/platform/common/constants.ts b/src/platform/common/constants.ts
index 0710e5e7c3d..ce44fdfcc35 100644
--- a/src/platform/common/constants.ts
+++ b/src/platform/common/constants.ts
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ export namespace Commands {
     export const MoveCellsDown = 'jupyter.moveCellsDown';
     export const ChangeCellToMarkdown = 'jupyter.changeCellToMarkdown';
     export const ChangeCellToCode = 'jupyter.changeCellToCode';
+    export const ChangeCellToRaw = 'jupyter.changeCellToRaw';
     export const GotoNextCellInFile = 'jupyter.gotoNextCellInFile';
     export const GotoPrevCellInFile = 'jupyter.gotoPrevCellInFile';
     export const ScrollToCell = 'jupyter.scrolltocell';
@@ -286,6 +287,7 @@ export namespace EditorContexts {
 export namespace RegExpValues {
     export const PythonCellMarker = /^(#\s*%%|#\s*\<codecell\>|#\s*In\[\d*?\]|#\s*In\[ \])/;
     export const PythonMarkdownCellMarker = /^(#\s*%%\s*\[markdown\]|#\s*\<markdowncell\>)/;
+    export const PythonRawCellMarker = /^(#\s*%%\s*\[raw\])/;
     export const UrlPatternRegEx =
         '(?<PREFIX>https?:\\/\\/)((\\(.+\\s+or\\s+(?<IP>.+)\\))|(?<LOCAL>[^\\s]+))(?<REST>:.+)';
     export const HttpPattern = /https?:\/\//;
@@ -315,6 +317,7 @@ export enum Telemetry {
     MoveCellsDown = 'DATASCIENCE.RUN_MOVE_CELLS_DOWN',
     ChangeCellToMarkdown = 'DATASCIENCE.RUN_CHANGE_CELL_TO_MARKDOWN',
     ChangeCellToCode = 'DATASCIENCE.RUN_CHANGE_CELL_TO_CODE',
+    ChangeCellToRaw = 'DATASCIENCE.RUN_CHANGE_CELL_TO_RAW',
     GotoNextCellInFile = 'DATASCIENCE.GOTO_NEXT_CELL_IN_FILE',
     GotoPrevCellInFile = 'DATASCIENCE.GOTO_PREV_CELL_IN_FILE',
     RunSelectionOrLine = 'DATASCIENCE.RUN_SELECTION_OR_LINE',
diff --git a/src/telemetry.ts b/src/telemetry.ts
index 14cb893d310..e1f72d7ee47 100644
--- a/src/telemetry.ts
+++ b/src/telemetry.ts
@@ -1498,6 +1498,15 @@ export class IEventNamePropertyMapping {
         source: 'N/A',
         measures: commonClassificationForDurationProperties()
     };
+    /**
+     * Cell Edit Command in Interactive Window
+     */
+    [Telemetry.ChangeCellToRaw]: TelemetryEventInfo<DurationMeasurement> = {
+        owner: 'amunger',
+        feature: ['InteractiveWindow'],
+        source: 'N/A',
+        measures: commonClassificationForDurationProperties()
+    };
     /**
      * Cell Navigation Command in Interactive Window
      */