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I finally was able to copy using the Ctrl C and Ctrl V... The mouse clicks do not work at all. I hope they fix this annoyance!
copy is not working in MS copilot. unable to copy and paste any text
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ratnesh yadav
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Dear Team,
I am writing to report an issue with the copy and paste functionality in Microsoft Copilot. Currently, I am unable to copy or paste any text within the application. Despite multiple attempts, the standard copy and paste commands (Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V) are not working as expected.
Could you kindly investigate this issue and provide a resolution at your earliest convenience?
Thank you for your assistance.
Microsoft Copilot | Other
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James Tew 10 Reputation points2025-01-12T18:18:57.9766667+00:00 When I first began using co pilot last month I was able to copy and paste to co pilot. As of yesterday 1/11/25 I am no longer able to do so. Please remedy this issue.
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Britt Martin 0 Reputation points2025-01-18T11:16:16.6366667+00:00 I was also able to use it until the last couple of days. It is super aggravating.
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Reginald Hemmes 0 Reputation points2025-01-22T00:57:23.8266667+00:00 I have the same issue, and I asked Copilot how to fix it. It gave me the same incorrect answer that it should work. I guess it does not error check itself.
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Frans 0 Reputation points2025-01-26T11:15:41.9566667+00:00 Before everything ok. Now copy/paste of source code not work anymore. Tried Chrome, Bing and same problem
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Ace Jazz 0 Reputation points2025-04-03T14:57:49.08+00:00 I can only copy partially on CoPilot, is there any resolution for this?
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Les Finch 0 Reputation points2025-05-03T22:59:56.04+00:00 I have gone round in circles trying to get copilot to recognise that it has a problem with copy and paste! It not only doesn't recognise the problem but advocates the use of copy and paste as part of the solution! I know I am wasting my time trying to "get it to learn"! I am also wasting my time using copilot and will be searching for alternatives from tomorrow.
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gg 0 Reputation points2025-06-05T08:17:15.11+00:00 It's June 5 and this hasn't changed. Copilot has wasted my time and it's only purpose is to save me time. Any suggestions for other apps that don't waste our time by not being able to record its output?
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BenevolentDeity 31 Reputation points2025-06-19T01:37:21.4133333+00:00 From the discussions I've had with Copilot itself, it seems that the developers may consider a non-working Ctrl+C a feature. If you highlight text you want to copy and right-click on it, the resulting context window does contain a Copy item, which does copy the highlighted text. However, that same context menu also indicates that you can also use Ctrl+C to copy, which is obviously not the case. I've always believed that no information is preferable to wrong information, but I may be wrong on that opinion. I think the Copilot developers should take five minutes and simply remove Ctrl+C from the context menu, since that's probably much easier and quicker than actually fixing the problem.
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E S 0 Reputation points2025-07-01T06:28:09.02+00:00 The problem with making Ctrl-C a non-op is that it's counter to the standard UI design pushed by Microsoft and other organizations for the past 30+ years. Effectively, having a copy/paste operation that does not use Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V makes the application counterintuitive and poor UX.
Similar to providing a Copy button that doesn't allow me to paste the file to my desktop or folders is poor UX.