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How do I unblock the clipboard for a website

Renata 6 Reputation points
2022-03-10T08:09:13.817+00:00

I had a window pop up on a website where I was copying text and pictures to my clipboard. The popup window said something about the clipboard and I mistakenly clicked block. Now I can no longer copy pictures to my clipboard on this website. How do I un-block the clipboard function on this website?

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  1. Noel Burgess 626 Reputation points
    2022-03-10T21:43:05.163+00:00

    When viewing the site. click on the padlock in the address bar. Click on Permissions for this site and change the setting for Clipboard appropriately.

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  2. Yu Zhou-MSFT 12,951 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2022-03-11T07:04:02.8+00:00

    Hi @Renata

    Are you using Edge browser? If so, you can follow the steps below to enable clipboard for websites:

    1. Open Edge and navigate to edge://settings/content/clipboard.
    2. Make sure Ask when a site wants to see text and images copied to the clipboard (recommended) is turned on.
    3. Find the blocked website under Block .
    4. Click the three dot icon beside the website link and click Remove to remove the website from the block list.

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