# Copy-pasting disabled

**URL:** <https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/copy-pasting-disabled/1421>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [October 17, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/copy-pasting-disabled/1421 "2022-10-17T08:13:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![ekevu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f19dbf/32.png) [@ekevu](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/ekevu)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/copy-pasting-disabled/1421/1 "2022-10-17T08:13:35Z")

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I use Nextcloud 24.06 in Cloudron 7.3.2 and Collabora running on the same server. Since some time last week, copy-pasting from the editor got disabled for any user but me (the only admin). It works when I share an external link and allow copying there, but it doesn’t work for any internal user having an account.

More specifically, when the user tries to copy-paste something from Collabora Office documents into any other program, instead of the output text, a message appears indicating that copy-pasting is disabled.

It seems like this is some kind of security feature, but I don’t know how to disable this?

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**Author:** ![pedro.silva](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.collaboraonline.com/pedro.silva/32/4_2.png) [@pedro.silva](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/pedro.silva)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/copy-pasting-disabled/1421/2 "2022-10-20T09:58:08Z")

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Welcome @ekevu to the forum  
Could you please provide:

- a screenshot of that message
- screenshot of the messages that appear in web browser console

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**Author:** ![wwe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.collaboraonline.com/wwe/32/534_2.png) [@wwe](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/wwe)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 7:29am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/copy-pasting-disabled/1421/3 "2022-10-21T07:29:11Z")

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sounds like double-post of this Nextcloud forum topic:

> **[Nextcloud Office » Copy-pasting disabled](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-office-copy-pasting-disabled/147210/8)**
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> It was a wrong direction, the issue remains after upgrading the installation I have used to 24.06.

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**Author:** ![ekevu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f19dbf/32.png) [@ekevu](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/ekevu)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2022, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/copy-pasting-disabled/1421/4 "2022-10-21T12:04:14Z")

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The latest app update has fixed the issue.

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**Author:** ![pedro.silva](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.collaboraonline.com/pedro.silva/32/4_2.png) [@pedro.silva](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/u/pedro.silva)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.collaboraonline.com/t/copy-pasting-disabled/1421/5 "2022-10-27T09:37:17Z")

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Thanks @ekevu for reporting it. I’m glad it’s now fixed 🙂