Browser will not allow copy and paste [Quick & Easy Fix]

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• If a browser will not allow you to copy and paste, the website you're visiting disabled text selection.
• You can easily fix the text selection problem if you switch to a different browser.
• Disabling Javascript by following our method will also get rid of the text selection issue.
• Lastly, use the solution below to copy the text directly from the website's source code.

 

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Usually, copy and paste is a very simple action that can be performed by anyone, but now and then, your browser will not allow you to copy and paste text from certain websites.

Furthermore, it won’t even let you select the content. This can get pretty frustrating, especially if you need large chunks of text from a site for research purposes. For more info on how to do that, check the steps below.

 

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This solutions also cover the following 4 issues:

• How to copy and paste on websites that don’t allow it Chrome
• How to copy and paste when it won’t let you
• How to copy text from web page that cannot be copied
• How to copy text from a website that won’t let you

Quick tip:

Not many browsers out there can brag about their excellent flexibility like Opera. There are more than 1,000 ways to customize Opera with the add-ons catalog at your discretion.

And about your copy-paste problem, in Opera, you can set your own key combinations for almost any browser action so you don’t need to rely on the precision of your mouse. That also means fast action!

 

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Opera​

With Opera you can customize your keyboard shortcut as you please so you won’t have any more copy-paste issues.
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What can I do if copy-paste doesn’t work in browsers?​

1. Disable JavaScript​

For Chrome

1. Go to Settings and on the bottom click on Advanced.
2. Then Privacy and security.
3. Go to Site settings, then JavaScript and Blocked.
4. You can achieve the same result by typing the following line in the address bar:chrome://settings/content

 

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Firefox

1. Type the following line in the address bar and confirm if any message appears:about:config
2. Then you will see a list of Firefox preferences.
3. In the search box at the top of the page type:javascript.enabled
4. Then double-click it to change its value from true to false.
   
   
   

 

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Opera

1. Start Opera, then open the Easy Menu.
2. Search for Javascript.
3. After, go to Site settings, then select Javascript.
4. Select Allowed to disable/enable it.
   
   
   
   

 

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Edge

1. Launch Group Policy Editor, then go to User Configuration.
2. Go to Administrative Templates, then Windows Components.
3. Lastly, go to Microsoft Edge.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Double-click on Allow you to run scripts, like JavaScript, and select Disabled.
5. Click OK.

Remember to re-enable JavaScript after you copied the content you need. Some sites rely on it, so to avoid future problems, enable it back.

 

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2. Copy from the source code​

1. Press Ctrl + U on the desired page and you should see its code.
2. Use Ctrl + F to navigate and find exactly what you need.
   
   
   

Note: Besides all the text you’ll see a lot of code, links to images, and other things, but it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to copy them for further use without jumping through few hoops.

 

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3. Other useful methods​

1. Use extensions and add-ons like Disable JavaScript for Firefox.
   for Chrome. There are similar extensions for other browsers, too.
   
   
2. Use a proxy website that allows you to disable JavaScript before opening the site that’s of interest to you.
3. Just go to your search engine and find a free proxy website.
4. Print the website to PDF and then access the content you need. We also have a guide on how to print to PDF so be sure to check it out.
5. Take a screenshot of the site, if you’re more interested in photos, or use OCR (Optical Character Recognition) for text.

That’s it. Hope that one of these solutions helped you copy the content you need. Remember that you can copy text and other content just for personal use.

If you’re aware of another method to copy content from websites that don’t allow it, share it in the comments section below along with any other questions you may have.