# Copy/Paste into Chat and Composer Is Broken **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [August 26, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/copy-paste-into-chat-and-composer-is-broken/12730 "2024-08-26T18:32:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![colapsys](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/colapsys/32/22249_2.png) [@colapsys](https://forum.cursor.com/u/colapsys)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/copy-paste-into-chat-and-composer-is-broken/12730/22 "2025-01-25T17:55:02Z")
my solution to solve this annoying thing was to paste the errors from cursor to a notepad … eliminate FIRST special chars like \* \> from the beginning of the line …and copy / paste it back in composer … works. ---
**Author:** ![danperks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/danperks/32/19087_2.png) [@danperks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/danperks)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/copy-paste-into-chat-and-composer-is-broken/12730/23 "2025-01-27T19:21:04Z")
You should be able to paste with CMD / CTRL + Shift + V, as that _should_ paste the raw text without any referencing to the file it came from (which is where the original report issues came from). I’ll log that this is still an issue and we will hopefully get this fixed in a future update. ---
**Author:** ![encinascarles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/encinascarles/32/23826_2.png) [@encinascarles](https://forum.cursor.com/u/encinascarles)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/copy-paste-into-chat-and-composer-is-broken/12730/24 "2025-02-02T14:57:05Z")
I was happy copying things to the composer and having them pasted as a reference, but now it doesn’t work anymore. When I paste with Cmd + V, it just pastes the raw content. Any idea how can I fix it? ---
**Author:** ![danperks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/danperks/32/19087_2.png) [@danperks](https://forum.cursor.com/u/danperks)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 6:57am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/copy-paste-into-chat-and-composer-is-broken/12730/25 "2025-02-05T06:57:57Z")
Can you check which settings you have overridden from the defaults? There are some specific preferences around pasting that may have this effect. ---
**Author:** ![encinascarles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/encinascarles/32/23826_2.png) [@encinascarles](https://forum.cursor.com/u/encinascarles)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/copy-paste-into-chat-and-composer-is-broken/12730/26 "2025-02-06T17:21:35Z")
It was fixed in the latest update. (I don’t know if the update had something to do with it but it got fixed 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![MakoriSM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/makorism/32/8010_2.png) [@MakoriSM](https://forum.cursor.com/u/MakoriSM)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/copy-paste-into-chat-and-composer-is-broken/12730/27 "2025-03-01T11:16:21Z")
Not fixed for me, I just encountered this same issue today Version: 0.46.8 (user setup) VSCode Version: 1.96.2 Commit: be4f0962469499f009005e66867c8402202ff0b0 Date: 2025-02-28T19:42:31.633Z Electron: 32.2.6 Chromium: 128.0.6613.186 Node.js: 20.18.1 V8: 12.8.374.38-electron.0 OS: Windows\_NT x64 10.0.26100 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/cursor1/user_avatar/forum.cursor.com/system/32/99069_2.png) [@system](https://forum.cursor.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/copy-paste-into-chat-and-composer-is-broken/12730/28 "2025-12-21T08:57:48Z")
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