Paste function no longer works in Outlook email (web version)

Anonymous
2022-10-18T08:13:22+00:00

Hi,

I've been using copy and paste frequently in my work Outlook account for almost two years without any issues.

The other day I found I could no longer paste text into the email body. It doesn't matter where it's from, and copy works fine, just not paste.

What happened just prior to this was a window popped up saying something about allow or block pasting from clipboard, but I didn't read it properly and clicked block, and suddenly it wouldn't let me paste anything (unsurprisingly... just I'd never seen that pop-up before so it caught me off guard and I didn't know if it was genuine)

Anyway, I closed the app and reopened it and tried again. This time the pop-up appeared again and I clicked 'allow' and thought it was all fine.

It still wouldn't allow me to paste, so I closed the app again, reopened it, and it was working, which it continued to do all day.

The next day (yesterday) I opened it as usual, no pop-up, but it wouldn't let me paste. Now if I click on paste, the options box just hangs there and doesn't disappear, and it still won't let me paste.

The only thing I can think is there was an update the other day and I wonder if there's a bug in the new version.

Does anyone know how I can revert to a prior version perhaps? I really need this function for work, it's disabling without it.

Many thanks.

ETA: I've just tried using ctrl+shift+v and that allows me to paste. So this is something to do with Outlook itself I think. But I have a workaround for the time being, if that helps anyone with the same issue.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-10-25T13:19:16+00:00

    Perfect! This is exactly what I did. Removed permissions, so you showed me where to put it back! Thank you! Thank you!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-08-19T12:00:20+00:00

    Thank you so much! I've been struggling with this for months!

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-31T05:29:44+00:00

    thanks for the suggestion.

    haven't solved it. am using firefox.

    this proposal does not work too - https://www.cpureport.com/enable-copypaste-option-firefox/

    intend to avoid using outlook for all but nonsense emails.

    so will use a different email account.

    email should not be a problem for users by now!

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-07-31T00:16:25+00:00

    I turned off my ad blocker in Chrome and paste started working. The email came in a new pop up window and I could paste to my hearts content.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-07-30T18:37:15+00:00

    Please read my posts above for the solution.

    This is not a Microsoft problem. This is caused by a security enhancement that has been implemented in browsers to stop malicious attempts to paste into browser windows.

    All the browsers I have looked up have an override to permit copy/paste functions in named URL's. Read my posts, look yours up. I don't have the problem any more.

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