Excel 2016 Unable to Copy and Paste Cells

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Excel 2016 Unable to Copy and Paste Cells

Ganesh V. Bhojane 0

The issue is caused by a problematic Office 2016 update/patch that affects Excel's clipboard functionality.

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Pavle Peković 6,930 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-09-16T07:22:01.8833333+00:00

It's known issue, please check this thread: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/6000556/copy-paste-problem-in-excel-after-update-kb5002914

EmilyS explained everything.

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Pavle Peković 6,930 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator

2026-09-16T07:22:01.8833333+00:00

It's known issue, please check this thread: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/6000556/copy-paste-problem-in-excel-after-update-kb5002914

EmilyS explained everything.

Answer 1

Just to follow up -

Microsoft has released a corrective update.

For Excel 2016, KB5002665, released September 16, 2026, specifically fixes the known KB5002914 issue that caused certain paste operations to fail silently.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/servicing/office/hotfix/excel/5002665

One caveat: Microsoft says paste operations may still fail in workbooks containing conditional formatting. So this is a confirmed fix for the original issue, but not yet a complete resolution of every paste failure scenario.