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Disable URL Copy Paste Feature in Microsoft Edge

Disable URL Copy Paste Feature in Microsoft Edge

Written By Anoop C Nair
Last Updated July 15, 2024
Posted In Windows 11
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Let’s discuss how to disable URL copy paste feature in Microsoft Edge. Microsoft Edge is a popular web browser developed by Microsoft, which always introduces new features to enhance users’ capabilities.

As you know, the Microsoft Edge browser is unique in its features. It was even the first browser to bring Copilot capabilities. Do you know the URL Copy and Paste feature in Microsoft Edge? It is one of the best features of the Edge browser.

The URL Copy and Paste feature in Microsoft Edge helps users when you copy and paste a link or URL; it is pasted as a hyperlinked title. That means the title of that URL/webpage, including the web address, is pasted.

Before this new feature, the URL or web address was pasted when a user copied a URL using Microsoft Edge and pasted it into apps like MS Word, Gmail, etc. Microsoft changed this behaviour recently. If you don’t want this URL Copy and Paste Feature in Microsoft Edge, I will help you disable it.

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Disable URL Copy Paste Feature in Microsoft Edge – Fig.1
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Disable URL Copy and Paste Feature in Microsoft Edge
Methods to Copy and Paste it into Your Browser
Disable URL Copy and Paste Feature in Microsoft Edge – Table.1

What are the Advanatges of Copy and Paste Feature in Microsoft Edge?


Microsoft Edge is an excellent alternative web browser for Google Chrome and other browsers. Its copy-and-paste feature is one of its most outstanding features. The following are the Advantages of this feature in Microsoft Edge.

1. This feature is used for professional use cases.
2. Very user-friendly feature.
3. It allows Smart Copy.

Disable URL Copy and Paste Feature in Microsoft Edge

You can easily Disable this feature on Microsoft Edge. You can quickly disable this feature through Microsoft Edge browser Settings. To do this, Open the Microsoft Edge browser on your PC.

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Disable URL Copy Paste Feature in Microsoft Edge – Fig.2

The Microsoft Edge browser settings can be easily accessed using the Settings and More option, located at the top right corner of the Edge browser. Click on Settings and More and select the Settings menu.

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Disable URL Copy Paste Feature in Microsoft Edge – Fig.3

The Edge browser’s Settings menu offers many options. On the left side of the Settings window, select Share, copy, and paste. The Share, copy, and paste option shows the URL copy-and-paste format default option.

Here, you can see 2 options: Link and Plain Text. Link is the default option, and you can select the plain text option to disable the copy-and-paste feature.

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Disable URL Copy and Paste Feature in Microsoft Edge – Fig.4

After enabling the plain text option, you can check whether this feature is disabled by selecting text in Microsoft Edge and pasting it using a right-click. You can see the option Paste as a plain text option. This option

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Disable URL Copy Paste Feature in Microsoft Edge – Fig.5

Methods to Copy and Paste Text into Your Browser

You can easily Copy and Paste text into Your Browser. There are 2 methods available for that. Keyboard shortcuts are available for that. The below table shows the methods.

Keyboard Shortcut for Copy Paste
On PC, use Ctrl + C to Copy, Ctrl + X to Cut, and Ctrl + V to Paste
Disable URL Copy Paste Feature in Microsoft Edge – Table.2

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Anoop C Nair is Microsoft MVP! He is a Device Management Admin with more than 20 years of experience (calculation done in 2021) in IT. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group HTMD Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. He writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc.

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Anoop C Nair is Workplace Technology solution architect with 25+ years of experience in global enterprise organizations such as JP Morgan, Capgemini, etc. Microsoft Certified Trainer. Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for consecutive 11+ years! He also conducts Intune and modern workplace tech training for enterprise organizations. He is Blogger, Speaker, and Founder of HTMD Community and HTMD Conference. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like Intune, Windows, Cloud PC. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security.

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