This is also happening to me. It's very frustrating!

Copy & paste tends to intermittently work with objects. Rarely does it work trying to copy text with in a text box.

I figured a new update would hopefully fix things. NOPE.

ADOBE PLEASE FIX THIS!!! YOUR SOFTWARE IS THE ONLY SOFTWARE THAT COPY & PASTE DOES NOT WORK IN. YOURS. JUST YOURS. ONLY YOURS.

Paste hotkey isn't working. It's only in Illustrator and it works intermittently.

@talent wesolek I suspect that's it. Probably until a mass amount of people start jumping ship I am not sure they will take things seriously.

After another 6 months with AI I can confirm, I've never seen and probably won't see in the future such a bugged software. Bugs are popping in diff basic functionalities all the time. They fix some of them from time to time, then other ones pops up in different places. This copy-paste bug seems to be fixed in the latest versions (at least if you restart your PC every day LOL), but then we got very slow saves in some files, random crashes of files with objects from your own CC libraries, PDF export profiles shift randomly every second export, paste in place pastes in some random artboards instead of the selected one, as so on. Instead of fixing this, they are just pushing some useless artifical intelligence extensions. It is so strange this software is still on the market, it seems to be some phenomenon - probably there is no real competition on the market???

Still having this issue even in the 2026 version of Adobe Illustrator...I've now tried copying an item 96 times (not being facetious...I counted..) and still, it won't copy. This needs to be fixed, this is such a basic utility!

Welp there it goes again. I have two things selected and it wont copy paste. If its one thing it does it fine.

Its completely random seemingly as well. As I cam to report this bug I tried it once more and BAM. Now its copy pasting. Its happening almost every session now (daily).

Hi Egor,

I don't have Clipboard History enabled and don't have any other applications or even browser extensions that deal with clipboard. I'll also attach the 'Preferences > Clipboard Handling' as a screenshot. Copy + paste issue only occurs in illustrator.

Thank you in advance!

Jang, do you have Clipboard History enabled (Win + V)?
Do you have any other applications or even browser extensions that deal with clipboard?
What options do you have enabled in Preferences > Clipboard Handling?

I can't copy and paste in illustrator. Be it texts (from outside the illustrator into illustrator, or within illustrator), or any objects (vector, image..etc).

I've tried both keyboard shortcut and manual click and head to menu option to paste. there's nothing on the clipboard and also, the 'paste' option is greyed out too. I've also tried ticking and un-ticking the 'paste remember layers' in layers option. I've also uninstalled and re-installed the app too.

It's getting really annoying as it's a basic, essential function. Please help to fix this, thank you!

- Details of your operating system: Windows 11 Pro, 24H2, OS build 26100.6725
- The version of Adobe Illustrator (desktop): 29.8.2

Working with AI with this bug, I noticed a pattern. The longer you do not restart your machine the worse problem gets. I got super stable workstation with new Xeon and I generally do not restart it for weeks, sometimes for months. Now, with AI, I have to reastart it every day - at least this ridiculus AI bug seems to be gone (yes - of course I tried all the useless hints like resetting my preference). The most crazy thing is AI support refusing all the responsibility for it and blaming rest of the world. I got tons of diff programming and graphics tools - never, again NEVER seen anything like this anywhere else. GUYS - you got unstable code there for copy-paste in AI - do sth. with it!

July 2025 and this is still a thing! This literally started happening two companies ago for me. Spanning several user accounts, laptops (Windows & Mac), and input devices. I really hope I manage to not defenestrate my laptop because this is absolutely MADDENING! Come on, people, it's been years since this issue came to light!

same problem here - 2025 and it still fails :) how this **** even stayed in the market for so long with copy-paste issue LOL. Never seen anyhing like that in tons of other apps ...

I don't have Logitech G HUB software, nor am I using any Logitech "G" products

I spent a long time looking for a solution, and in the end, I solved it by uninstalling the Logitech G HUB software.

I keep waiting for upgrades to fix the copy paste issue. I have reported it and voted on it being an issue. I would rather have a fundamental issue fixed before any thing new is added. Its more than inconvenient when it doesn't work. for the price tag of the suite I expect -at a minimum- that foundational functions work. Its incredibly irritating.

I am currently using version 29.3.1, yet the issue persists. Specifically, the copy function in the edit menu remains non-functional, which is highly inconvenient. Despite multiple attempts to reset preferences, the problem has not been resolved. I am deeply frustrated that I had to restart my computer just to restore the copy-and-paste functionality.
It is perplexing and disappointing that Adobe's updates introduce new components while simultaneously disrupting fundamental and essential tools such as copy-and-paste. I kindly urge Adobe to address this matter promptly and ensure the reliability of basic functionalities in future updates.

Currently on version 29.2.1 of Illustrator
Since upgrade - I've been unable to copy and paste text in Adobe Illustrator. Copy paste function for text is working in all other programmes including other Adobe Creative tools.

Objects and text converted to outline is fine/no issues - it's just text that is an issue regardless if using selection tool or text tool. It will show the copy option but if using Ctrl V then nothing and if you right click on the mouse, the option to paste is not available.

Within Clipboard Handling, I have deselected "include SVG Code" and ticked "Paste Text without formatting".

When two tabs open - again, it will copy all elements between tabs except text.

I've been using Illustrator for 20+ years so its not a rookie issue.

Currently on version 29.2.1 of Illustrator
Since upgrade - I've been unable to copy and paste text in Adobe Illustrator. Copy paste function for text is working in all other programmes including other Adobe Creative tools.

Objects and text converted to outline is fine/no issues - it's just text that is an issue regardless if using selection tool or text tool. It will show the copy option but if using Ctrl V then nothing and if you right click on the mouse, the option to paste is not available.

Within Clipboard Handling, I have deselected "include SVG Code" and ticked "Paste Text without formatting".

When two tabs open - again, it will copy all elements between tabs except text.

I've been using Illustrator for 20+ years so its not a rookie issue.