# Copy/paste not working **URL:** \ **Category:** SketchUp\ **Tags:** bug\ **Created:** [September 18, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-paste-not-working/242040 "2023-09-18T18:09:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JosephEJC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/josephejc/32/236330_2.png) [@JosephEJC](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/JosephEJC)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-paste-not-working/242040/1 "2023-09-18T18:09:08Z")
2023 SkUp not allowing me to copy/paste between files. ---
**Author:** ![ateliernab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/ateliernab/32/198399_2.png) [@ateliernab](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/ateliernab)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-paste-not-working/242040/2 "2023-09-18T18:11:06Z")
Yes, it’s a known bug, colin is giving the workaround here > [@2023 Trays Freezing](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/2023-trays-freezing/240772/10): > > If you have two versions of SketchUp open, or two instances of 2023.1, pasting into the second instance may not work at first. To work around that, do a Copy of anything in the second instance. That seems to wake up the clipboard, and you can now copy and paste from the first instance into the second instance. After having done one Copy action, copy and paste should work until you next restart SketchUp. I added this note, to say that the 2023.1.3 update fixed the problem with copy and paste. it’s on PC only, hope they’ll fix it soon. ---
**Author:** ![JosephEJC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/josephejc/32/236330_2.png) [@JosephEJC](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/JosephEJC)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-paste-not-working/242040/3 "2023-09-18T18:27:21Z")
Excellent, thanks. That works for now… ![image001.jpg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/5/2/52d5f1c08649212fe6768d2cacdcf8df711810d9.jpg) ![image001.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/3/b/3b59f4662043fb7d395515d89084c36d00b45e7d.png) ![image002.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/3/9/39e74520a95c58d8ec6c2edf26994032ad088d4f.png) ![image003.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/6/a/6af7674b3cd6d0d714e2c74affd106c23227302c.png) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/f/2/f2a121500b085ed60806607a82720b092d800bb3.png) [@system](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/copy-paste-not-working/242040/4 "2024-03-20T02:27:50Z")
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