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Paste to Replace no longer working properly in browser version?


Drew B

Paste to Replace is no longer working properly as of a few days ago. It seems to be using Paste as Text despite using the shortcut and context menu options for Paste to Replace. 

Desktop app seems to be working as intended but I prefer the browser version if that’s still a viable option. 

In browser I have tried:

  • Logging out/in
  • Signing out of other devices
  • Clearing browser cache, history, etc.


Worst case I can switch to desktop app, just curious if I’m doing something wrong here.

Thank you!

3 replies

Gayani_S
Figmate
  • Community Support
  • 1935 replies
  • March 21, 2025

Hi ​@Drew B, thank you so much for bringing this to our attention. 

Our engineers are currently investigating this, but in the meantime, can you try the following steps: 

  • Try a different browser? 
  • Check browser extensions- Can you try disabling browser extensions and check if that helps?
  • Review other apps- do you have any apps installed on your computer that modify the clipboard content? If so can you try disabling these, and check if that helps?

As a temporary workaround, can you please try the following?:

  1. Turning off the clipboard permission for Figma on the browser (screenshot below)
  2. Reload the site
  3. See if you can paste contents as expected

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I really appreciate your patience while we work on this. Please let me know if any of these steps help, and feel free to reach out with any updates or further questions!

Thanks again!


Drew B
  • Author
  • New Member
  • 1 reply
  • March 21, 2025

Hi Gayani,

Thanks for the follow up. Forgot to mention, the browser I’m currently experiencing issues is with Chrome.

Steps I’ve taken within Chrome:

  • Reset clipboard permissions for Figma
  • Reloaded page
  • Relaunched browser
  • Disabled remaining extensions

Unfortunately these did not work for Chrome. In addition, I can’t seem to find any apps that would interfere with clipboard content.

However, I tried launching Figma in a different browser (Brave) and Paste to Replace worked as intended.

Hope this helps. Thank you!


dre
  • New Member
  • 1 reply
  • March 24, 2025

Any updates on this, I am having the same issue. Also in chrome.  Thanks!


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