How To Copy And Paste On Chromebook (2025 Guide)

We are in a world filled with technological advancements of all sorts. To make life easier for the users, the various tech gadgets around us are packed with convenient shortcuts. In electronic devices such as a laptop, some shortcuts are a little different. However, the majority of the shortcuts, including the copy and paste shortcuts are the same across different platforms.

A Chromebook has copy and paste functions similar to those in other operating systems such as Windows and Mac. However, on top of this, there are a few other approaches as well.

In this article, we have developed a step-by-step guide to learn how to copy and paste on Chromebook.

Step 1: On Your System’s Touchpad

On your system’s touchpad, tap and hold using a finger to select the desired text. Use a second finger to drag the cursor over the required text to be copied. On releasing your fingers, the text will be highlighted.

In case you are using a mouse, press down the left button and form a box around the needed text. The text within the box will be highlighted once you release the button.

Step 2: Press the Ctrl key and the C key

To copy the text, “press the Ctrl key and the C key” simultaneously. Other than this, you can use your mouse’s “right-click to open up a menu“, tap on the “ALT button” while clicking your touchpad.

Step 3: Paste the Highlighted Text

Click on the place you want to paste your copied text and hit the “Ctrl and V keys“ together. You can also paste the text by using your mouse.

Step 1: Tap on the Alt key

Take the pointer of your mouse over the media piece you want to copy. Once you do that, right-click on it. In your Chromebook, you can also tap on the “Alt key” while pressing the touchpad with a finger or two.

Step 2: How to Copy Image on Chromebook

1. When Copying an Image: Choose the “copy image or image address from the popped-up menu“. The URL is convenient for various online publishing and coding tasks. However, copying the image directly is what most users are after
2. When Copying a Video: Pick the “copy video URL or Copy Embed Code” from the menu. Users can also use this “URL to copy a link to the required video“. This URL is also the only thing required to share a video on a casual chat.

Step 3: Paste the Selected Image

Click on the area you want to paste the required media and press the “Ctrl + V combination keys“. Alternatively, you can also use your mouse and the “Alt key” to paste.

• Click anywhere other than an image or links, and press “Ctrl and A keys together“. This shortcut will select everything on the web page you are on.
• Now, press the “Ctrl + C combination” and that will copy the entire highlighted content.

• Click on the area you want the content to be pasted and press the “Ctrl and V keys” in one go. Similarly, you can also paste the content using your mouse. To do so, simply right-click on the destined area and choose the paste option from the pop-up menu bar.

Still Confused? For your convenience, I have attached a video that walks you through the process of copying and pasting on Chromebook. Just follow its instructions.

It is fairly easy to learn how to copy and paste on a Chromebook laptop a wide variety of content. From simple text to multimedia and even extensions from the web! All of it can be copied with unmatched ease and swiftness.

Essentially, the copy and paste functions are simplified to two ways: the shortcut method (using the combination keys on your keyboard) and the traditional way (using the mouse). After reading the aforementioned text, we hope that you are now clear on how to copy and paste on Chromebook.