Copy on Select icon

Copy on Select

by micpob · Workflow & Planning
FeaturedManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

Select some text and it will be instantly copied to the clipboard! Paste it with one click!

Users
10K
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.7 / 5
+0.01 in 30 days
Ratings
57
+1 in 30 days
Store rank
#7,800
#6,623 among extensions
Version
3.2
updated 26 Dec 2025

Users

monthly, 3 years
2005,10010KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 10,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
12957Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 57 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Copy on Select

🟢Select any text in a web page and it will be automatically copied to the clipboard (hold Ctrl to bypass, ⌘ on Mac). 🟢You can also quickly paste the copied text by clicking on the mouse wheel, or by double clicking the left mouse button while keeping the Ctrl key pressed (⌘ on Mac). 🟢If you keep the Shift key ⬆ pressed while pasting, the field into which you are pasting will be emptied of all already existing text before pasting. 🟢Bypass the auto copy functionality in input fields (needs to be activated in the options page) 🟢Automatically add text before or after the copied text (needs to be activated in the options page) 🟢Automatically add the webpage URL to the copied text (needs to be activated in the options page) ✂------------------------- 🚨IMPORTANT🚨: please reload Chrome after installing the extension, in order to activate it. - Click on the extension button to turn the extension on/off. - Right click on the button to open the options page or the user guide. 🔎NOTE: - The extension does not work on the New Tab page (the page that opens when you click on the + sign in Chrome). This is standard behaviour for all extensions. - The extension does not work on pages whose URL starts with the word "chrome", for example chrome://extensions/ or chrome://settings/.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%00.00
30 days0+0.0%+1+0.01
6 months0+0.0%+6−0.02
1 year0+0.0%+12+0.03

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Copy on Select appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
selection#28new
paste#78−8
options#80−34

Version history

15 versions recorded
3.226 Dec 2025
3.125 Sep 2025
3.015 Sep 2025
2.711 Mar 2025
2.61 Feb 2025
2.521 Jan 2025
2.46 Dec 2024
2.25 Jul 2024

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
26 Dec 2021
Size
519 KB
Languages
de, en, es, fr, it, pl, pt-BR
Pricing
Free
Extension ID
kdfngfkkopeoejecmfejlcpblohnbael

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 2, likelihood 0
Permissions
clipboardReadclipboardWritestoragecontextMenus

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