iOS 14.0 issue can’t copy paste phone numbers

bkatz268 Said:

"I’m having a problem with being able to copy and paste my emails. There are sections of my emails that I want to copy and paste and send out. Not only am I having problems copying and pasting, but sometimes my emails are not being sent. They sit in drafts or the outbox and will not send"

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iPhone Feedback:

Leave Feedback to Apple on this - as mentioned above. Apple won't get back to you directly, but the more feedback they receive on this, the more they'll know what is going on and what needs to be fixed.

1. Go to: Feedback - iPhone - Apple
2. Select: "Feature Request" for "Feedback Type"
3. Proceed from there as necessary.

To remove this feature is disrupting the functionality of the phone in a big way. This needs to take a high priority over emojis.

I stumbled upon a bypass to paste a number for now until apple fixes the issue in there update.

to paste a copied number

press any digit on the keypad and then hit backspace, this will allow you to paste the copied number.

hope this help you.

Greetings Maribelle12,

Thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities! It seems you're not enjoying some changes that have arrived with iOS 14, such as copying phone numbers directly from the call log or from Messages.

You're welcome to leave feedback directly to Apple with your thoughts on features and improvements:

Feedback - iPhone - Apple

Kind regards.

I’m having a problem with being able to copy and paste my emails. There are sections of my emails that I want to copy and paste and send out. Not only am I having problems copying and pasting, but sometimes my emails are not being sent. They sit in drafts or the outbox and will not send

Android is FARRRRR (r to the 10 power) more intuitive than IOS esp with copy and paste. Android is light years ahead of IOS in general. The only reason I switched to IOS is for privacy, but productivity has fallen dramatically dealing with apples quirks. Copy and paste yikessss.

Dont even get me started that I cant use the phone as a flash drive to a computer.......like whoa.....

What is more distributing is the apple cult members running to apples defense on simple items, lets just call it as it is, apple needs to come up to par with productivity features. Updates for emojis......really.......society is progressive?

Are you joking? This is a “feature” and not a bug? So much for helping spam detectors by submitting all the phony calls we receive. Apple’s block function doesn’t do a thing against spammers. Apple certainly has a way of making things worse. But hey, this is where all those new facepalm emojis come in handy, I guess.

The whole point of copy/paste, is so you copy a block of text or numbers, without having to type it in. Of course, we know a workaround is always to just

type it all again yourself. The complaint is that the copy/paste feature should be working properly, and we should not have to do that.

Thanks. That worked, but it’s pretty silly to need a work around for copying and pasting a phone number. I just returned to Apple for privacy, but I am finding things like this that are a bit annoying.

Paste option itself is not showing up at all on the key pad. It is terribly annoying. This needs an immediate fix. There's no workaround as well to live with. One of the answers in this thread with a temporary workaround is also not working in 14.3.

Chris_D13 How can you describe the loss of an important feature as being a "change that we should enjoy". It's a software bug that should have been captured at iOS 14 development, testing or Beta phases. So amateur that another bug gets past Apple's software "quality control". And you're just adding insult to injury by suggesting that consumers "should enjoy" this change! It's now March 2021 and I'm on iOS 14.4, and I still cannot consistently copy/paste like I used to in all previous iOS versions, from emails, SMS, contacts, WhatsApp, etc. Totally screwed again. Don't ask consumers to spend their time constantly send feedback - just test the described bug and you'll see it's an error!

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Agreed with all you have said. This is a basic utility and should have been fixed within first month of the issue. Instead, 6 months later and no fix. I can copy the number and paste in Note but not in phone where it is needed. It almost appears as this is by design by Apple.

Copy Paste works only hit and miss now after the 14.0 and 14.0.1 updates, not just “phone numbers”. In every aspect, copy/paste of anything is a problem.

Copy and paste is very important and functional and probably will look for a different phone if it’s no longer an option. I welcome changes but not the one that disrupt productivity and convenience

Hey, there’s very narrow range which reacts to single or double tap to have the Paste button show up.