Unable to copy and paste on iPhone

That was less than helpful. The problem is not that people don’t know the process of cutting and pasting, the problem lies in the fact that it will not paste. That article is the equivalent of me stating that my car will not start - then having someone explain, “First, place your foot on the break, then insert the key, turn it, then the car starts.“

BTW, I wasn’t the original poster. However, you expressed a fair point - thanks for pointing that out. I had not considered that there would be users lacking understanding of a basic function. That said, what I am experiencing is that after the 16.2 update on my 14 pro, I am able to cut, but the paste function is specifically absent. It either presents the option to “select all”, or it does nothing and there are no pop-up options to choose from. Also, it seems sporadic - this does not happen with every app. Some forums suggest going into general settings, and that there should be an option available under the app to “allow copy/paste”, but from what I’ve seen - that hasn’t been the case. No such option exists.

Where you able to find any solution to this issue. The Gif will state it was copied, the menu comes up after long pressing text box and I select the paste option and then……. Nothing! Menu doesn’t close, gif doesn’t get pasted and phone even do the little haptic vibration.. it basically acts like my phone would if I hadn’t copied anything at all.

Your original post was less than helpful, because it didn’t say what the problem was, and I am not a mind reader. It is not reasonable to assume that when someone asks a very general question that they have additional information or knowledge that the responder doesn’t know about. Believe it or not, there are many users who do not know how to cut and paste in iOS. I’m happy that you do, but you didn’t say that you do know how.

No solution found. Ended up reaching out to Apple directly. The rep first tried to tell me to enable the “allow paste” function inside of individual apps under settings. No such option exists. They had no other suggestions to offer other than sign out, sign back in, and re-start.

Hey, no worries - if you do happen across a useable fix/workaround for the issue that I described, please post it. The inability to cut from a password manager and paste into the app requiring a password becomes an ordeal. Understanding that user forums have limitations - I will reach out to Apple Support to see if they're working on a solution. Ironically, from what I've read, this issue is one of the things that 16.2. was supposed to fix...

Alindy ~ Apple's iPhone User Guide says: "If your iPhone isn’t working as expected, you can try restarting it by turning it off, then turning it back on. If turning it off and on doesn’t fix the issue, try forcing it to restart.":

Turn iPhone on or off - Apple Support

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And I missed that you weren’t the OP. I should check more carefully.

See this Apple guidance→Select, cut, copy, and paste text on iPhone - Apple Support