# Why are Cut, Copy, and Paste unavailable in the Google Sheets edit menu?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cut-copy-and-paste-unavailable-in-the-google-sheets-edit-menu/821268
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [September 13, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cut-copy-and-paste-unavailable-in-the-google-sheets-edit-menu/821268 "2018-09-13T13:22:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cut-copy-and-paste-unavailable-in-the-google-sheets-edit-menu/821268/1 "2018-09-13T13:22:05Z")
If you right click on a cell in Google Sheets, the edit menu appears and shows the Copy, Cut, and Paste options. When you click on one of them, a message comes up that says “these actions are unavailable via the edit menu, but you can still use Ctrl+C, Ctrl+X, and Ctrl+V.”
Why are these options unavailable via the edit menu?
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### Author:  [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cut-copy-and-paste-unavailable-in-the-google-sheets-edit-menu/821268/2 "2018-09-13T13:28:09Z")
You’d have to ask the person who made that design decision. I don’t know if they happen to be Dopers.
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### Author:  [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cut-copy-and-paste-unavailable-in-the-google-sheets-edit-menu/821268/3 "2018-09-13T14:30:25Z")
From [keyboard shortcuts - In copy/paste, Google Docs says "These actions are unavailable via the Edit menu, but you can still use Ctrl C" etc? - Web Applications Stack Exchange](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/40147/in-copy-paste-google-docs-says-these-actions-are-unavailable-via-the-edit-menu)
It sounds like there are issues in giving web apps access to the clipboard in different browsers. They seem to work under chrome, but I take it the OP is not using chrome.
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### Author:  [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-cut-copy-and-paste-unavailable-in-the-google-sheets-edit-menu/821268/4 "2018-09-13T15:51:10Z")
> [@leahcim](#):
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> From [keyboard shortcuts - In copy/paste, Google Docs says "These actions are unavailable via the Edit menu, but you can still use Ctrl C" etc? - Web Applications Stack Exchange](https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/40147/in-copy-paste-google-docs-says-these-actions-are-unavailable-via-the-edit-menu)
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> It sounds like there are issues in giving web apps access to the clipboard in different browsers. They seem to work under chrome, but I take it the OP is not using chrome.
Correct - I’m using Firefox.