What is ⌘ Cmd + V keyboard shortcut for?

This shortcut is used by 115 programs in our database.

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General (5)

Alacritty 0.9.0 - Paste

Roll20 - Paste copied object(s)

Apple macOS - Paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current document or app. This also works for files in the Finder

Apple iBooks - Paste the selection

Firefox (macOS) - Paste

Text editing (6)

TextMate - Paste

Zettlr (MacOS) - Paste

Zettlr (MacOS) - Paste. If the editor has focus, and you have just cut a whole line, it will paste this whole line above the line, in which the cursor currently is. Formatting will be preserved if the clipboard contains formatted text

Tomboy 0.23 - Paste

Typora 0.9.81 (macOS) - Paste

Google Docs (macOS) - Paste

Imaging (31)

Xcode - Paste

Xcode - Insert the Clipboard contents at the insertion point (equivalent to the Paste command)

Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac) - Paste

DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac) - Paste

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Paste

Final Cut Pro X - Insert the Clipboard contents at the skimmer or playhead position

Fusion 360 - Paste

MagicaVoxel - Paste

MagicaVoxel - Paste material

Corel Painter (Mac) - Paste in place

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Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Paste

Shotcut (Mac) - Paste

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Paste

Apple iMovie - Paste the copied text

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - Paste

OmniGraffle 7 - Paste

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Paste

InVision (macOS) - Paste

PixInsight (macOS) - New Image from Clipboard

Adobe Dimension CC (Mac) - Paste

Substance Painter (Mac) - Paste layer

Autodesk Mudbox 2022 (macOS) - Set Topological Axis

PureRef (macOS) - Paste

Adobe XD (Mac) - Paste

Pixelmator Pro - Paste

Pixelmator Pro - Paste a selected area

Sketch - Paste layer

Mari 4.6 (macOS) - Quick Paste

Mari 4.6 (macOS) - Paste Selection

Qubicle - Paste a model or set of voxels in the scene

Eye Candy (Windows, Mac) - Paste

System tools (4)

Transmit - Paste

VMware Fusion - Control + V

Kitty 0.25.0 (MacOS) - Paste from clipboard

Parallels Desktop - Paste

Developer tools (18)

Arduino IDE - Paste

BBEdit 13 - Paste

RStudio (Mac) - Paste

Google Cloud Shell Terminal - (Mac OS) Paste at cursor location

Team Explorer and Azure DevOps - Paste text

GoLand 2022.3 (macOS) - Paste

NovelAI (Windows, Mac) - Paste the text at the cursor's current position

Coda for iOS - Paste

AWS Cloud9 IDE (Mac) - Paste

Proto.io (macOS) - Paste

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Reserved Mac - Paste the Clipboard contents at the insertion point.

TablePlus - Paste rows

YouTrack Cloud 2022.3 (macOS) - Attach an image from the clipboard to the issue or comment.

CoffeeCup Web Editor - Paste

App Maker - Paste widgets

App Maker - Paste text from the clipboard

GitLab (macOS) - Paste

Handoff.design (macOS) - Paste

Web applications (3)

Elementor - Paste

Webflow - Paste (Mac)

GitHub (MacOS, Enterprise Server 3.8) - Creates a Markdown link when applied over highlighted text

Media player (4)

QuickTime Player (macOS) - Paste

QLab 4 - Paste

iTunes 11 for Mac - Paste the selected song’s information or artwork

Spotify (macOS) - Paste

Apple Messages - Paste copied text

Blackboard Collaborate (macOS) - Paste copied or cut objects or text to whiteboard

Blackboard Collaborate (macOS) - Paste copied chat text to chat message box, whiteboard, or external application

Security (1)

DocuSign - Paste

Productivity (56)

Final Draft 11 (Mac) - Paste

Quip - Paste

Xmind - Paste

Luna (DAW) - Paste

Luna (DAW) - Paste

Davinci Resolve 17 (macOS) - Paste

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Paste

Asana (Mac) - Paste Tasks (One per line)

Nuendo 10 - Paste

Google Sheets (Mac) - Paste

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Melodyne 4 (Mac) - Paste

Things (Mac) - Paste plain text to create new to-dos

Things (Mac) - Paste a to-do or project

RoomSketcher - Paste

iPad Smart Keyboard - Paste

Apple Pages - Paste the selection

QuickBooks Desktop (Mac) - Edit > Paste

RX 8 Audio Editor (macOS) - Paste

Tableau (Mac) - Paste clipboard

coda.io (Windows, Mac) - Paste

Dynamics 365 Business Central - (macOS) Paste the selected rows from the Clipboard into the current page or external document, like Microsoft Excel or Outlook email. You can only do this in editable lists

Adobe Captivate 2019 (macOS) - Paste what is on the clipboard (for example, slide, image, object, and so on)

Wondershare Filmora 10.1.6 (macOS) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Google Docs (iPhone & iPad) - Paste

Apple GarageBand - Paste

Confluence (Mac) - Paste

OmniFocus 3.3 (iOS) - Paste

Things (iPad) - Paste plain text to create new to-dos

Things (iPad) - Paste a to-do or project

Miro (macOS) - Paste

ConnectWise 2018.6 - Paste selected item

Nuendo 10 (macOS) - Paste

OnSite - Paste

Zotero 5.0 (macOS) - Paste

Monday.com (Windows & macOS) - Past cell content

Fission (Audio Editor) - Paste

Nimbus Note (macOS) (2022) - Paste text into a note

Celtx (macOS: Chrome, Firefox) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Chrome, Firefox) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Chrome, Firefox) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Chrome, Firefox) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Chrome, Firefox) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Chrome, Firefox) - Paste

Premiere Rush (macOS) - * Paste

Cengage Mindtap - Paste

Adobe Experience Manager 6.4 (macOS) - Paste text

Smartsheet (Mac) - Paste

Cricut Design Space (July 2022) - Paste

Quire (macOS) - Paste selected task(s)

FlowMapp - Paste

Scientific (3)

GeoGebra - Paste

Vectorworks 2020 (macOS) - Paste

JMP 15 (macOS) - Paste

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Table of contents

General (5)
Text editing (6)
Imaging (31)
System tools (4)
Developer tools (18)
Web applications (3)
Media player (4)
Social & Messaging (3)
Security (1)
Productivity (56)
Scientific (3)

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