What is ⌘ Cmd + V keyboard shortcut for?

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General (5)

Alacritty 0.9.0 - Paste

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

Firefox (macOS) - Paste

Apple iBooks - Paste the selection

Roll20 - Paste copied object(s)

Text editing (6)

Tomboy 0.23 - 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

Google Docs (macOS) - Paste

TextMate - Paste

Typora 0.9.81 (macOS) - Paste

Imaging (34)

Xcode - Paste

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

DaVinci Resolve 15 (Mac) - Paste

Adobe Photoshop (macOS) - Paste

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

Adobe Illustrator (Mac) - Paste

Adobe Premiere Pro (Mac) - Paste

Corel Painter (Mac) - Paste in place

Fusion 360 - Paste

Autodesk Maya 2019 - Paste

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Autodesk Mudbox 2022 (macOS) - Set Topological Axis

PureRef (macOS) - Paste

Apple iMovie - Paste the copied text

Substance Painter (Mac) - Paste layer

Mari 4.6 (macOS) - Quick Paste

Mari 4.6 (macOS) - Paste Selection

Autodesk SketchBook (Mac) - Paste

OmniGraffle 7 - Paste

Luminar 3 - Paste

Luminar 3 - Paste Adjustments

Vectary (macOS) - Paste Object

Sketch - Paste layer

Adobe Dimension CC (Mac) - Paste

MagicaVoxel - Paste

MagicaVoxel - Paste material

PixInsight (macOS) - New Image from Clipboard

Pixelmator Pro - Paste

Pixelmator Pro - Paste a selected area

Shotcut (Mac) - Paste

InVision (macOS) - Paste

Adobe XD (Mac) - Paste

Harmony 20 (macOS) - Paste

Eye Candy (Windows, Mac) - Paste

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

System tools (4)

Kitty 0.25.0 (MacOS) - Paste from clipboard

Transmit - Paste

VMware Fusion - Control + V

Parallels Desktop - Paste

Developer tools (18)

Arduino IDE - Paste

BBEdit 13 - Paste

Team Explorer and Azure DevOps - Paste text

RStudio (Mac) - Paste

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

TablePlus - Paste rows

GoLand 2022.3 (macOS) - Paste

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

Proto.io (macOS) - Paste

Handoff.design (macOS) - Paste

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

AWS Cloud9 IDE (Mac) - Paste

App Maker - Paste widgets

App Maker - Paste text from the clipboard

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

Coda for iOS - Paste

CoffeeCup Web Editor - Paste

GitLab (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

Spotify (macOS) - Paste

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

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

Apple Messages - Paste copied text

Security (1)

DocuSign - Paste

Productivity (62)

Final Draft 11 (Mac) - Paste

Davinci Resolve 17 (macOS) - Paste

Nuendo 10 - Paste

Google Sheets (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

Xmind - Paste

Apple GarageBand - Paste

Luna (DAW) - Paste

Luna (DAW) - Paste

Cengage Mindtap - Paste

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Google Docs (iPhone & iPad) - Paste

Miro (macOS) - Paste

iPad Smart Keyboard - Paste

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

Tableau (Mac) - Paste clipboard

Quip - Paste

Zotero 5.0 (macOS) - Paste

Wondershare Filmora 10.1.6 (macOS) - Paste

ConnectWise 2018.6 - Paste selected item

Cricut Design Space (July 2022) - Paste

Craft - Paste

Ableton Live 10 (Mac) - Paste

coda.io (Windows, Mac) - Paste

RoomSketcher - Paste

Apple Pages - Paste the selection

RX 8 Audio Editor (macOS) - Paste

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

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

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

Smartsheet (Mac) - Paste

Guitar Pro 8 (macOS) - Paste

Melodyne 4 (Mac) - Paste

Nuendo 10 (macOS) - Paste

Fission (Audio Editor) - Paste

Quire (macOS) - Paste selected task(s)

SmartDraw - Paste

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

OmniFocus 3.3 (iOS) - 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

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Celtx (macOS: Safari) - Paste

Adobe Experience Manager 6.4 (macOS) - Paste text

OnSite - Paste

FlowMapp - Paste

Microsoft Sway (macOS) - Paste text

Confluence (Mac) - Paste

QuickBooks Desktop (Mac) - Edit > Paste

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

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

Premiere Rush (macOS) - * Paste

Revizto (macOS) - Paste markup

Sound Particles 2.1 (macOS) - Paste

Scientific (4)

Hudl Sportscode - Paste

GeoGebra - Paste

JMP 15 (macOS) - Paste

Vectorworks 2020 (macOS) - Paste

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Table of contents

General (5)
Text editing (6)
Imaging (34)
System tools (4)
Developer tools (18)
Web applications (3)
Media player (4)
Social & Messaging (3)
Security (1)
Productivity (62)
Scientific (4)

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