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title: Why doesn't Ctrl+V paste in the Codus terminal on Windows?
question: Ctrl+V and Ctrl+C do nothing in the Codus terminal on Windows, only Ctrl+Shift+V works
area: troubleshooting
surface: desktop
audience: beginner
keywords: ["Ctrl+V","Ctrl+C","paste","copy","clipboard","terminal","Windows","Ctrl+Shift+V","right-click","Shift+Insert"]
related: [keeping-codus-updated,windows-provider-switching,brain-lost-codus-tools-after-restart]
updated: 2026-09-28
visibility: public
---

# Why doesn't Ctrl+V paste in the Codus terminal on Windows?

If Ctrl+V does nothing in a Codus terminal on Windows, Ctrl+C never copies, and only Ctrl+Shift+V pastes, update to Codus 0.2.193 or later. Update through **Settings → Updates**, then fully quit Codus, including from the system tray, and open it again.

## What was happening

A terminal sends Ctrl plus a letter to the running program as a control code, which is why Ctrl+C stops a command. Before 0.2.193 the Codus terminal on Windows did the same with Ctrl+V: the running program received a control code instead of your clipboard, so nothing appeared. At a plain PowerShell prompt it sometimes looked as if it worked, because PowerShell itself treats that code as paste, which made the problem confusing. Ctrl+Shift+V pasted because the terminal leaves that combination to the app itself. On a Mac none of this applied, since Cmd+V and Cmd+C are handled by the system.

## Shortcuts from 0.2.193 on Windows and Linux

| Action | Shortcut |
| --- | --- |
| Paste | Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert, Ctrl+Shift+V, or right-click with nothing selected |
| Copy | Select text, then Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Shift+C, Ctrl+Insert, or right-click |
| Stop the running command | Ctrl+C with nothing selected |

Pasting a copied image saves it to a file and inserts the file's path, so a coding agent can read it. On a Mac, Cmd+V and Cmd+C work as before, and right-click now copies a selection or pastes.

## If it still happens after updating

1. Check **Settings → Updates** shows 0.2.193 or later.
2. Click inside the terminal first so it has the keyboard focus. A click on the panel around it is not enough.
3. Make sure no text is selected in the terminal when you want Ctrl+C to stop a command.

## Report a repeated failure

Send support the Codus version from **Settings → Updates**, which shortcut you pressed, whether text was selected, and what the terminal showed.