Microsoft finally fixes this annoying Excel paste problem, but you probably never even noticed

A limited set of users with Excel 2016 and other standalone Excel purchases have been struggling to paste.
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Microsoft confirms it accidentally broke copy and paste in Excel with a major security update you shouldn’t remove

On 8, Microsoft rolled out KB5002914 for Excel, but it apparently has a bug that makes it impossible to copy and paste.

Microsoft fixes broken copy and paste for Excel 2016 users

Microsoft has fixed a known issue that causes copy-and-paste failures for some Excel users after installing the 2026 ...
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Microsoft broke Excel copy and paste, now the fix is finally here

Microsoft has fixed Excel copy-and-paste failures caused by September 2026 updates across Office 2016, 2019, 2021, and 2024.
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Microsoft Excel copy and paste isn’t working after KB5002914 update, the company confirms

Microsoft has confirmed a copy-and-paste issue affecting Excel 2024, 2021, 2019, and 2016 after the KB5002914 security update ...
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Excel paste fails silently after Microsoft's September security update

Microsoft's September security update stops Excel from pasting. The command fails without a beep and without an error message ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Microsoft confirms that Windows 11's new update breaks copy-pasting in Excel, and there's no solution yet

The wait begins.
PC Tech Magazine

Fix Microsoft Excel Not Opening Windows 11: 6 Working Methods

Learn how to fix Microsoft Excel not opening Windows 11 with Safe Mode, Office Repair, add-in checks, file permissions, and Excel file repair.

Microsoft fixes the fix that broke Excel paste – partly

A fix has now arrived – for Excel 2016 only – and it continues to hover rather nervously in the doorway. September has not been kind to Microsoft, its updates, or the emergenc ...

Garbled text when opening CSV in Excel. Why I started importing instead of opening directly

When you open a CSV in Excel,have you ever experienced, "Some data opens fine, but this one is garbled"?I have had the same thing happen when importing data for work.Some data can be imported as ...
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9 Fixes for Excel Not Working on iPadOS 26

After updating to iPadOS 26, I noticed that Microsoft Excel suddenly stopped working the way it used to. At first, it would freeze when opening certain files. Then, it began crashing without warning.

Microsoft fixes broken Excel copy and paste for all Office users

Microsoft has fixed a known issue that causes copy-and-paste failures for Excel users after installing the September 2026 security updates.