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Copy the selection

CtrlC

Windows Desktop app Visual Studio 2022, General profile

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In Visual Studio, Ctrl + C will copy the selection. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Anywhere

Ctrl and Insert also copy. These are the defaults for Visual Studio's General settings profile. Other profiles change them.

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts in Visual Studio - Microsoft Learn

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

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More Visual Studio shortcuts

Cut the selection Ctrl + X
Find text in the file Ctrl + F
Find every reference to a symbol Shift + F12
Find text across files Ctrl + Shift + F
Find the next match F3
Find the next match of the selection Ctrl + F3
Format the whole document Ctrl + K then Ctrl + D
Format only the selection Ctrl + K then Ctrl + F

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