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Windows Terminal

Copy the selected text

CtrlShiftC

Windows Desktop app Windows Terminal default settings

Practice this

Press Ctrl + Shift + C to copy the selected text in Windows Terminal. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Text selected

Ctrl and Insert also copy, and Enter copies when text is selected.

Where this comes from

Windows Terminal defaults.json - microsoft/terminal

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

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More Windows Terminal shortcuts

Paste into the terminal Ctrl + Shift + V
Select all the text Ctrl + Shift + A
Start mark mode to select with the keyboard Ctrl + Shift + M
Scroll down one line Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow
Scroll down one page Ctrl + Shift + Page Down
Scroll up one line Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow
Scroll up one page Ctrl + Shift + Page Up
Scroll to the start of the history Ctrl + Shift + Home

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