How to Enable Right Click and Copy Paste

Most copy blocks listen for the contextmenu, copy, or selectstart events in JavaScript.

1. Click the padlock or site-info icon left of the address bar.
2. Open Site settings.
3. Set JavaScript to Block.
4. Reload the page and try right-click or copy again.

To block JavaScript everywhere, open chrome://settings/content/javascript and choose Do not allow sites to use JavaScript, then add exceptions for sites you trust.

Extensions override the handlers sites attach at load time. Most toggle right-click and text selection together.

• Chrome: Enable Right Click and Copy
• Firefox: Absolute Enable Right Click & Copy

Turn the extension on only for the tab you need, then disable it elsewhere. See extensions that work in Incognito if you browse in private mode.

A bookmarklet is JavaScript saved as a bookmark. Drag this link to your bookmarks bar, open the blocked page, then click it:

javascript:void(document.oncontextmenu=null)

To reset a body attribute some sites set:

javascript:void(document.body.removeAttribute("oncontextmenu"))

Press F12 (or Ctrl+Shift+J / Cmd+Option+J), open the Console tab, paste, and press Enter:

document.oncontextmenu=null
document.onselectstart=null
document.oncopy=null

This lasts until you reload. Use it when you do not want to install an extension for a single paragraph.

The User JavaScript and CSS extension runs your own snippets on matching URLs.

Example URL patterns:

• www.example.com/* (all pages on one host)
• *.example.com/* (include subdomains)
• * (every site, use sparingly)

Add the console lines from method 04 as JS, or pair with the CSS below for sites that block highlighting with user-select: none.

More detail in our guide to add CSS and JavaScript to any webpage.

When you can right-click but cannot highlight text, the page CSS may set user-select: none. Inject:

* {
  -webkit-user-select: text !important;
  user-select: text !important;
}

Use the User JavaScript and CSS extension above, or any stylesheet injector you already trust.