ctrl v

Clipboard insertion command

Ctrl+V is the standard keyboard shortcut for paste on Windows and Linux systems, inserting whatever was most recently copied or cut.

The command is so ubiquitous that "ctrl v" has become shorthand for pasting itself: Just ctrl v it into the document.

The Mac equivalent uses Command+V.

Related

duplicate · insert · keyboard · command · select all · text · text editor · selection · transfer · buffer · hotkey · Windows · Mac · edit · document · replicate · clone · snippet

Opposites
clipboard operation direction

ctrl vctrl c

PC duplication shortcut

ctrl x · copy · cut · yank · ctrl+c

data manipulation action

ctrl vctrl x

Keyboard shortcut for cutting

cut · ctrl z · delete · undo · backspace

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G