Since I upgraded my iPad from iPadOS 18.6.1 to iPadOS 26 today, I am getting the “x would allow to paste from y” prompt every single time I copy from one app to another. It happens every single time. Safari to notes, notes to safari, photos to safari, anything to notes.
How can I fix this? It’s maddening.
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iPad Pro, iPadOS 26
This has been around for a while; since iOS 16 or so.
Where the apps implement it, you can suppress the diagnostic:
Settings > App > {whichever app} > Paste from Other Apps > Allow
Here’s what the setting looks like when it prompts before pasting:
Yeah, a bunch of apps don’t have this setting.
The issue is I’m being prompted for pasting anywhere not just apps. For example if I paste into Spotlight search I get the prompt every time. Even for places that are apps like Notes and Safari there is no “paste from other apps” setting for those. Basically unless I’m copying and pasting within the same app I get the prompt every single time I paste.
I didn’t see this on my iPhone, so I tried restoring my iPad and setting it up as new without logging into iCloud and I reproduced the issue immediately. I also dragged out an old 2018 iPad Pro and updated it to iPadOS 26 and saw the problem there as well.
It appears to be a really annoying bug. I guess I’m going to have to reach out to Apple support and have them ignore me like they always do.
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iOS 26 implemented a new behavior. iOS 18 used to ask occasionally or when using a new app for the first time. Now with iOS 26 the user will get asked constantly.
Since upgrading to iPadOS 26, getting “x would allow to paste from y” for every copy/paste on iPad
