# Copy/Paste is pasting the entire layer instead of just my selection
**URL:** https://community.aseprite.org/t/copy-paste-is-pasting-the-entire-layer-instead-of-just-my-selection/21382
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [February 5, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/copy-paste-is-pasting-the-entire-layer-instead-of-just-my-selection/21382 "2024-02-05T23:10:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Skanarchist](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Skanarchist)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/copy-paste-is-pasting-the-entire-layer-instead-of-just-my-selection/21382/1 "2024-02-05T23:10:36Z")
I’ve been using this program for a few years now and I’ve only started having this problem since I got a new PC and installed Aseprite again. I’m not sure if an update changed this functionality or what.
My issue is that every time I make a selection with the marquee or lasso tool and then hit ctrl+c to copy, when I go to paste it with ctrl+v, it pastes the entire layer that I copied from instead of just the part of the layer that I selected.
I have no idea why this is happening, but I’d greatly appreciate help understanding it and fixing it.
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### Author:  [@TheSartremaster](https://community.aseprite.org/u/TheSartremaster)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/copy-paste-is-pasting-the-entire-layer-instead-of-just-my-selection/21382/2 "2024-02-06T08:27:04Z")
Hi,
Do you maybe have a cell selected when you copy? I sometimes accidentally copy whole cells when I make a selection, then look around the cells and only then press ctrl+c. In those cases it will take the whole cell, even though there is still a selection displayed in the sprite.
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### Author:  [@orb](https://community.aseprite.org/u/orb)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/copy-paste-is-pasting-the-entire-layer-instead-of-just-my-selection/21382/3 "2026-05-29T18:47:30Z")
I have the exact same issue, very annoying. I have to literally use selection reverse and delete the rest in order to paste what I need, it always pastes the whole layer instead of my selection.