Async Clipboard API browser support

navigator.clipboard exposes read(), write(), and the text-only readText() and writeText(), so a page can copy and paste programmatically instead of relying on document.execCommand('copy').

The table covers the Clipboard interface as recorded in MDN browser-compat-data. Each engine gates reads differently (a clipboard-read permission, a user-gesture handler, or a paste prompt); the row footnotes record which gate applies.

• Legend
• Yes
• Partial
• Flag
• No
• Unknown

Browser / Platform	Support	Versions	Confidence	Source	Notes
Chrome (Desktop)	Yes	76	high	source	1
Chrome (Android)	Yes	76	high	source	23
Edge (Desktop)	Yes	79	high	source	45
Firefox (Desktop)	Yes	127	high	source	678
Firefox (Android)	Yes	127	high	source	9101112
Safari (macOS)	Yes	13.1	high	source	—
Safari (iOS)	Yes	13.4	high	source	13
Samsung Internet	Yes	12.0	high	source	1415
WebView (Android)	Yes	76	high	source	1617

1. The user must grant the `clipboard-read` permission.
2. The user must grant the `clipboard-read` permission.
3. Derived by browser-compat-data mirroring from Chrome.
4. The user must grant the `clipboard-read` permission.
5. Derived by browser-compat-data mirroring from Chrome.
6. This method must be called within user gesture event handlers.
7. A paste prompt is displayed when the clipboard is read. If the clipboard contains same-origin content, the prompt is suppressed.
8. Web extensions with the `clipboardRead` permission in their manifest can read data without the paste prompt displaying. Prior to Firefox 147, extensions without this permission were unable to read clipboard data.
9. This method must be called within user gesture event handlers.
10. A paste prompt is displayed when the clipboard is read. If the clipboard contains same-origin content, the prompt is suppressed.
11. Web extensions with the `clipboardRead` permission in their manifest can read data without the paste prompt displaying. Prior to Firefox 147, extensions without this permission were unable to read clipboard data.
12. Derived by browser-compat-data mirroring from Firefox.
13. Derived by browser-compat-data mirroring from Safari.
14. The user must grant the `clipboard-read` permission.
15. Derived by browser-compat-data mirroring from Chrome Android.
16. The user must grant the `clipboard-read` permission.
17. Derived by browser-compat-data mirroring from Chrome Android.

Source data: /compatibility/clipboard.json · Global usage: 93 % (StatCounter 2026-05)

Source: spec · MDN · Last verified 2026-10-03 · Confidence: high (computed from sources)

See also

• Async Clipboard API: reading and writing the clipboard
• Clipboard API and events (w3c.github.io)
• Clipboard (developer.mozilla.org)