# Allow disabling copy/paste in text questions

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/allow-disabling-copy-paste-in-text-questions/22758>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Tags:** odk-collect\
**Created:** [October 16, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/allow-disabling-copy-paste-in-text-questions/22758 "2019-10-16T07:27:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Grzesiek2010](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/grzesiek2010/32/2881_2.png) [@Grzesiek2010](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Grzesiek2010)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/allow-disabling-copy-paste-in-text-questions/22758/1 "2019-10-16T07:27:20Z")

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**1. What is the general goal of the feature?**  
The goal is to add an option to disable copy/paste option in text questions which now can be used by long-press.  
it could be a new appearance or a new option in settings (or even both since the appearance would work only in particular forms buth the option in settings would disable it globally)

**2. What are some example use cases for this feature?**

> [@How to disable copy paste in text field](https://forum.getodk.org/t/how-to-disable-copy-paste-in-text-field/22713/3):
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> Hi @Grzesiek2010 As you know, i did ask you a procedure to send random number to respondent mobile number automatically,so interview could not know which random number send to respondents mobile number, but in your solution random number shown in interviewer's message application. so i want to restrict interviewer to copy random number from its own device to ODK Collect. basically i want to verify that mobile number provided by respondent is OK.. BR, Nouman