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Superwhisper delivers results by pasting at your cursor. When pasting goes wrong, the transcription itself is fine: it’s in History. Work through the steps below in order, and run a short test dictation after each one. This page covers Mac and Windows. Steps 5 and 7 are Mac only: Accessibility is a macOS permission, and Simulate keypresses isn’t available on Windows yet (see Differences from macOS). On iPhone or Android, see Superwhisper on iOS or Superwhisper on Android.
Prefer to watch? The video walkthrough (about 4½ minutes) covers every step on this page.

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Fix text that doesn’t paste

1

Confirm it's failing

Open a plain text app such as Stickies, click into it, and dictate a short test sentence. If the text appears, Superwhisper pastes fine and the problem is in your other app. Note that app’s name. You’ll need it if you contact support.
2

Stay in the text field

Click into the field where you want the text, and keep it active until the dictation finishes. Superwhisper pastes at your cursor when the dictation ends. You can start recording, switch away, and come back, but the field must be active at the end. If you click to another window or the desktop first, nothing pastes. The text stays on your clipboard, so paste it yourself.
3

Check that your recordings arrive

Open Home and look at Recent recordings. If your dictation isn’t listed, the problem is upstream of pasting:
4

Update Superwhisper

We ship small fixes for individual apps often, so your problem may already be fixed. Automatic updates don’t reach everyone straight away. On a Mac, click the Superwhisper menu bar icon and choose Check for Updates…, and install the newest version.
5

Reset Accessibility permission (Mac)

  1. Open System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility. Use this pane, not the Accessibility item higher up in the sidebar.
  2. Make sure Superwhisper is on.
  3. If it’s already on, turn it off and back on. macOS may ask for your password. This forces the permission to register again.
6

Check Text input settings

Open Settings → Configuration, click Advanced settings at the bottom, and scroll to Text input. See advanced settings for what each option does. Test a dictation after each change.
  1. Confirm Paste result text is on. Turn it off and on again to make sure it saved.
  2. Switch Clipboard content to the other option and test. If it doesn’t help, switch back.
  3. Turn on Clipboard history.
7

Try Simulate keypresses (Mac)

In Text input, turn on Simulate keypresses. Superwhisper skips pasting and types your result with a virtual keyboard instead. This often fixes apps that block pasting, such as secure fields, some terminals, and VMs. If it doesn’t help, turn it off again.This feature is experimental and supports only the standard US QWERTY keyboard layout.
8

Check the mode's auto paste setting

Open the mode you’re dictating with, go to Advanced settings at the bottom of the mode editor, and find the auto paste option. Set it to Default or On. Off stops that mode from pasting at all. Test again. See mode advanced settings.
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Contact support

If the steps above don’t fix it, email support@superwhisper.com with:
  • your computer type (Mac or Windows)
  • the model and mode you use
  • the name of the app where text isn’t pasting
Paste behavior is app-specific, and reports that name the app get fixed fastest.

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Old clipboard content pastes instead

This can happen when Clipboard content is set to Keep what I have copied (the default) in advanced settings, under Text input. Superwhisper puts your earlier clipboard back after pasting. If the target app reads the clipboard late, it can pick up the restored content instead of your dictation. Set Clipboard content to Replace with dictation. The dictation then stays on your clipboard, and what you had copied is gone.

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Text pastes twice

This usually means two delivery paths fired at once:
  • If Simulate keypresses is on and the target app also accepts the paste, you can get both. Turn Simulate keypresses off for apps that paste normally.
  • If you press the shortcut twice while processing, both dictations paste in sequence. Check History to confirm what happened.
If neither applies, email support@superwhisper.com and name the app it happens in.

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Auto-send fires when you didn’t want it

Hold shift to auto-send after paste sends your message when you finish a dictation while holding Shift. It shows in advanced settings only when Paste result text is on. If messages send themselves, turn Hold shift to auto-send after paste off. This option isn’t available on Windows.