How to Copy Uncopyable Texts on your Windows Screen

Sometimes, there may be situations when you want to copy a text but cannot do so because the text is uncopyable. Here are some ways you can utilize to copy the uncopyable text on Windows: 

• Copying Error Message:

1. Begin by selecting the title of the popup message by clicking on it. 
2. On the keyboard, press the buttons Ctrl + C to copy the contents of the popup message. There will be no indication even if the text is copied. 
3. Open a text editor app like Notepad to paste the copied contents. Press Ctrl + V to paste the content.
4. The pasted content is in a readable and organized format.

• Using Textify

1. Textify is a free and open-source tool that can copy uncopyable texts on Windows. Download and install Textify on your system. 
2. The default shortcut to activate textify is Shift + Middle click. A different keyboard shortcut can also be set up to activate Textify. 
3. Navigate to the uncopyable text and activate Textify immediately. This will make the text copyable.

• OCR (Optical Character Recognition):

1. Download and install an OCR reader.
2. Capture a screenshot of the region that contains the uncopyable text.
3. Using the OCR software, run the screenshot on it to extract the text.

• Disabling JavaScript:

1. Check if the right-click menu is disabled. 
2. If yes, then disable JavaScript to reactivate the right-click menu.
3. The uncopyable text will be selectable and copyable. 

• Printing Web Page to PDF:

1. On the webpage where copying the text is disabled, right-click and navigate to ‘Print.’
2. A preview window will pop up. Do not click on print. Instead, click to copy the pages. 

Depending on the scenarios, one or more of the above methods will help copy uncopyable texts on Windows. Using Textify or a good OCR reader is an excellent choice for complex scenarios. The other methods are helpful if the designs are more straightforward, like dealing with error messages!