# Copying text inside a Long text type cell resulting in adding backslash "\\" at the end of the text before each newline **URL:** \ **Category:** Feedback\ **Created:** [September 21, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/copying-text-inside-a-long-text-type-cell-resulting-in-adding-backslash-at-the-end-of-the-text-before-each-newline/11202 "2025-09-21T11:02:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hani.yassine.0](https://community.baserow.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@hani.yassine.0](https://community.baserow.io/u/hani.yassine.0)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2025, 11:02am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/copying-text-inside-a-long-text-type-cell-resulting-in-adding-backslash-at-the-end-of-the-text-before-each-newline/11202/1 "2025-09-21T11:02:13Z")
as per the title example: copying this: ![image](https://community.baserow.io/uploads/default/original/2X/9/98e0ed40826335f27d92bfd903655fcf26f87c35.png) will result in this: ![image](https://community.baserow.io/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e1d91c6a4b69d2a0edab26c4f8e77deae588d764.png) it seems \ is added when you go into a new line inside the text , i tried this on desktop browser and mobile browser note: on mobile browser when using share instead of copy it wont add the \ so if i hit share and select WhatsApp app and select any chat it will be pasted without \ ---
**Author:** ![cwinhall](https://community.baserow.io/user_avatar/community.baserow.io/cwinhall/32/2122_2.png) [@cwinhall](https://community.baserow.io/u/cwinhall)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/copying-text-inside-a-long-text-type-cell-resulting-in-adding-backslash-at-the-end-of-the-text-before-each-newline/11202/2 "2025-09-22T06:33:03Z")
This does not happen for me. What OS and browser are you using? Could you try using the shift+ctrl+v / shift+cmd+v shortcut to try paste without formatting and see if this still happens for you. ---
**Author:** ![hani.yassine.0](https://community.baserow.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@hani.yassine.0](https://community.baserow.io/u/hani.yassine.0)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/copying-text-inside-a-long-text-type-cell-resulting-in-adding-backslash-at-the-end-of-the-text-before-each-newline/11202/3 "2025-09-22T10:09:04Z")
that happen when you copy text in the enlarged view windows 10 pro: google chrome and Firefox Android 14 one UI 6.1 : i tried copying from opera browser and chrome browser ( i tried “paste” and “paste as plain text” ) in WhatsApp and notes app 1 important note i just noticed : this happen when i copy text from notepad and paste it in long text cell if i type into the cell directly another problem arise example: if i type directly into the cell: test1 test2 test3 after paste they become: (new empty line is introduced after each new line) test1 test2 test3 if i copy from notepad and paste inside the long text cell if anyone try to copy from it it will be: test1\ test2\ test3 ---
**Author:** ![cwinhall](https://community.baserow.io/user_avatar/community.baserow.io/cwinhall/32/2122_2.png) [@cwinhall](https://community.baserow.io/u/cwinhall)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/copying-text-inside-a-long-text-type-cell-resulting-in-adding-backslash-at-the-end-of-the-text-before-each-newline/11202/4 "2025-09-23T07:24:21Z")
Hi @hani.yassine.0 I’m afraid that this was quite hard for me to follow and I’m not exactly sure how best to advise you at this moment. ---
**Author:** ![hani.yassine.0](https://community.baserow.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@hani.yassine.0](https://community.baserow.io/u/hani.yassine.0)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 9:21am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/copying-text-inside-a-long-text-type-cell-resulting-in-adding-backslash-at-the-end-of-the-text-before-each-newline/11202/5 "2025-09-24T09:21:16Z")
try to type a text on a notepad (on windows) copy that text and paste it inside a long text cell then from a browser try to copy it’s content and paste it somewhere and you will see what i mean example on windows : when i copy from long text cell and paste inside a notepad the results are like this: ![1](https://community.baserow.io/uploads/default/original/2X/d/dacca36bde57e6e43b9e23163a022ff75e1b8513.png) as you can see there is “\” that been added this happen on windows pc and phone browser ---
**Author:** ![cwinhall](https://community.baserow.io/user_avatar/community.baserow.io/cwinhall/32/2122_2.png) [@cwinhall](https://community.baserow.io/u/cwinhall)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/copying-text-inside-a-long-text-type-cell-resulting-in-adding-backslash-at-the-end-of-the-text-before-each-newline/11202/6 "2025-09-24T09:23:31Z")
I do not get the same results as you. I do not get any back slashes ---
**Author:** ![hani.yassine.0](https://community.baserow.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@hani.yassine.0](https://community.baserow.io/u/hani.yassine.0)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 9:30am UTC](https://community.baserow.io/t/copying-text-inside-a-long-text-type-cell-resulting-in-adding-backslash-at-the-end-of-the-text-before-each-newline/11202/7 "2025-10-27T09:30:41Z")
ok now i know what is the problem this only happen if you enable rich text formatting if you tick it it add \ at the end of each line when you copy the text note: when i unticked it it showed \ after each line before even copying (\ was hidden when i had rich text ticked) ![Capture](https://community.baserow.io/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ecd5f6ede4cea3f97c198b974ed607cd698f158b.png)