# Copy a link from a message on long press in iOS

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/copy-a-link-from-a-message-on-long-press-in-ios/2755>\
**Category:** Feature Proposal\
**Tags:** ios\
**Created:** [October 5, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/copy-a-link-from-a-message-on-long-press-in-ios/2755 "2023-10-05T12:26:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![adbenitez](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/adbenitez/32/2323_2.png) [@adbenitez](https://forum.delta.chat/u/adbenitez)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/copy-a-link-from-a-message-on-long-press-in-ios/2755/1 "2023-10-05T12:26:27Z")

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[**user request:**](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-ios/issues/1729)

> This is missing and I need it in day to day usage. telegram, WhatsApp, iMessage, … have that option and signal does something very weird (long press starts drag and drop for the link 🫤).

**mantainer reply:**

> yip, that’s be a useful enhancement.
> 
> as an alternative approach, one could allow somehow text selection and copy any arbitrary text to the clipboard - and maybe also allow translate etc. see the mastodon app to get the idea.  
> challenge for that would be to not mess up with the normal long-tap, that should stay as is. telegram eg. allows text selection only in the preview _after_ a long press.
> 
> just thinking, not suggesting 🙂
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> the intially suggested long-tap-link-feature seems to be simpler and even telegram has that (and the text selection on top).

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/copy-a-link-from-a-message-on-long-press-in-ios/2755/2 "2024-12-17T23:49:53Z")

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i created a PR at [add option to copy links instead opening by r10s · Pull Request #2445 · deltachat/deltachat-ios · GitHub](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-ios/pull/2445)

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/copy-a-link-from-a-message-on-long-press-in-ios/2755/3 "2026-10-06T15:20:28Z")

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