diff --git a/routes/_actions/copyText.js b/routes/_actions/copyText.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6e9bfdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/routes/_actions/copyText.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { importShowCopyDialog } from '../_components/dialog/asyncDialogs'
+import { toast } from '../_utils/toast'
+
+export async function copyText (text) {
+  if (navigator.clipboard) { // not supported in all browsers
+    try {
+      await navigator.clipboard.writeText(text)
+      toast.say('Copied to clipboard')
+      return
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(e)
+    }
+  }
+
+  let showCopyDialog = await importShowCopyDialog()
+  showCopyDialog(text)
+}
diff --git a/routes/_components/dialog/components/AccountProfileOptionsDialog.html b/routes/_components/dialog/components/AccountProfileOptionsDialog.html
index 5f415970..ec249767 100644
--- a/routes/_components/dialog/components/AccountProfileOptionsDialog.html
+++ b/routes/_components/dialog/components/AccountProfileOptionsDialog.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import ModalDialog from './ModalDialog.html'
 import { store } from '../../../_store/store'
 import GenericDialogList from './GenericDialogList.html'
-import { importShowComposeDialog, importShowCopyDialog } from '../asyncDialogs'
+import { importShowComposeDialog } from '../asyncDialogs'
 import { createDialogId } from '../helpers/createDialogId'
 import { show } from '../helpers/showDialog'
 import { close } from '../helpers/closeDialog'
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { setAccountMuted } from '../../../_actions/mute'
 import { setAccountFollowed } from '../../../_actions/follow'
 import { setShowReblogs } from '../../../_actions/setShowReblogs'
 import { setDomainBlocked } from '../../../_actions/setDomainBlocked'
+import { copyText } from '../../../_actions/copyText'
 
 export default {
   oncreate,
@@ -175,8 +176,8 @@ export default {
     async onCopyClicked () {
       let { account } = this.get()
       let { url } = account
-      let showCopyDialog = await importShowCopyDialog()
-      showCopyDialog(url)
+      this.close()
+      await copyText(url)
     }
   },
   components: {
diff --git a/routes/_components/dialog/components/StatusOptionsDialog.html b/routes/_components/dialog/components/StatusOptionsDialog.html
index 91e6257e..e927dbfe 100644
--- a/routes/_components/dialog/components/StatusOptionsDialog.html
+++ b/routes/_components/dialog/components/StatusOptionsDialog.html
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ import { oncreate } from '../helpers/onCreateDialog'
 import { setAccountBlocked } from '../../../_actions/block'
 import { setAccountMuted } from '../../../_actions/mute'
 import { setStatusPinnedOrUnpinned } from '../../../_actions/pin'
-import { importShowCopyDialog } from '../asyncDialogs'
 import { setConversationMuted } from '../../../_actions/muteConversation'
+import { copyText } from '../../../_actions/copyText'
 
 export default {
   oncreate,
@@ -162,17 +162,16 @@ export default {
       this.close()
       await setAccountMuted(accountId, !muting, true)
     },
-    async onCopyClicked () {
-      let { status } = this.get()
-      let { url } = status
-      let showCopyDialog = await importShowCopyDialog()
-      this.close()
-      showCopyDialog(url)
-    },
     async onMuteConversationClicked () {
       let { statusId, mutingConversation } = this.get()
       this.close()
       await setConversationMuted(statusId, !mutingConversation, true)
+    },
+    async onCopyClicked () {
+      let { status } = this.get()
+      let { url } = status
+      await copyText(url)
+      this.close()
     }
   }
 }