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Categories Compass
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 12, 2020

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can you allow "_id" Field clipboard copy

Hello! I want to use "find" query using "_id" field. But I cant copy my doc's _id field. Mongo's docs often have other doc's _id for reference field. But At Compass, cant copy _id field. So difficult to find by _id. Can you allow copy _id field? Thank you!
  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    Aug 8, 2025
    Available in Compass 1.23+.
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  • Guest
    Oct 1, 2020
    @Massimiliano Appreciate this is possible but having to switch views and then re-open up the document and it's nested keys to easily copy an _id is painful. Needing to copy ObjectIds is quite common and currently it takes/wastes quite a lot of time overall
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  • Guest
    Apr 29, 2020
    You can work around this by switching to edit mode, then selecting it. It's also inconsistent how you can switch to edit mode - you can double click on most values to do so - but not the _id field's value (other ObjectID values work).
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  • Guest
    Apr 25, 2020
    Just to add to this that you can drag and highlight any other ObjectId fields other than the top level _id field in the default view. It would be useful to have a copy button next to any ObjectIDs as we (and I'm sure many others) regularly need to copy them - same sort of idea as with GitHub commit ids - see attached screenshot. Clicking and dragging / double clicking to "edit" (even though we are not editing the document) and then highlighting the ObjectId is quite slow. Thanks! - love Compass!
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  • Guest
    Mar 13, 2020
    Although this can be improved, it is possible to copy the _id by switching to JSON mode. You don't get the ObjectId part but that you get with autocomplete from the query bar.
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