How to Troubleshoot“Retrieving Data Wait a Few Seconds and Try to Cut or Copy Again” error

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How to Troubleshoot Retrieving Data Wait a Few
Seconds and Try to Cut or Copy Again error
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How to Troubleshoot Retrieving Data Wait a Few
Seconds and Try to Cut or Copy Again error

• Are you receiving Retrieving Data Wait a Few
  Seconds and Try to Cut or Copy Again error code?
  This error code is generally observed while you
  are trying to copy your text from Excel web
  application to another application or installed
  Excel. It does not depend on your Windows or
  Operating system, this message is observed for
  about a year or so, but no such update is
  released by the Microsoft to prevent this error.

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• Regardless of the fact that this error is quite
  frustrating for the user to encounter, we have to
  understand why such error occur in the first
  place. It is not much clear about what is the
  primary reason behind the error Retrieving Data
  Wait a Few Seconds and Try to Cut or Copybut
  various security supervisors claim that such an
  error occurs due to fault in malware, corrupted
  files or malicious application. Such files get
  access to your computer while downloading other
  software or their updates and start to harm the
  system software.
• If you are dealing with this frustrating error
  code and are looking for some solution, you can
  refer the methods given below to get rid of it as
  soon as possible.

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 Switching to the installed Excel

• If you are using an online Excel app, it can be
  possible that the file is corrupted or has
  malfunctioned. You can download the file you are
  working on and access it through the installed
  Excel version on your system. To switch and open
  the file on your computer, follow the steps given
  below.
• Open the target file in the online Excel
  application.
• Now download the file by going to Files and
  then Save As.
• Now go to the saved file and open it in the
  desktop version of Excel.
• After following the steps try to check that
  Retrieving Data Wait a Few Seconds and Try to
  Cut or Copy Again error still appears or not.

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Using a different web browser

• This error code is mostly observed by Microsoft
  Edge or Internet Explorer users. If you are using
  any of these web browsers, you may switch to some
  other browser in order to rectify this issue. You
  can opt for different web browsers like Mozilla
  Firefox or Google Chrome to fix this error code.

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Scan your system with an anti-malware

• As we understand that such error codes are caused
  due to various malware and corrupt files present
  on the system it is better recommended to run a
  complete scan of your system to detect any
  unwanted harmful malware which is preventing you
  from using your online Excel Application. You can
  use Reimage PC Repairs or any other scanning
  software to scan your computer for optimizing
  your system and cleaning your junk and trash
  files. Hopefully, you may resolve your error code
  by following any of the above-given methods and
  get rid of it permanently.

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