diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Result.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Result.cs
index c97146fce..4a5eb39af 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Result.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Result.cs
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin
         /// </summary>
         public string ActionKeywordAssigned { get; set; }
 
-        public string CopyText { get; set; } = String.Empty;
-        public string FileCopy { get; set; } = String.Empty;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This holds the text which can be provided by plugin to be copied to the 
+        /// user's clipboard when Ctrl + C is pressed on a result. If the text is a file/directory path
+        /// flow will copy the actual file/folder instead of just the path text.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string CopyText { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// This holds the text which can be provided by plugin to help Flow autocomplete text
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index 6625a6d89..366407182 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ using Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure;
 using System.Windows.Media;
 using Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Hotkey;
 using Flow.Launcher.Plugin.SharedCommands;
-using System.IO;
 
 namespace Flow.Launcher
 {
@@ -55,37 +54,15 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher
         }
         private void OnCopy(object sender, ExecutedRoutedEventArgs e)
         {
-
             if (QueryTextBox.SelectionLength == 0)
             {
-                var results = _viewModel.Results;
-                var result = results.SelectedItem?.Result;
-                if (result != null) 
-                {
-                    string copyText = String.IsNullOrEmpty(result.CopyText) ? result.SubTitle : result.CopyText;
-                    if (File.Exists(copyText) || Directory.Exists(copyText))
-                    {
-
-                        System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection paths = new System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection();
-                        paths.Add(copyText);
-
-                        System.Windows.Clipboard.SetFileDropList(paths);
-    
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        System.Windows.Clipboard.SetDataObject(copyText.ToString());
-                    }
-                    
-                    e.Handled = true;
-                }
+                _viewModel.ResultCopy(string.Empty);
 
             }
-            else if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(QueryTextBox.Text))
+            else if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(QueryTextBox.Text))
             {
-                System.Windows.Clipboard.SetDataObject(QueryTextBox.SelectedText);
+                _viewModel.ResultCopy(QueryTextBox.SelectedText);
             }
-            e.Handled = false;
         }
         private async void OnClosing(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
         {
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs b/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs
index 47b2cba9e..e4353bbcb 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ using Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.Logger;
 using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Channels;
 using ISavable = Flow.Launcher.Plugin.ISavable;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Collections.Specialized;
 
 namespace Flow.Launcher.ViewModel
 {
@@ -873,6 +875,42 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.ViewModel
             Results.AddResults(resultsForUpdates, token);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// This is the global copy method for an individual result. If no text is passed, 
+        /// the method will work out what is to be copied based on the result, so plugin can offer the text 
+        /// to be copied via the result model. If the text is a directory/file path, 
+        /// then actual file/folder will be copied instead. 
+        /// The result's subtitle text is the default text to be copied
+        /// </summary>
+        public void ResultCopy(string stringToCopy)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(stringToCopy))
+            {
+                var result = Results.SelectedItem?.Result;
+                if (result != null)
+                {
+                    string copyText = string.IsNullOrEmpty(result.CopyText) ? result.SubTitle : result.CopyText;
+                    if (File.Exists(copyText) || Directory.Exists(copyText))
+                    {
+
+                        var paths = new StringCollection();
+                        paths.Add(copyText);
+
+                        Clipboard.SetFileDropList(paths);
+
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        Clipboard.SetDataObject(copyText.ToString());
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return;
+            }
+
+            Clipboard.SetDataObject(stringToCopy);
+        }
+
         #endregion
     }
 }
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