diff --git a/src/components/CopySelectionHelper.js b/src/components/CopySelectionHelper.js
index 119910bb4c73..d7d5d206d2c1 100644
--- a/src/components/CopySelectionHelper.js
+++ b/src/components/CopySelectionHelper.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import ExpensiMark from 'expensify-common/lib/ExpensiMark';
+import Str from 'expensify-common/lib/str';
 import CONST from '../CONST';
 import KeyboardShortcut from '../libs/KeyboardShortcut';
 import Clipboard from '../libs/Clipboard';
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ class CopySelectionHelper extends React.Component {
             Clipboard.setString(parser.htmlToMarkdown(selection));
             return;
         }
-        Clipboard.setHtml(selection, parser.htmlToText(selection));
+        Clipboard.setHtml(selection, Str.htmlDecode(parser.htmlToText(selection)));
     }
 
     render() {
diff --git a/src/libs/SelectionScraper/index.js b/src/libs/SelectionScraper/index.js
index 317b72741f6f..99405259eaea 100644
--- a/src/libs/SelectionScraper/index.js
+++ b/src/libs/SelectionScraper/index.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ const getCurrentSelection = () => {
     const domRepresentation = parseDocument(getHTMLOfSelection());
     domRepresentation.children = _.map(domRepresentation.children, replaceNodes);
 
-    const newHtml = Str.htmlDecode(render(domRepresentation));
+    const newHtml = render(domRepresentation);
     return newHtml || '';
 };
 
diff --git a/src/pages/home/report/ContextMenu/ContextMenuActions.js b/src/pages/home/report/ContextMenu/ContextMenuActions.js
index 2a6ca59c4fa6..2b7878949ef1 100644
--- a/src/pages/home/report/ContextMenu/ContextMenuActions.js
+++ b/src/pages/home/report/ContextMenu/ContextMenuActions.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import _ from 'underscore';
 import ExpensiMark from 'expensify-common/lib/ExpensiMark';
+import Str from 'expensify-common/lib/str';
 import lodashGet from 'lodash/get';
 import * as Expensicons from '../../../../components/Icon/Expensicons';
 import * as Report from '../../../../libs/actions/Report';
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ export default [
                     if (!Clipboard.canSetHtml()) {
                         Clipboard.setString(parser.htmlToMarkdown(content));
                     } else {
-                        Clipboard.setHtml(content, parser.htmlToText(content));
+                        Clipboard.setHtml(content, Str.htmlDecode(parser.htmlToText(content)));
                     }
                 }
             } else {