NSString *copyStringverse = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@",[textview.text]]; UIPasteboard *pb = [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard]; [pb setString:copy
For Swift2.2
UIPasteboard.generalPasteboard().string = tableViewCell.textLabel.text
By using this you can directly set the value to UIPasteboard.
UIPasteboard