diff --git a/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/dropdowns/preview-mode-dropdown.tsx b/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/dropdowns/preview-mode-dropdown.tsx
index b5334757f1..d20ab1394b 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/dropdowns/preview-mode-dropdown.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/dropdowns/preview-mode-dropdown.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { Dropdown, DropdownButton, DropdownDivider, DropdownItem } from '../base
 interface Props {
   download: (pretty: boolean) => any;
   fullDownload: (pretty: boolean) => any;
+  copyToClipboard: () => any;
   updatePreviewMode: Function;
   previewMode: string;
   showPrettifyOption?: boolean;
@@ -29,6 +30,11 @@ class PreviewModeDropdown extends PureComponent<Props> {
     download(false);
   }
 
+  async _handleCopyRawResponse() {
+    const { copyToClipboard } = this.props;
+    copyToClipboard();
+  }
+
   renderPreviewMode(mode: string) {
     const { previewMode } = this.props;
     return (
@@ -50,6 +56,10 @@ class PreviewModeDropdown extends PureComponent<Props> {
         <DropdownDivider>Preview Mode</DropdownDivider>
         {PREVIEW_MODES.map(this.renderPreviewMode)}
         <DropdownDivider>Actions</DropdownDivider>
+        <DropdownItem onClick={this._handleCopyRawResponse}>
+          <i className="fa fa-copy" />
+          Copy raw response
+        </DropdownItem>
         <DropdownItem onClick={this._handleDownloadNormal}>
           <i className="fa fa-save" />
           Save Raw Response
diff --git a/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/panes/response-pane.tsx b/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/panes/response-pane.tsx
index 77e1ec7de0..77caabd356 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/panes/response-pane.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/panes/response-pane.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { autoBindMethodsForReact } from 'class-autobind-decorator';
 import classnames from 'classnames';
-import { remote } from 'electron';
+import { clipboard, remote } from 'electron';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import { json as jsonPrettify } from 'insomnia-prettify';
 import mime from 'mime-types';
@@ -167,6 +167,17 @@ class ResponsePane extends PureComponent<Props> {
     }
   }
 
+  async _handleCopyResponseToClipboard() {
+    if (!this.props.response) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const bodyBuffer = models.response.getBodyBuffer(this.props.response);
+    if (bodyBuffer) {
+      clipboard.writeText(bodyBuffer.toString('utf8'));
+    }
+  }
+
   _handleTabSelect(index: number, lastIndex: number) {
     if (this._responseViewer != null && index === 0 && index !== lastIndex) {
       // Fix for CodeMirror editor not updating its content.
@@ -257,6 +268,7 @@ class ResponsePane extends PureComponent<Props> {
                 previewMode={previewMode}
                 updatePreviewMode={handleSetPreviewMode}
                 showPrettifyOption={response.contentType.includes('json')}
+                copyToClipboard={this._handleCopyResponseToClipboard}
               />
             </Tab>
             <Tab tabIndex="-1">
diff --git a/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/viewers/response-viewer.tsx b/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/viewers/response-viewer.tsx
index deb859a762..724b9fc73d 100644
--- a/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/viewers/response-viewer.tsx
+++ b/packages/insomnia-app/app/ui/components/viewers/response-viewer.tsx
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ interface State {
   blockingBecauseTooLarge: boolean;
   bodyBuffer: Buffer | null;
   error: string;
+  hugeResponse: boolean;
+  largeResponse: boolean;
 }
 
 @autoBindMethodsForReact(AUTOBIND_CFG)
@@ -57,6 +59,8 @@ class ResponseViewer extends Component<Props, State> {
     blockingBecauseTooLarge: false,
     bodyBuffer: null,
     error: '',
+    hugeResponse: false,
+    largeResponse: false,
   };
 
   refresh() {
@@ -91,13 +95,15 @@ class ResponseViewer extends Component<Props, State> {
   }
 
   _maybeLoadResponseBody(props: Props, forceShow?: boolean) {
-    // Block the response if it's too large
-    const responseIsTooLarge = props.bytes > LARGE_RESPONSE_MB * 1024 * 1024;
+    const { bytes } = props;
+    const largeResponse = bytes > LARGE_RESPONSE_MB * 1024 * 1024;
+    const hugeResponse = bytes > HUGE_RESPONSE_MB * 1024 * 1024;
 
-    if (!forceShow && !alwaysShowLargeResponses && responseIsTooLarge) {
-      this.setState({
-        blockingBecauseTooLarge: true,
-      });
+    this.setState({ largeResponse, hugeResponse });
+
+    // Block the response if it's too large
+    if (!forceShow && !alwaysShowLargeResponses && largeResponse) {
+      this.setState({ blockingBecauseTooLarge: true });
     } else {
       try {
         const bodyBuffer = props.getBody();
@@ -193,13 +199,14 @@ class ResponseViewer extends Component<Props, State> {
 
       this._selectableView?.focus();
 
-      this._selectableView?.selectAll();
+      if (!this.state.largeResponse) {
+        this._selectableView?.selectAll();
+      }
     });
   }
 
   _renderView() {
     const {
-      bytes,
       disableHtmlPreviewJs,
       disablePreviewLinks,
       download,
@@ -227,13 +234,12 @@ class ResponseViewer extends Component<Props, State> {
       );
     }
 
-    const wayTooLarge = bytes > HUGE_RESPONSE_MB * 1024 * 1024;
-    const { blockingBecauseTooLarge } = this.state;
+    const { blockingBecauseTooLarge, hugeResponse } = this.state;
 
     if (blockingBecauseTooLarge) {
       return (
         <div className="response-pane__notify">
-          {wayTooLarge ? (
+          {hugeResponse ? (
             <Fragment>
               <p className="pad faint">Responses over {HUGE_RESPONSE_MB}MB cannot be shown</p>
               <button onClick={download} className="inline-block btn btn--clicky">
@@ -251,7 +257,7 @@ class ResponseViewer extends Component<Props, State> {
                 </button>
                 <button
                   onClick={this._handleDismissBlocker}
-                  disabled={wayTooLarge}
+                  disabled={hugeResponse}
                   className=" inline-block btn btn--clicky margin-xs"
                 >
                   Show Anyway