diff --git a/docs/useCopyToClipboard.md b/docs/useCopyToClipboard.md
index 79b83f7b4a..cc56dae1eb 100644
--- a/docs/useCopyToClipboard.md
+++ b/docs/useCopyToClipboard.md
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ const Demo = () => {
 
 ```js
 const [copied, copyToClipboard] = useCopyToClipboard(text);
-const [copied, copyToClipboard] = useCopyToClipboard(text, copyFunction);
+const [copied, copyToClipboard] = useCopyToClipboard(text, writeText);
 ```
 
 , where
 
-- `copyFunction` — function that receives a single string argument, which
+- `writeText` — function that receives a single string argument, which
   it copies to user's clipboard.
diff --git a/src/useCopyToClipboard.ts b/src/useCopyToClipboard.ts
index 0515f9270f..62024190c6 100644
--- a/src/useCopyToClipboard.ts
+++ b/src/useCopyToClipboard.ts
@@ -1,24 +1,54 @@
 import useUpdateEffect from './useUpdateEffect';
-import {useState, useCallback} from 'react';
+import useRefMounted from './useRefMounted';
+import {useState, useCallback, useRef} from 'react';
 
-const copyDefault = (text) => {
+export type WriteText = (text: string) => Promise<void>; // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Clipboard/writeText
+export type UseCopyToClipboard = (text?: string, writeText?: WriteText) => [boolean, () => void];
+
+const writeTextDefault = async (text) => {
   const element = document.createElement('textarea');
   element.value = text;
   document.body.appendChild(element);
-  element.select();
-  document.execCommand('copy');
-  document.body.removeChild(element);
+  try {
+    element.select();
+    document.execCommand('copy');
+  } finally {
+    document.body.removeChild(element);
+  }
 };
 
-const useCopyToClipboard = (text: string = '', copy = copyDefault): [boolean, () => void] => {
+const useCopyToClipboard: UseCopyToClipboard = (text = '', writeText = writeTextDefault) => {
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+    if (typeof text !== 'string') {
+      console.warn('useCopyToClipboard hook expects first argument to be string.');
+    }
+  }
+
+  const mounted = useRefMounted();
+  const latestText = useRef(text);
   const [copied, setCopied] = useState(false);
-  const copyToClipboard = useCallback(() => {
-    copy(text);
-    setCopied(true);
+  const copyToClipboard = useCallback(async () => {
+    if (latestText.current !== text) {
+      if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
+        console.warn('Trying to copy stale text.');
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      await writeText(text);
+      if (!mounted.current) return;
+      setCopied(true);
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (!mounted.current) return;
+      console.error(error);
+      setCopied(false);
+    }
   }, [text]);
 
   useUpdateEffect(() => {
     setCopied(false);
+    latestText.current = text;
   }, [text]);
 
   return [copied, copyToClipboard];