diff --git a/desktop/generated/menu.json b/desktop/generated/menu.json
index be8997f54..f99933a0f 100644
--- a/desktop/generated/menu.json
+++ b/desktop/generated/menu.json
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@
         "label": "Paste",
         "accelerator": "CmdOrCtrl+V"
       },
+      {
+        "id": "paste-to-replace",
+        "label": "Paste to Replace"
+      },
       {
         "id": "selection.duplicate",
         "label": "Duplicate"
diff --git a/packages/core/src/editor/clipboard.ts b/packages/core/src/editor/clipboard.ts
index ed406a242..84b18ef4b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/editor/clipboard.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/editor/clipboard.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import {
   parseFigmaClipboard,
   parseOpenPencilClipboard
 } from '#core/clipboard'
+import { computeAbsoluteBounds } from '#core/geometry'
 import { computeAllLayouts } from '#core/layout'
 import type { SceneNode } from '#core/scene-graph'
 import type { Vector } from '#core/types'
@@ -16,6 +17,17 @@ import { createClipboardPlacementActions } from './clipboard/placement'
 import { collectSubtrees, restoreSubtree, snapshotSubtree } from './clipboard/subtree-history'
 import type { EditorContext } from './types'
 
+type PasteOptions = {
+  replaceSelection?: boolean
+}
+
+type DeletedEntry = {
+  id: string
+  parentId: string
+  index: number
+  subtree: Map<string, SceneNode>
+}
+
 export function createClipboardActions(ctx: EditorContext) {
   function duplicateSelected(selectedNodes: SceneNode[]) {
     const prevSelection = new Set(ctx.state.selectedIds)
@@ -59,42 +71,131 @@ export function createClipboardActions(ctx: EditorContext) {
     }
   }
 
+  function recreateSnapshots(snapshots: SceneNode[], pageId: string) {
+    for (const snapshot of snapshots) {
+      ctx.graph.createNode(snapshot.type, snapshot.parentId ?? pageId, {
+        ...snapshot,
+        childIds: []
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
+  function deleteIds(ids: string[]) {
+    for (const id of [...ids].reverse()) ctx.graph.deleteNode(id)
+  }
+
+  function restoreDeletedEntries(entries: DeletedEntry[]) {
+    for (const { id, parentId, index, subtree } of [...entries].reverse()) {
+      const rootSnap = subtree.get(id)
+      if (rootSnap) restoreSubtree(ctx.graph, rootSnap, parentId, subtree)
+      if (index >= 0) ctx.graph.reorderChild(id, parentId, index)
+    }
+  }
+
   function pushPasteUndo(created: string[], prevSelection: Set<string>) {
     const allNodes = collectSubtrees(ctx.graph, created)
     const pageId = ctx.state.currentPageId
     ctx.undo.push({
       label: 'Paste',
       forward: () => {
-        for (const snapshot of allNodes) {
-          ctx.graph.createNode(snapshot.type, snapshot.parentId ?? pageId, {
-            ...snapshot,
-            childIds: []
-          })
-        }
+        recreateSnapshots(allNodes, pageId)
         computeAllLayouts(ctx.graph, pageId)
         ctx.setSelectedIds(new Set(created))
       },
       inverse: () => {
-        for (const id of [...created].reverse()) ctx.graph.deleteNode(id)
+        deleteIds(created)
         computeAllLayouts(ctx.graph, pageId)
         ctx.setSelectedIds(prevSelection)
       }
     })
   }
 
-  async function pasteFromHTML(html: string, cursorPos?: Vector) {
+  function selectedReplacementTargets() {
+    const selected = [...ctx.state.selectedIds]
+      .map((id) => ctx.graph.getNode(id))
+      .filter((node): node is SceneNode => node != null && !node.locked)
+    const selectedSet = new Set(selected.map((node) => node.id))
+    return selected.filter((node) => !node.parentId || !selectedSet.has(node.parentId))
+  }
+
+  function pushPasteReplaceUndo(
+    created: string[],
+    deleted: DeletedEntry[],
+    prevSelection: Set<string>
+  ) {
+    const createdSnapshots = collectSubtrees(ctx.graph, created)
+    const pageId = ctx.state.currentPageId
+    ctx.undo.push({
+      label: 'Paste to replace',
+      forward: () => {
+        for (const { id } of deleted) ctx.graph.deleteNode(id)
+        recreateSnapshots(createdSnapshots, pageId)
+        computeAllLayouts(ctx.graph, pageId)
+        ctx.setSelectedIds(new Set(created))
+      },
+      inverse: () => {
+        deleteIds(created)
+        restoreDeletedEntries(deleted)
+        computeAllLayouts(ctx.graph, pageId)
+        ctx.setSelectedIds(prevSelection)
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  function replaceTargetsWithCreated(
+    created: string[],
+    targets: SceneNode[],
+    prevSelection: Set<string>
+  ) {
+    if (created.length === 0 || targets.length === 0) return false
+    const deleted = targets.map((node) => {
+      const parentId = node.parentId ?? ctx.state.currentPageId
+      const parent = ctx.graph.getNode(parentId)
+      return {
+        id: node.id,
+        parentId,
+        index: parent?.childIds.indexOf(node.id) ?? -1,
+        subtree: snapshotSubtree(ctx.graph, node.id)
+      }
+    })
+
+    const targetBounds = computeAbsoluteBounds(targets, (id) => ctx.graph.getAbsolutePosition(id))
+    placementActions.centerNodesAt(
+      created,
+      targetBounds.x + targetBounds.width / 2,
+      targetBounds.y + targetBounds.height / 2
+    )
+    const insertParentId = deleted[0]?.parentId ?? ctx.state.currentPageId
+    const insertIndex = deleted[0]?.index ?? 0
+    for (let i = 0; i < created.length; i++) ctx.graph.reorderChild(created[i], insertParentId, insertIndex + i)
+    for (const { id } of deleted) ctx.graph.deleteNode(id)
+    computeAllLayouts(ctx.graph, ctx.state.currentPageId)
+    ctx.setSelectedIds(new Set(created))
+    pushPasteReplaceUndo(created, deleted, prevSelection)
+    return true
+  }
+
+  async function pasteFromHTML(html: string, cursorPos?: Vector, options: PasteOptions = {}) {
     const openPencil = parseOpenPencilClipboard(html)
     if (openPencil) {
-      pasteOpenPencilNodes(openPencil.nodes, openPencil.images, cursorPos)
+      pasteOpenPencilNodes(openPencil.nodes, openPencil.images, cursorPos, options)
       return
     }
 
     const figma = await parseFigmaClipboard(html)
     if (figma) {
       const prevSelection = new Set(ctx.state.selectedIds)
-      const pasteTarget = resolvePasteTarget(ctx)
+      const replacementTargets = options.replaceSelection ? selectedReplacementTargets() : []
+      const pasteTarget = replacementTargets[0]?.parentId ?? resolvePasteTarget(ctx)
       const created = importClipboardNodes(figma.nodes, ctx.graph, pasteTarget, 0, 0, figma.blobs)
       if (created.length > 0) {
+        if (replacementTargets.length > 0) {
+          replaceTargetsWithCreated(created, replacementTargets, prevSelection)
+          void fontActions.loadFontsForNodes(created)
+          warnMissingImages(created)
+          ctx.requestRender()
+          return
+        }
         const { width: viewW, height: viewH } = ctx.getViewportSize()
         const cx = cursorPos?.x ?? (-ctx.state.panX + viewW / 2) / ctx.state.zoom
         const cy = cursorPos?.y ?? (-ctx.state.panY + viewH / 2) / ctx.state.zoom
@@ -113,9 +214,11 @@ export function createClipboardActions(ctx: EditorContext) {
   function pasteOpenPencilNodes(
     nodes: Array<SceneNode & { children?: SceneNode[] }>,
     images: Map<string, Uint8Array>,
-    cursorPos?: Vector
+    cursorPos?: Vector,
+    options: PasteOptions = {}
   ) {
     const prevSelection = new Set(ctx.state.selectedIds)
+    const replacementTargets = options.replaceSelection ? selectedReplacementTargets() : []
     for (const [hash, bytes] of images) ctx.graph.images.set(hash, bytes)
 
     const created: string[] = []
@@ -131,10 +234,15 @@ export function createClipboardActions(ctx: EditorContext) {
       return node.id
     }
 
-    const pasteTarget = resolvePasteTarget(ctx)
+    const pasteTarget = replacementTargets[0]?.parentId ?? resolvePasteTarget(ctx)
     for (const node of nodes) created.push(createNodeTree(node, pasteTarget))
     if (created.length === 0) return
 
+    if (replacementTargets.length > 0) {
+      replaceTargetsWithCreated(created, replacementTargets, prevSelection)
+      return
+    }
+
     if (cursorPos) placementActions.centerNodesAt(created, cursorPos.x, cursorPos.y)
     computeAllLayouts(ctx.graph, ctx.state.currentPageId)
     ctx.setSelectedIds(new Set(created))
@@ -176,11 +284,7 @@ export function createClipboardActions(ctx: EditorContext) {
         ctx.setSelectedIds(new Set())
       },
       inverse: () => {
-        for (const { id, parentId, index, subtree } of [...entries].reverse()) {
-          const rootSnap = subtree.get(id)
-          if (rootSnap) restoreSubtree(ctx.graph, rootSnap, parentId, subtree)
-          if (index >= 0) ctx.graph.reorderChild(id, parentId, index)
-        }
+        restoreDeletedEntries(entries)
         ctx.setSelectedIds(prevSelection)
       }
     })
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/i18n/messages.ts b/packages/vue/src/i18n/messages.ts
index 952812433..6cf1b2afe 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/i18n/messages.ts
+++ b/packages/vue/src/i18n/messages.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export const menuMessages = i18n('menu', {
   underline: 'Underline',
 
   pasteHere: 'Paste here',
+  pasteToReplace: 'Paste to replace',
   copyPasteAs: 'Copy/Paste as',
   copyAsText: 'Copy as text',
   copyAsSVG: 'Copy as SVG',
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/locales/de.json b/packages/vue/src/locales/de.json
index b87dbf236..f736eb18c 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/locales/de.json
+++ b/packages/vue/src/locales/de.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "italic": "Kursiv",
     "underline": "Unterstrichen",
     "pasteHere": "Hier einfügen",
+    "pasteToReplace": "Paste to replace",
     "copyPasteAs": "Kopieren/Einfügen als",
     "copyAsText": "Als Text kopieren",
     "copyAsSVG": "Als SVG kopieren",
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/locales/es.json b/packages/vue/src/locales/es.json
index b71f5adce..8c7668bbf 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/locales/es.json
+++ b/packages/vue/src/locales/es.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "italic": "Cursiva",
     "underline": "Subrayado",
     "pasteHere": "Pegar aquí",
+    "pasteToReplace": "Paste to replace",
     "copyPasteAs": "Copiar/Pegar como",
     "copyAsText": "Copiar como texto",
     "copyAsSVG": "Copiar como SVG",
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/locales/fr.json b/packages/vue/src/locales/fr.json
index 500d49f4f..2e7a0cc1f 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/locales/fr.json
+++ b/packages/vue/src/locales/fr.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "italic": "Italique",
     "underline": "Souligné",
     "pasteHere": "Coller ici",
+    "pasteToReplace": "Paste to replace",
     "copyPasteAs": "Copier/Coller en tant que",
     "copyAsText": "Copier en texte",
     "copyAsSVG": "Copier en SVG",
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/locales/it.json b/packages/vue/src/locales/it.json
index f9c88b208..eb6e6db34 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/locales/it.json
+++ b/packages/vue/src/locales/it.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "italic": "Corsivo",
     "underline": "Sottolineato",
     "pasteHere": "Incolla qui",
+    "pasteToReplace": "Paste to replace",
     "copyPasteAs": "Copia/Incolla come",
     "copyAsText": "Copia come testo",
     "copyAsSVG": "Copia come SVG",
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/locales/pl.json b/packages/vue/src/locales/pl.json
index d1a2910d5..e9b8c7016 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/locales/pl.json
+++ b/packages/vue/src/locales/pl.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "italic": "Kursywa",
     "underline": "Podkreślenie",
     "pasteHere": "Wklej tutaj",
+    "pasteToReplace": "Paste to replace",
     "copyPasteAs": "Kopiuj/Wklej jako",
     "copyAsText": "Kopiuj jako tekst",
     "copyAsSVG": "Kopiuj jako SVG",
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/locales/ru.json b/packages/vue/src/locales/ru.json
index bc79b80aa..c3a9a9db2 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/locales/ru.json
+++ b/packages/vue/src/locales/ru.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "italic": "Курсив",
     "underline": "Подчёркнутый",
     "pasteHere": "Вставить сюда",
+    "pasteToReplace": "Paste to replace",
     "copyPasteAs": "Копировать/Вставить как",
     "copyAsText": "Копировать как текст",
     "copyAsSVG": "Копировать как SVG",
diff --git a/packages/vue/src/locales/zh-CN.json b/packages/vue/src/locales/zh-CN.json
index 0fd12c70a..99a84e66a 100644
--- a/packages/vue/src/locales/zh-CN.json
+++ b/packages/vue/src/locales/zh-CN.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     "italic": "斜体",
     "underline": "下划线",
     "pasteHere": "粘贴到此处",
+    "pasteToReplace": "Paste to replace",
     "copyPasteAs": "复制/粘贴为",
     "copyAsText": "复制为文本",
     "copyAsSVG": "复制为 SVG",
diff --git a/src/app/editor/canvas/menu/actions.ts b/src/app/editor/canvas/menu/actions.ts
index e65789801..b8ceb0b44 100644
--- a/src/app/editor/canvas/menu/actions.ts
+++ b/src/app/editor/canvas/menu/actions.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import type { Ref } from 'vue'
 import { nodeToXPath } from '@open-pencil/core/xpath'
 
 import type { EditorStore } from '@/app/editor/active-store'
+import { pasteClipboardToReplace } from '@/app/editor/clipboard/paste-to-replace'
 import { toast } from '@/app/shell/ui'
 
 function toArrayBuffer(data: Uint8Array): ArrayBuffer {
@@ -65,5 +66,13 @@ export function createCanvasMenuActions(store: EditorStore, selectedIds: Ref<Set
     toast.info('Copied as PNG')
   }
 
-  return { ids, execCommand, clipboardWrite, copyNodeId, copyXPath, copyAsPNG }
+  return {
+    ids,
+    execCommand,
+    pasteToReplace: () => pasteClipboardToReplace(store),
+    clipboardWrite,
+    copyNodeId,
+    copyXPath,
+    copyAsPNG
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/app/editor/clipboard/paste-to-replace.ts b/src/app/editor/clipboard/paste-to-replace.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d21113578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/editor/clipboard/paste-to-replace.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import type { EditorStore } from '@/app/editor/active-store'
+import { toast } from '@/app/shell/ui'
+
+async function readClipboardHtml() {
+  if (typeof navigator.clipboard.read !== 'function') return null
+  const items = await navigator.clipboard.read()
+  for (const item of items) {
+    if (!item.types.includes('text/html')) continue
+    return await (await item.getType('text/html')).text()
+  }
+  return null
+}
+
+export async function pasteClipboardToReplace(store: EditorStore) {
+  try {
+    const html = await readClipboardHtml()
+    if (!html) {
+      toast.error('Clipboard does not contain design data')
+      return
+    }
+    await store.pasteFromHTML(html, undefined, { replaceSelection: true })
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.warn('Paste to replace failed', error)
+    toast.error('Clipboard access is blocked in this browser context')
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/shell/menu/schema.ts b/src/app/shell/menu/schema.ts
index babb9a9c1..c5afedfb6 100644
--- a/src/app/shell/menu/schema.ts
+++ b/src/app/shell/menu/schema.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export const APP_MENU_SCHEMA = [
       { id: 'copy', label: 'Copy', shortcut: 'MOD+C' },
       { id: 'cut', label: 'Cut', shortcut: 'MOD+X' },
       { id: 'paste', label: 'Paste', shortcut: 'MOD+V' },
+      { id: 'paste-to-replace', label: 'Paste to Replace' },
       {
         id: 'selection.duplicate',
         label: 'Duplicate',
diff --git a/src/app/shell/menu/use.ts b/src/app/shell/menu/use.ts
index e94f31188..08fcb54f2 100644
--- a/src/app/shell/menu/use.ts
+++ b/src/app/shell/menu/use.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { useEditorCommands, useI18n } from '@open-pencil/vue'
 import type { EditorCommandId } from '@open-pencil/vue'
 
 import { useEditorStore } from '@/app/editor/active-store'
+import { pasteClipboardToReplace } from '@/app/editor/clipboard/paste-to-replace'
 import { createSharedEditorMenuActions } from '@/app/shell/menu/editor-actions'
 import { importFileDialog, openFileDialog } from '@/app/shell/menu/files'
 import { useAppTheme } from '@/app/shell/theme'
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ export function useMenu() {
     copy: () => execBrowserCommand('copy'),
     cut: () => execBrowserCommand('cut'),
     paste: () => execBrowserCommand('paste'),
+    'paste-to-replace': () => void pasteClipboardToReplace(store),
     'check-updates': () => void checkForAppUpdate({ messages: dialogs }),
     ...createSharedEditorMenuActions(setTheme)
   }
diff --git a/src/components/CanvasMenu.vue b/src/components/CanvasMenu.vue
index 14aaefaa0..558c81f3c 100644
--- a/src/components/CanvasMenu.vue
+++ b/src/components/CanvasMenu.vue
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ function contextCommandTestId(id: EditorCommandId | undefined): string | undefin
       <span>{{ t.pasteHere }}</span
       ><span class="text-[11px] text-muted">{{ appMenuShortcutLabel('paste') }}</span>
     </ContextMenuItem>
+    <ContextMenuItem
+      data-test-id="context-paste-to-replace"
+      :class="cls.item"
+      :disabled="!hasSelection"
+      @select="canvasMenuActions.pasteToReplace"
+    >
+      <span>{{ t.pasteToReplace }}</span>
+    </ContextMenuItem>
     <ContextMenuItem
       data-test-id="context-duplicate"
       :class="cls.item"
diff --git a/tests/engine/editor/clipboard/paste-to-replace.test.ts b/tests/engine/editor/clipboard/paste-to-replace.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d485ad17c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/engine/editor/clipboard/paste-to-replace.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from 'bun:test'
+
+import { buildOpenPencilClipboardHTML } from '@open-pencil/core/clipboard'
+import { createEditor } from '@open-pencil/core/editor'
+
+describe('paste to replace', () => {
+  test('replaces selected nodes with pasted OpenPencil nodes', async () => {
+    const source = createEditor()
+    const sourcePageId = source.state.currentPageId
+    const pasted = source.graph.createNode('RECTANGLE', sourcePageId, {
+      name: 'Pasted',
+      x: 0,
+      y: 0,
+      width: 20,
+      height: 20
+    })
+    const html = buildOpenPencilClipboardHTML([pasted], source.graph)
+
+    const editor = createEditor()
+    const pageId = editor.state.currentPageId
+    const target = editor.graph.createNode('ELLIPSE', pageId, {
+      name: 'Target',
+      x: 100,
+      y: 100,
+      width: 40,
+      height: 40
+    })
+
+    editor.select([target.id])
+    await editor.pasteFromHTML(html, undefined, { replaceSelection: true })
+
+    expect(editor.graph.getNode(target.id)).toBeUndefined()
+    const [createdId] = [...editor.state.selectedIds]
+    const created = editor.graph.getNode(createdId)
+    expect(created?.name).toBe('Pasted')
+    expect(created?.parentId).toBe(pageId)
+    expect(created?.x).toBe(110)
+    expect(created?.y).toBe(110)
+  })
+
+  test('undo and redo preserve replaced and pasted subtrees', async () => {
+    const source = createEditor()
+    const sourcePageId = source.state.currentPageId
+    const pasted = source.graph.createNode('RECTANGLE', sourcePageId, {
+      name: 'Pasted',
+      x: 0,
+      y: 0,
+      width: 20,
+      height: 20
+    })
+    const html = buildOpenPencilClipboardHTML([pasted], source.graph)
+
+    const editor = createEditor()
+    const pageId = editor.state.currentPageId
+    const target = editor.graph.createNode('ELLIPSE', pageId, {
+      name: 'Target',
+      x: 100,
+      y: 100,
+      width: 40,
+      height: 40
+    })
+
+    editor.select([target.id])
+    await editor.pasteFromHTML(html, undefined, { replaceSelection: true })
+    const [createdId] = [...editor.state.selectedIds]
+
+    editor.undo.undo()
+
+    expect(editor.graph.getNode(createdId)).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(editor.graph.getNode(target.id)?.parentId).toBe(pageId)
+    expect(editor.state.selectedIds).toEqual(new Set([target.id]))
+
+    editor.undo.redo()
+
+    expect(editor.graph.getNode(target.id)).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(editor.graph.getNode(createdId)?.parentId).toBe(pageId)
+    expect(editor.state.selectedIds).toEqual(new Set([createdId]))
+  })
+})