diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/libraries.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/libraries.cljs
index 23e69b8f5..e43d75b23 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/libraries.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/data/workspace/libraries.cljs
@@ -609,24 +609,27 @@
   (ptk/reify ::detach-selected-components
     ptk/WatchEvent
     (watch [it state _]
-      (let [page-id   (:current-page-id state)
-            objects   (wsh/lookup-page-objects state page-id)
-            file      (wsh/get-local-file state)
-            container (cfh/get-container file :page page-id)
-            libraries (wsh/get-libraries state)
-            selected  (->> state
-                           (wsh/lookup-selected)
-                           (cfh/clean-loops objects))
+      (let [page-id          (:current-page-id state)
+            objects          (wsh/lookup-page-objects state page-id)
+            file             (wsh/get-local-file state)
+            container        (cfh/get-container file :page page-id)
+            libraries        (wsh/get-libraries state)
+            selected         (->> state
+                                  (wsh/lookup-selected)
+                                  (cfh/clean-loops objects))
+            selected-objects (map #(get objects %) selected)
+            can-detach?      (every? #(not (ctn/has-any-copy-parent? objects %)) selected-objects)
+            changes (when can-detach?
+                      (reduce
+                       (fn [changes id]
+                         (dwlh/generate-detach-instance changes libraries container id))
+                       (-> (pcb/empty-changes it)
+                           (pcb/with-container container)
+                           (pcb/with-objects objects))
+                       selected))]
 
-            changes (reduce
-                     (fn [changes id]
-                       (dwlh/generate-detach-instance changes libraries container id))
-                     (-> (pcb/empty-changes it)
-                         (pcb/with-container container)
-                         (pcb/with-objects objects))
-                     selected)]
-
-        (rx/of (dch/commit-changes changes))))))
+        (rx/of (when can-detach?
+                 (dch/commit-changes changes)))))))
 
 (defn nav-to-component-file
   [file-id component]
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/assets/common.cljs b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/assets/common.cljs
index 3ef6fb6ad..f8f7bb6c5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/assets/common.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/main/ui/workspace/sidebar/assets/common.cljs
@@ -355,6 +355,9 @@
                                           (not (ctn/has-any-copy-parent? objects shape))
                                           (cfh/component-touched? objects (:id shape)))))
 
+        can-detach? (and (seq copies)
+                         (every? #(not (ctn/has-any-copy-parent? objects %)) copies))
+
 
         do-detach-component
         #(st/emit! (dwl/detach-components (map :id copies)))
@@ -420,7 +423,7 @@
                       (when (and (not multi) main-instance? local-component? lacks-annotation? components-v2)
                         {:msg "workspace.shape.menu.create-annotation"
                          :action do-create-annotation})
-                      (when (seq copies)
+                      (when can-detach?
                         {:msg (if (> (count copies) 1)
                                 "workspace.shape.menu.detach-instances-in-bulk"
                                 "workspace.shape.menu.detach-instance")