diff --git a/frontend/src/helpers/parseEnvVar.ts b/frontend/src/helpers/parseEnvVar.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20e09a16f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/helpers/parseEnvVar.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/** Extracts the key and value from a passed in env string based on the provided delimiters. */
+export const getKeyValue = (pastedContent: string, delimiters: string[]) => {
+  let splitIndex = -1
+  let key = ""
+  let value = ""
+
+  for (const delimiter of delimiters) {
+    const idx = pastedContent.indexOf(delimiter)
+
+    if (idx !== -1) {
+      splitIndex = idx
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // if only key is pasted
+  if (splitIndex === -1) {
+    key = pastedContent.trim()
+    return { key, value: "" }
+  }
+
+  key = pastedContent.slice(0, splitIndex).trim()
+  value = pastedContent.slice(splitIndex + 1).trim()
+
+  return { key, value }
+};
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SecretMainPage/components/CreateSecretForm/CreateSecretForm.tsx b/frontend/src/views/SecretMainPage/components/CreateSecretForm/CreateSecretForm.tsx
index d040bb859..17fad2b72 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/SecretMainPage/components/CreateSecretForm/CreateSecretForm.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/views/SecretMainPage/components/CreateSecretForm/CreateSecretForm.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { Button, FormControl, Input, Modal, ModalContent } from "@app/components
 import { InfisicalSecretInput } from "@app/components/v2/InfisicalSecretInput";
 import { useCreateSecretV3 } from "@app/hooks/api";
 import { SecretType } from "@app/hooks/api/types";
+import { getKeyValue } from '@app/helpers/parseEnvVar';
 
 import { PopUpNames, usePopUpAction, usePopUpState } from "../../SecretMainPage.store";
 
@@ -77,16 +78,12 @@ export const CreateSecretForm = ({
 
   const handlePaste = (e: ClipboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
     e.preventDefault();
-    const pastedContent = e.clipboardData.getData('text');
-    const splitIndex = pastedContent.indexOf("=");
+    const delimitters = [":", "="];
+    const pastedContent = e.clipboardData.getData("text");
+    const { key, value } = getKeyValue(pastedContent, delimitters);
 
-    if (splitIndex === -1) return
-
-    const key = pastedContent.slice(0, splitIndex)
-    const value = pastedContent.slice(splitIndex + 1);
-
-    setValue('key', key);
-    setValue('value', value);
+    setValue("key", key);
+    setValue("value", value);
   }
 
   return (
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SecretOverviewPage/components/CreateSecretForm/CreateSecretForm.tsx b/frontend/src/views/SecretOverviewPage/components/CreateSecretForm/CreateSecretForm.tsx
index 8c760bb6a..a38b3db91 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/SecretOverviewPage/components/CreateSecretForm/CreateSecretForm.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/views/SecretOverviewPage/components/CreateSecretForm/CreateSecretForm.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { InfisicalSecretInput } from "@app/components/v2/InfisicalSecretInput";
 import { useWorkspace } from "@app/context";
 import { useCreateFolder, useCreateSecretV3, useUpdateSecretV3 } from "@app/hooks/api";
 import { SecretType,SecretV3RawSanitized } from "@app/hooks/api/types";
+import { getKeyValue } from '@app/helpers/parseEnvVar';
 
 const typeSchema = z
   .object({
@@ -138,16 +139,12 @@ export const CreateSecretForm = ({
 
   const handlePaste = (e: ClipboardEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
     e.preventDefault();
-    const pastedContent = e.clipboardData.getData('text');
-    const splitIndex = pastedContent.indexOf("=");
+    const delimitters = [":", "="];
+    const pastedContent = e.clipboardData.getData("text");
+    const { key, value } = getKeyValue(pastedContent, delimitters);
 
-    if (splitIndex === -1) return
-
-    const key = pastedContent.slice(0, splitIndex)
-    const value = pastedContent.slice(splitIndex + 1);
-
-    setValue('key', key);
-    setValue('value', value);
+    setValue("key", key);
+    setValue("value", value);
   }
 
   return (