diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs
index e06e671de1..d78f6d6a32 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/chat_composer.rs
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ impl ChatComposer {
             let placeholder = format!("[Pasted Content {char_count} chars]");
             self.textarea.insert_element(&placeholder);
             self.pending_pastes.push((placeholder, pasted));
-        } else if self.handle_paste_image_paths(pasted.clone()) {
+        } else if self.handle_paste_image_path(pasted.clone()) {
             self.textarea.insert_str(" ");
         } else {
             self.textarea.insert_str(&pasted);
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ impl ChatComposer {
         true
     }
 
-    pub fn handle_paste_image_paths(&mut self, pasted: String) -> bool {
+    pub fn handle_paste_image_path(&mut self, pasted: String) -> bool {
         let Some(path_buf) = normalize_pasted_path(&pasted) else {
             return false;
         };
diff --git a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/string_utils.rs b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/string_utils.rs
index 86b56c2d78..63fb1541a4 100644
--- a/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/string_utils.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/string_utils.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ pub fn normalize_pasted_path(pasted: &str) -> Option<PathBuf> {
         return parts.into_iter().next().map(PathBuf::from);
     }
 
-    // simple quoted path fallback
-    Some(PathBuf::from(pasted.trim_matches('"')))
+    None
 }
 
 pub fn get_img_format_label(path: PathBuf) -> String {
@@ -71,6 +70,14 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(result, PathBuf::from(r"C:\Users\Alice\My File.jpeg"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn normalize_multiple_tokens_returns_none() {
+        // Two tokens after shell splitting → not a single path
+        let input = "/home/user/a\\ b.png /home/user/c.png";
+        let result = normalize_pasted_path(input);
+        assert!(result.is_none());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn img_format_label_png_jpeg_unknown() {
         assert_eq!(get_img_format_label(PathBuf::from("/a/b/c.PNG")), "PNG");