{"id":15458,"date":"2020-01-03T13:18:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T13:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=15458"},"modified":"2020-01-03T13:20:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T13:20:36","slug":"disable-clipboard-history-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/disable-clipboard-history-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Disable Clipboard History in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a way to turn off the clipboard history feature? Starting with Windows 10 October 2018 Update, the clipboard can save multiple items (text and images) that were copied and sync them across devices. This may inevitably cause your sensitive data appear in the clipboard history. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you 3 easy ways to disable clipboard history in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Disable Clipboard History in Settings App<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-pc-settings-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Open the Settings app<\/a> and click on the <strong>System<\/strong> category. Under the <strong>Clipboard<\/strong> tab, toggle the &#8220;<strong>Clipboard history<\/strong>&#8221; option to Off. This should disable clipboard history immediately.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/clipboard-history.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"467\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/clipboard-history.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/clipboard-history-300x234.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Disable Clipboard History Using Group Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/open-local-group-policy-editor-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Open the Local Group Policy Editor<\/a> and browse to: <code>Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> System -> OS Policies<\/code>. On the right pane, double-click on &#8220;<strong>Allow Clipboard History<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/allow-clipboard-history-gpo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"292\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/allow-clipboard-history-gpo.png 558w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/allow-clipboard-history-gpo-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Set the policy to <strong>Disabled<\/strong>. Click <strong>OK<\/strong> and reboot your computer. This will turn off clipboard history for all users on your system.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/disable-clipboard-history.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"474\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/disable-clipboard-history.png 600w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/disable-clipboard-history-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 3: Disable Clipboard History Using Registry Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-registry-editor-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Open Registry Editor<\/a> and navigate to: <code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Policies\\Microsoft\\Windows\\System<\/code>. Right-click on the right pane and select <strong>New<\/strong> -> <strong>DWORD (32-bit Value)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/new-dword-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"297\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/new-dword-1.png 570w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/new-dword-1-300x156.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Name the newly created DWORD as <strong>AllowClipboardHistory<\/strong>. Give it a value of 0 and reboot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/enable-clipboard-history.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"237\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/enable-clipboard-history.png 570w, https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/enable-clipboard-history-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you try to turn on the clipboard history option in Settings app, you&#8217;ll find it is grayed out. Whenever you need to enable clipboard history, just navigate to the same registry location and delete the <strong>AllowClipboardHistory<\/strong> entry.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a way to turn off the clipboard history feature? Starting with Windows 10 October 2018 Update, the clipboard can save multiple items (text and images) that were copied and sync them across devices. This may inevitably cause your sensitive data appear in the clipboard history. 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