Disable Clipboard Sync across Windows 11/10 devices
Although, you can disable the feature via a toggle in Settings, if you wish to gray out this setting, you will have to use the REGEDIT or GPEDIT methods.By doing so, you can ensure, any other user of the same computer fails to enable this feature and accidentally sync or exchange potentially sensitive data (passwords) with Microsoft’s servers. There are 3 ways via which you can disable or enable Windows 10 Clipboard ‘Sync across devices’ :
1] Turn on or off Clipboard sync via Settings
You will be required to be signed in with Your Microsoft Account. In Windows 10, open Settings > System > Clipboard.
Here you can toggle the switch to enable or disable Clipboard sync. In Windows 11, open Settings > System > Clipboard.
Toggle the switch to On or off against Clipboard history. If you have set it to On and if you are signed into your Microsoft account then you will be able to sync your clipboard across devives.
2] Disable Windows Clipboard ‘Sync across devices’ via the Registry Editor
Press Win+R in combination to bring up the ‘Run’ dialog box. Type ‘regedit’ in the empty field of the box and press ‘Enter’. When the Registry Editor opens, navigate to the following path address –
Here, right-click on the ‘System’ key (folder) in the left pane and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value.
Name the value ‘AllowCrossDeviceClipboard’. Double-click it and set the value to ‘0.’ Close the Registry Editor. There’s no need to restart your computer. If at any point, you feel to re-enable the feature, simply change the assigned value for ‘AllowCrossDeviceClipboard’ to ‘1’ or delete it completely.
2] Disable Windows Clipboard ‘Sync across devices’ via the Group Policy Editor
Press Win+R in combination to bring up the ‘Run’ dialog box. Type ‘gpedit.msc’ in the empty field of the box and press ‘Enter’. Navigate in the following sequence –
Now, switch to the right-pane and under the Setting section, locate the ‘Allow Clipboard Synchronization across Devices’ option. When found, double-click it and configure the ‘Allow Synchronization across Devices’ option to ‘Disabled’. Click the ‘OK’ button to save your changes. That’s it! You have now disabled Clipboard Sync across Windows 11/10 devices completely. Read next: How to Sync Settings across devices in Windows 10.
