TeamViewer Copy and Paste Not Working
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Open a drop-down menu from the “More” icon (three dots). Select “Settings”.
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Hover over the tab panel on the left to expand it. Go to “Remote control”.
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Choose “Session settings”, then “Common settings”.
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“Clipboard synchronization” needs to be enabled.
Working Around TeamViewer Copy-paste Not Working
There are two alternatives to using keyboard synchronization. First off, you can save any text you want to copy into a file, and send it as a file instead. This won’t work if you want to copy and paste often, but as a one-off solution, it might be enough. Follow this link and the article will teach you how to perform a TeamViewer file transfer. Sending the content as a file is a reliable workaround, just make sure you’re not also running into TeamViewer file transfer not working issues, which can stem from the same permission and network restrictions.
There’s also another method – pasting as keystrokes.
During a remote session, if copy-paste TeamViewer not working, open the Actions menu on the menu bar, select “Clipboard”, and then “Paste as keystrokes”. This is a more direct method that doesn’t require clipboard sync to be working. In fact, it’s more secure, since the remote computer won’t have access to anything you may have copied unintentionally, like your own passwords. However, this obviously limits the use of the clipboard to text only.
If paste-as-keystrokes fails, the issue may be a broader input problem. Check our guide on TeamViewer keyboard not working for causes affecting the entire keyboard layer.