How to Stop Screenshots from Being Saved to Clipboard on Samsung Galaxy

Do you want to prevent screenshots from being saved to the clipboard on Samsung Galaxy phones? In this post, you’ll learn how to stop screenshots from being saved to the clipboard on Samsung devices.

Normally, when we copy a text or an image, it will automatically get saved to the clipboard. Meanwhile, as some of you might don’t know that the screenshots also will be saved. There are some who might like this, but some don’t.

On the other hand, one of the top virtual keyboards for Galaxy devices is Samsung Keyboard. It offers a wide range of customization and accessibility choices, but today we’ll focus just on one function, namely Clipboard.

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You may see recently copied objects and screenshots from your Galaxy smartphone using the Clipboard function built into Samsung Keyboard. These objects are simple to paste into text fields from the Clipboard screen, and you can even pin them there for easy access.

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How to Stop Screenshots From Being Saved to the Clipboard on Samsung One UI 6.0 (Android 14)

Samsung released the stable version of One UI 5.0 based on Android 13 for their flagship devices like Samsung Galaxy S22 or S21. Meanwhile, there are several new features like an improved color palette, set call background for a specific contact, maintenance mode, and many more. In the meantime, there’s a hidden feature or option on One UI 5.0 called “Save screenshot to clipboard.”

Note: You can also follow the same steps on Samsung Android 14.

1. Go to the Settings app on your Galaxy phone.

2. On the Settings page, tap General management.

General management

3. Select Samsung keyboard settings.

Samsung keyboard settings

4. Here, turn off Save screenshots to clipboard.

turn off Save screenshots to clipboard.

From here on, the taken screenshots won’t appear on the Samsung clipboard.

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That’s all. This is how you can stop screenshots from being saved to the clipboard on Samsung Galaxy devices running One UI 6.0 based on Android 135 Unfortunately, this feature is only available for Android 13 and Android 14 Galaxy devices.

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