Google pasted from your clipboard

[TheMystic]

If I copy something and then I open Google or other apps that support pasting from clipboard, I get a toast notification like the above.

I don't know where Google or the other apps paste what's on my clipboard.

This started recently.

How to stop this from happening?

 

[blackhawk]

Which phone/OS version?
Turning off Google play Services may stop it.
Any recent updates/upgrades?
Possible malware...

 

[TheMystic]

Which phone/OS version?
Turning off Google play Services may stop it.
Any recent updates/upgrades?
Possible malware...

The mighty Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra .

There is no option to turn OFF Google Play Services (button is greyed out).

Received couple of Google Play System updates yesterday. I'm not 100% sure if this started after that though.

I don't think it is malware. But surely a bug.

I don't want to clear my clipboard history (which is possible using Samsung keyboard). And I don't think doing that will fix the problem either.

 

[blackhawk]

The mighty Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra .

There is no option to turn OFF Google Play Services (button is greyed out).

In Security Administrators disable Find My Device, now the button in active.

Received couple of Google Play System updates yesterday. I'm not 100% sure if this started after that though.

Updates break Samsung's...

I don't think it is malware. But surely a bug.

I don't want to clear my clipboard history (which is possible using Samsung keyboard). And I don't think doing that will fix the problem either.

You mean this?

 

[TheMystic]

In Security Administrators disable Find My Device, now the button in active.

Will it delete the app data for Google Play Services (I don't want to do that)? Please see attachment.

Updates break Samsung's...

Just remembered that this problem was there even before the updates yesterday. I had made a post on this about 10 days back.

You mean this?

Thank you. I forgot about this button completely. I wish there was a way to remove it so I don't click on it accidentally.

 

[blackhawk]

Will it delete the app data for Google Play Services (I don't want to do that)? Please see attachment.

Nope... doesn't harm anything.

Just remembered that this problem was there even before the updates yesterday. I had made a post on this about 10 days back.

The update before that update, etc

Thank you. I forgot about this button completely. I wish there was a way to remove it so I don't click on it accidentally.

You're welcome. It's a security risk to let them pile up. The storage is limited to a finite number of items anyway.

 

[TheMystic]

The update before that update, etc

Forgot the attachment in the previous comment.

Update: Deleted Google Play Services cache and it didn't help.

 

[blackhawk]

Forgot the attachment in the previous comment.

Update: Deleted Google Play Services cache and it didn't help.

Try clearing the system cache.

 

[tworla]

Unfortunately android is so finicky the only options I would recommend is to do a full wipe and see if the issue remains. If it does, it is most likely another stupid android quirk (like notifcations unlocking your phone when the screen lock type is set to "none"), and the only permanent fix is to not use any google/samsung apps, keyboards, etc. because they all stink

 

[TheMystic]

Unfortunately android is so finicky the only options I would recommend is to do a full wipe and see if the issue remains. If it does, it is most likely another stupid android quirk (like notifcations unlocking your phone when the screen lock type is set to "none"), and the only permanent fix is to not use any google/samsung apps, keyboards, etc. because they all stink

At the moment, factory reset is not something I want to do. I hope an update would fix this.

 

[blackhawk]

At the moment, factory reset is not something I want to do. I hope an update would fix this.

If you have done a major firmware upgrade without doing a factory reset... it's time to.
If you used SmartSwitch that may be the problem. Again, factory reset.

Now you know one reason I don't upgrade or update the firmware.

 

[tworla]

At the moment, factory reset is not something I want to do. I hope an update would fix this.

You could do a full Nandroid backup which you can revert in case resetting did not fix the problem. Then troubleshoot by resetting to determine if this issue is an actual bug or not. If it is indeed a bug then good luck and hopefully your backup restores properly so you dont have to redo everything.

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[TheMystic]

You could do a full Nandroid backup which you can revert in case resetting did not fix the problem. Then troubleshoot by resetting to determine if this issue is an actual bug or not. If it is indeed a bug then good luck and hopefully your backup restores properly so you dont have to redo everything.

What Is A Nandroid Backup and How Exactly Does It Work?

You need that backup at the ready.

www.makeuseof.com

My device is fully stock.

 

[TheMystic]

It was only Google app that was doing this. The only other app that was doing it as mentioned in OP was my clipboard app. I have corrected the OP to reflect this fact.

I deleted the app data for Google app. Now I'm not getting the toast notification as before. Hopefully this has fixed the problem.

If I search on the internet, there are articles on this already from earlier, and the only solution so far seems to be to block those specific apps from accessing the clipboard. But that would require ADB, which is far from ideal.


NOTE

By removing this permission from an app, you can no longer use the "paste" feature while inputting text within that app. This shouldn't be a problem for apps like games, but it may cause an inconvenience for other apps.

Users should have the choice under Settings to decide which apps can access clipboard.

Ideally, no app should be allowed access, except for dedicated clipboard apps themselves.

ADB method

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