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Asked: 2020-06-01 22:26:08 +0800 CST

Copy and paste not working in ubuntu in VirtualBox 6.1.2

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I have gone to Settings → General → Advanced → Shared clipboard and changed to Bidirectional. Also did the same for Drag'n'Drop and changed it to Bidirectional too.

However I am still unable to copy and paste from my Windows 10 desktop to my VirtualBox 6.1.2 which runs on Ubuntu 20.04.

I basically want to be able to copy and paste from my Windows machine to my virtual Ubuntu machine.

virtualbox 20.04 copy-and-paste

3 Answers

  1. I cannot comment but when I used Windows 8, VM 5 and Ubuntu 18, I also had issues, and had to apply fixes, like:

    sudo apt update
sudo apt install build-essential dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r)
sudo apt install virtualbox-guest-x11
sudo VBoxClient --clipboard

    Have you run these? Now I try with Win 10, VM 6, Ubuntu 20 like you, and nothing helps...

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  2. Best Answer

    OK fixed also for me, but in another way:

    Check for updates didnt show newer, hence I thought its the newest.

    Installed VBox 6.1.8, replaced 6.0.22, clipboard works.

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  3. You could also SSH into your Ubuntu VM and right-click to paste into the console.

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