I came across the same issue with a guest distro. I finally solved it by editing the XML File of the "Display Spice" section in the VM settings in virt-manager.
Open the details window of the affected VM in virt-manager. Navigate to the section "Display Spice". Click on the Tab "XML" (XML editing has to be enabled in the virt-manager settings). Display Spice" section can be editted manually. Add "<clipboard copypaste="no"/>" to the XML. It should look like this: <graphics type="spice" autoport="yes"> <listen type="address"/> <clipboard copypaste="no"/> </graphics> Source: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/341881/virt-manager- copy-and-paste-is-possible-to-disable-it -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1872527 Title: Clipboard doesn't work 100% of the time in Ubuntu 20.04 (in KVM guests) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qemu/+bug/1872527/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs