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How to disable mouse middle button click paste (AKA PRIMARY selection buffer), but keep that button working?

My system: Ubuntu 16.04 with KDE v5.8.5.

Pablo Bianchi
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  • see [Disabling middle mouse button](https://askubuntu.com/a/597071/723193). Your question currently looks to be a duplicate of this question. If there is a significant difference please clarify your question. – J. Starnes Sep 21 '17 at 04:23
  • Related posts: [How do I disable middle mouse button click paste?](https://askubuntu.com/q/4507/37165), [Any updates on disabling middle-click paste?](https://askubuntu.com/q/349503/37165) have answers covering different solutions. –  Nov 17 '17 at 10:26
  • Please post an update and whether you were able to solve this. If applicable, post an answer and accept it. – simlev Nov 16 '18 at 10:33
  • Did you tried [this](https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=142391)? More info [here](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Clipboard#Selections). If this question doesn't ask specifically for KDE seems a duplicate of [this one](https://askubuntu.com/q/4507/349837) mentioned by @clearkimura. – Pablo Bianchi Mar 08 '19 at 05:42
  • There is are answers for the same question here : https://askubuntu.com/questions/4507/how-do-i-disable-middle-mouse-button-click-paste – FineCoder2120 Oct 07 '21 at 07:21

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You can install Klipper and turn on settings "ignore mouse selection".

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