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To enable it, open VirtualBox and select the guest machine, then click the settings button or press Ctrl + S on your keyboard. Next, on the General page, select Advanced tab and make sure bidirectional is selected for Shared Clipboard as well as Drag’n’Drop options. That’s it!
How do I enable copy and paste on a virtual machine?
Enabling Copying and Pasting to and from Virtual Machines
- Connect to a virtual machine with a remote console. …
- Select Settings > Input Preferences.
- Select Enable Copy and Paste to and from Virtual Machine.
- Click OK.
How do I enable copy and paste in Linux terminal?
Press Ctrl + C to copy the text. Press Ctrl + Alt + T to open a Terminal window, if one is not already open. Right-click at the prompt and select “Paste” from the popup menu. The text you copied is pasted at the prompt.
