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Disable three-finger paste in ubuntu 18.04

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I am using Libinput gestures to use multi-finger gestures in my ubuntu system. However, whenever I swipe down with three fingers it does two things; both change workspace and paste whatever is on the clipboard to whatever program the cursor had selected.

I have tried following other threads but none have given me a clear answer on how to remove the paste-functionality from the three finger gesture.

Please provide a simple guide, as I am no ubuntu pro.

Thank you!

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answered 1 Year ago ledeball · Accepted Answer

If you have gnome-tweaks installed (it's a very useful program), you can disable Middle Click Paste in the 'Keyboard & Mouse' tab. I used this to disable it on 19.10, and it should work for you on 18.04.

Gnome Tweaks can be installed from the command line by running apt install gnome-tweaks as root. It might alternatively be installable from the Ubuntu Software program.

According to this github comment, and my own experience, this will not work for Electron apps such as Signal, Discord and Spotify. I don't know whether there is any fully general way to disable it.