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Why does ThunderBird copy deleted email text to the clipboard? Any way to stop it?

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When using ThunderBird to write an email message, if I delete part of the message, ThunderBird automatically places the deleted text in the Windows clipboard. Is there any way to stop this behavior?

When using ThunderBird to write an email message, if I delete part of the message, ThunderBird automatically places the deleted text in the Windows clipboard. Is there any way to stop this behavior?

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I can't reproduce that behaviour. If I delete by selecting text and pressing the Delete key, it doesn't appear in the Windows clipboard (Winkey+V), but it does if I delete with Ctrl+X (Cut), which makes sense.

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I can't reproduce that behaviour. If I delete by selecting text and pressing the Delete key, it doesn't appear in the Windows clipboard (Winkey+V), but it does if I delete with Ctrl+X (Cut), which makes sense.

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Thank you! I've been using Ctrl + X. I'll have to teach myself to use Delete instead. LOL