How to paste text from Windows clipboard to PuTTY terminal
Sun May 3 6:47 pm EDT 2026
Key points
Method 1Right-click your mouse anywhere inside the PuTTY terminal.Method 2Use the keyboard shortcutAlt + Shift + Insert.
How to do it
Move your cursor to a position which you want to paste the text into. Right-clicking your mouse there should paste it after the cursor.
Alternatively, use the keyboard shortcut Alt + Shift + Insert rather than clicking the mouse. Sometimes, Shift + Insert will do the same job instead.
In the case of copying text to the clipboard rather than pasting from it, do the following. First, highlight the text you want to copy with your mouse, then, left-click the mouse.