{"id":"bridge-devices.how-do-i-turn-bridge-off","url":"/faq/bridge-devices/how-do-i-turn-bridge-off","category":{"id":"bridge-devices","title":"Bridge & your devices"},"subcategory":{"id":"managing-devices","title":"Managing paired devices"},"question":"Can I turn Bridge off completely?","alt_questions":["Disable Bridge in Storage Studio","I don't use Bridge — can I switch it off?","Turn off device sharing","Stop all Bridge sharing at once","Hide the Devices feature"],"short_answer":"Yes. Pause, Disconnect or Forget devices in the Devices tab, and turn off the Sharing switch in the Junk Yard header to stop all clipboard sharing. Storage Studio's core-only performance mode also stops Bridge.","answer_markdown":"Yes. Bridge is on by default, but you can stop it whenever you like. To stop everything going out at once, pause sharing for all devices; to drop links, **Disconnect** each device; and to remove them for good, **Forget** them.\n\nIf you'd simply rather nothing ever leaves this Mac through your clipboard, turn off the **Sharing** switch in the Junk Yard header — that stops clipboard sharing to every device regardless of their own switches.\n\nSwitching Storage Studio to its lightest, core-only performance mode also stops Bridge until you leave that mode.\n\n- [Pause a device](/faq/bridge-devices/what-does-pausing-a-bridge-device-do)\n- [The Sharing switch](/faq/junk-yard/)","answer_html":"

Yes. Bridge is on by default, but you can stop it whenever you like. To stop everything going out at once, pause sharing for all devices; to drop links, Disconnect each device; and to remove them for good, Forget them.

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If you'd simply rather nothing ever leaves this Mac through your clipboard, turn off the Sharing switch in the Junk Yard header — that stops clipboard sharing to every device regardless of their own switches.

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Switching Storage Studio to its lightest, core-only performance mode also stops Bridge until you leave that mode.

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Bridge & your devices · Managing paired devices

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Can I turn Bridge off completely?

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Short answer: Yes. Pause, Disconnect or Forget devices in the Devices tab, and turn off the Sharing switch in the Junk Yard header to stop all clipboard sharing. Storage Studio's core-only performance mode also stops Bridge.

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Yes. Bridge is on by default, but you can stop it whenever you like. To stop everything going out at once, pause sharing for all devices; to drop links, Disconnect each device; and to remove them for good, Forget them.

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If you'd simply rather nothing ever leaves this Mac through your clipboard, turn off the Sharing switch in the Junk Yard header — that stops clipboard sharing to every device regardless of their own switches.

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Switching Storage Studio to its lightest, core-only performance mode also stops Bridge until you leave that mode.

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