---
id: bridge-devices.how-do-i-turn-bridge-off
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/bridge-devices/how-do-i-turn-bridge-off
category: "Bridge & your devices"
subcategory: "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."
tags: ["bridge", "settings", "disable"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/bridge-devices/what-does-pausing-a-bridge-device-do", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/bridge-devices/does-performance-mode-affect-bridge"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# Can I turn Bridge off completely?

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.

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.

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

- [Pause a device](https://storagestudio.us/faq/bridge-devices/what-does-pausing-a-bridge-device-do)
- [The Sharing switch](https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/)