Disable background clipboard data collection ("cbdhsvc") (breaks clipboard history and sync)
- Windows onlyThis script improves your privacy on Windows
- Single actionThis page belongs to a script, containing basic changes to achieve a task.
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System Functionality / Data Loss Risk: Moderate
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This action improves privacy with some impact when you run the recommended script. - Batch (batchfile)These changes use Windows system commands to update your settings.
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Overview
This script disables cbdhsvc
also known as "Clipboard User Service" 1.
This service is responsible for clipboard history and synchronization across devices 1.
Microsoft acknowledges that disabling this service does not adversely affect the system's core functionality 2.
Disabling this service enhances your security by reducing your system's
vulnerability surface. This service has been historically susceptible to vulnerabilities such as Privilege Escalation vulnerability 3.
Turning off cbdhsvc
also helps improve system performance by reducing the number of background processes as cbdhsvc
runs automatically
in the background 1.
Additionally, it enhances privacy by preventing the storage and sharing of clipboard history with Microsoft servers.
Clipboard data often contains sensitive information, including passwords and credit card numbers 4.
Disabling this service will remove the functionalities for clipboard history and synchronization across devices. If you depend on these features, you should weigh the benefits against the loss of these functionalities.
This script is only recommended if you understand its implications.
Some non-critical or features may no longer function correctly after running this script.
This script can be fully reversed to restore changes if something goes wrong.
Sources
- Per-user services - Windows Application Management. Microsoft Learn. learn.microsoft.com. (2024).
Original: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/application-management/per-user-services-in-windows
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20240119153912/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/application-management/per-user-services-in-windows - Guidance on disabling system services on Windows IoT Enterprise. Microsoft Learn. (2023).
Original: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/iot-enterprise/optimize/services
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20230905120815/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/iot-enterprise/optimize/services#per-user-services - CVE-2022-21869 - Security Update Guide - Microsoft - Clipboard User Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. rc.microsoft.com. (2024).
Original: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21869
Archived: https://archive.ph/2024.01.19-154717/https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-21869 - Disable Clipboard History · Issue #247 · undergroundwires/privacy.sexy · GitHub. github.com. (2024).
Original: https://github.com/undergroundwires/privacy.sexy/issues/247
Archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20240119160347/https://github.com/undergroundwires/privacy.sexy/issues/247
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:: Disable per-user "cbdhsvc" service for all users
:: Disable the service `cbdhsvc`
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$serviceQuery = 'cbdhsvc'; $stopWithDependencies= $false; <# -- 1. Skip if service does not exist #>; $service = Get-Service -Name $serviceQuery -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; if(!$service) { Write-Host "^""Service query `"^""$serviceQuery`"^"" did not yield any results, no need to disable it."^""; Exit 0; }; $serviceName = $service.Name; Write-Host "^""Disabling service: `"^""$serviceName`"^""."^""; <# -- 2. Stop if running #>; if ($service.Status -eq [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus]::Running) { Write-Host "^""`"^""$serviceName`"^"" is running, attempting to stop it."^""; try { Write-Host "^""Stopping the service `"^""$serviceName`"^""."^""; $stopParams = @{ Name = $ServiceName; Force = $true; ErrorAction = 'Stop'; }; if (-not $stopWithDependencies) { $stopParams['NoWait'] = $true; }; Stop-Service @stopParams; Write-Host "^""Stopped `"^""$serviceName`"^"" successfully."^""; } catch { if ($_.FullyQualifiedErrorId -eq 'CouldNotStopService,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StopServiceCommand') { Write-Warning "^""The service `"^""$serviceName`"^"" does not accept a stop command and may need to be stopped manually or on reboot."^""; } else { Write-Warning "^""Failed to stop service `"^""$ServiceName`"^"". It will be stopped after reboot. Error: $($_.Exception.Message)"^""; }; }; } else { Write-Host "^""`"^""$serviceName`"^"" is not running, no need to stop."^""; }; <# -- 3. Skip if service info is not found in registry #>; $registryKey = "^""HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\$serviceName"^""; if (-Not (Test-Path $registryKey)) { Write-Host "^""`"^""$registryKey`"^"" is not found in registry, cannot enable it."^""; Exit 0; }; <# -- 4. Skip if already disabled #>; if( $(Get-ItemProperty -Path "^""$registryKey"^"").Start -eq 4) { Write-Host "^""`"^""$serviceName`"^"" is already disabled from start, no further action is needed."^""; Exit 0; }; <# -- 5. Disable service #>; try { Set-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $registryKey -Name "^""Start"^"" -Value 4 -ErrorAction Stop; Write-Host 'Successfully disabled the service. It will not start automatically on next boot.'; } catch { Write-Error "^""Failed to disable the service. Error: $($_.Exception.Message)"^""; Exit 1; }"
:: Disable per-user "cbdhsvc" service for individual user accounts
:: Disable the service `cbdhsvc_*`
PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Command "$serviceQuery = 'cbdhsvc_*'; $stopWithDependencies= $false; <# -- 1. Skip if service does not exist #>; $service = Get-Service -Name $serviceQuery -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; if(!$service) { Write-Host "^""Service query `"^""$serviceQuery`"^"" did not yield any results, no need to disable it."^""; Exit 0; }; $serviceName = $service.Name; Write-Host "^""Disabling service: `"^""$serviceName`"^""."^""; <# -- 2. Stop if running #>; if ($service.Status -eq [System.ServiceProcess.ServiceControllerStatus]::Running) { Write-Host "^""`"^""$serviceName`"^"" is running, attempting to stop it."^""; try { Write-Host "^""Stopping the service `"^""$serviceName`"^""."^""; $stopParams = @{ Name = $ServiceName; Force = $true; ErrorAction = 'Stop'; }; if (-not $stopWithDependencies) { $stopParams['NoWait'] = $true; }; Stop-Service @stopParams; Write-Host "^""Stopped `"^""$serviceName`"^"" successfully."^""; } catch { if ($_.FullyQualifiedErrorId -eq 'CouldNotStopService,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StopServiceCommand') { Write-Warning "^""The service `"^""$serviceName`"^"" does not accept a stop command and may need to be stopped manually or on reboot."^""; } else { Write-Warning "^""Failed to stop service `"^""$ServiceName`"^"". It will be stopped after reboot. Error: $($_.Exception.Message)"^""; }; }; } else { Write-Host "^""`"^""$serviceName`"^"" is not running, no need to stop."^""; }; <# -- 3. Skip if service info is not found in registry #>; $registryKey = "^""HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\$serviceName"^""; if (-Not (Test-Path $registryKey)) { Write-Host "^""`"^""$registryKey`"^"" is not found in registry, cannot enable it."^""; Exit 0; }; <# -- 4. Skip if already disabled #>; if( $(Get-ItemProperty -Path "^""$registryKey"^"").Start -eq 4) { Write-Host "^""`"^""$serviceName`"^"" is already disabled from start, no further action is needed."^""; Exit 0; }; <# -- 5. Disable service #>; try { Set-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $registryKey -Name "^""Start"^"" -Value 4 -ErrorAction Stop; Write-Host 'Successfully disabled the service. It will not start automatically on next boot.'; } catch { Write-Error "^""Failed to disable the service. Error: $($_.Exception.Message)"^""; Exit 1; }"
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