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PasteGuard · Windows clipboard security
Stop secrets before they leak.
PasteGuard is a local-first clipboard protection layer for Windows. It detects potentially sensitive content before paste and helps prevent credentials, tokens, keys and other confidential data from being exposed accidentally.
Local-first by design
No secret leaves your PC.
Detection happens on the device. PasteGuard is designed to add protection at one of the easiest places to make a costly mistake: the clipboard.
Sensitive credential and secret detection
Automatic sanitization before paste
Protection across everyday Windows applications
How it works
Protection that adapts to how you work.
PasteGuard runs quietly in the background and adds a decision point before sensitive clipboard content reaches another application.
Detect
Potentially sensitive values such as passwords, API keys, access tokens, connection strings, cloud credentials and private keys are identified locally.
Protect
Based on your protection mode and trusted-app settings, PasteGuard can warn, sanitize or allow the paste according to your configuration.
Continue working
The protection stays in the background so you can keep using browsers, AI tools, chat, email, terminals and desktop applications as usual.
Editions
Free, Pro, and Organization editions.
Each edition is built on the same local-first foundation. The difference is the level of control, flexibility, and rollout support you need.
FreeIndividual
Essential protection
For individuals who want practical protection against accidental exposure during everyday copy and paste.
Core secret detection
Detect common sensitive values locally on the device.
Detect common sensitive values locally on the device.
Safe paste workflow
Warn or sanitize sensitive clipboard content before it reaches the destination.
Warn or sanitize sensitive clipboard content before it reaches the destination.
Trusted apps
Allow applications you trust to fit naturally into your workflow.
Allow applications you trust to fit naturally into your workflow.
Protection modes
Choose how PasteGuard behaves when sensitive content is detected.
Choose how PasteGuard behaves when sensitive content is detected.
Local activity history
Review protection activity without sending clipboard data to external detection services.
Review protection activity without sending clipboard data to external detection services.
ProProfessional
More control
For developers, engineers, and professionals who need more control over detection and protection behavior.
Everything in Free
Keep the same local-first protection foundation.
Keep the same local-first protection foundation.
Advanced rule control
Use expanded detection and rule configuration for your own workflows.
Use expanded detection and rule configuration for your own workflows.
Custom protection behavior
Fine-tune trusted applications, sanitization, and protection modes.
Fine-tune trusted applications, sanitization, and protection modes.
Workflow customization
Adapt PasteGuard to the tools and environments you use most often.
Adapt PasteGuard to the tools and environments you use most often.
Built for daily professional use
More flexibility without turning clipboard protection into another complex security platform.
More flexibility without turning clipboard protection into another complex security platform.
OrganizationTeams
Consistent protection
For organizations that want a repeatable PasteGuard setup across managed Windows environments.
Everything in Pro
Build on advanced individual controls.
Build on advanced individual controls.
Organization-specific configuration
Define the protection approach that fits company workflows and security expectations.
Define the protection approach that fits company workflows and security expectations.
Repeatable deployment
Designed for consistent setup across multiple Windows devices.
Designed for consistent setup across multiple Windows devices.
Policy-aligned rules
Standardize trusted applications, detection rules, and protection behavior for teams.
Standardize trusted applications, detection rules, and protection behavior for teams.
Deployment and onboarding support
Work with Mind At Work on rollout, configuration, and adoption.
Work with Mind At Work on rollout, configuration, and adoption.
One PasteGuard app. The available capabilities depend on the edition you use.
Download PasteGuard from Microsoft Store
One PasteGuard app. Choose the edition that fits your needs.
Download from Microsoft Store
Use the same Microsoft Store download for PasteGuard. Free, Pro, and Organization differ by the capabilities and licensing available to you.
Edition capabilities can evolve as PasteGuard develops. The Microsoft Store listing is the source of truth for the currently published Windows release. For Pro or Organization requirements, contact Mind At Work before making deployment assumptions.
At a glance
Free for the basics. More control when you need it.
| Capability | Free | Pro | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local secret detection | Included | Included | Included |
| Safe paste / sanitization workflow | Included | Included | Included |
| Trusted application support | Included | Advanced | Policy aligned |
| Protection modes | Included | Advanced | Standardized |
| Custom / expanded rules | — | Included | Included |
| Organization-specific configuration | — | — | Included |
| Managed rollout guidance | — | — | Included |
Privacy
Local-first is the architecture, not the marketing layer.
PasteGuard is designed so clipboard inspection happens on your Windows device. Sensitive clipboard content is not sent to external AI services or cloud-based secret detection systems for analysis.
This keeps the protection close to the place where the risk occurs: between copying sensitive data and pasting it somewhere you did not intend.
Questions
What each edition is for.
Who should use Free?
Free is the starting point for individual users who want local clipboard protection without introducing a complex security workflow.
When does Pro make sense?
Pro is intended for people who rely on sensitive credentials every day and want more control over rules, trusted applications and protection behavior.
What is Organization for?
Organization is intended for teams that need a consistent configuration and a repeatable way to introduce PasteGuard across managed Windows devices.
Does PasteGuard send clipboard content to the cloud?
PasteGuard is built around local-first detection. Clipboard inspection is performed on the device rather than by an external AI or cloud-based secret detection service.
PasteGuard
Copy freely. Paste safely.
Start with the Windows release, or talk to Mind At Work about Pro and Organization requirements.