You can set Vim to use the clipboard as default register, meaning all yank, delete and paste operations will directly use the clipboard: set clipboard=unname

You can set Vim to use the clipboard as default register, meaning all yank, delete and paste operations will directly use the clipboard: set clipboard=unnamedplus Although of course that won't work if vim runs in ssh. Not sure about tmux, I found it too cumbersome when it comes to scrolling and text selection, so I switched to dvtm some time ago(which has its own issues).