diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/Multiline/RCTUITextView.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/Multiline/RCTUITextView.mm
index d0146ab6e64..eef87f87f63 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/Multiline/RCTUITextView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/Multiline/RCTUITextView.mm
@@ -348,6 +348,15 @@ - (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender
   return [super canPerformAction:action withSender:sender];
 }
 
+// UIKit queries this when the keyboard becomes active, including when the app returns to the
+// foreground. The default implementation calls `canPerformAction:` with `paste:`, which
+// synchronously queries the system pasteboard on the main thread and can hang the app. TextInput
+// only accepts text, so opt out of image paste; text paste is unaffected.
+- (BOOL)supportsImagePaste
+{
+  return NO;
+}
+
 - (void)buildMenuWithBuilder:(id<UIMenuBuilder>)builder
 {
 #if defined(__IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED) && __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 170000 && !TARGET_OS_TV
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/Singleline/RCTUITextField.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/Singleline/RCTUITextField.mm
index f747d08ff51..8f07036e875 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/Singleline/RCTUITextField.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Text/TextInput/Singleline/RCTUITextField.mm
@@ -196,6 +196,15 @@ - (BOOL)canPerformAction:(SEL)action withSender:(id)sender
   return [super canPerformAction:action withSender:sender];
 }
 
+// UIKit queries this when the keyboard becomes active, including when the app returns to the
+// foreground. The default implementation calls `canPerformAction:` with `paste:`, which
+// synchronously queries the system pasteboard on the main thread and can hang the app. TextInput
+// only accepts text, so opt out of image paste; text paste is unaffected.
+- (BOOL)supportsImagePaste
+{
+  return NO;
+}
+
 - (void)buildMenuWithBuilder:(id<UIMenuBuilder>)builder
 {
 #if defined(__IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED) && __IPHONE_OS_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 170000