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On Windows 10, you've been able to copy and paste text and images for a long time, but it's been an experience somewhat limited that only supported copying one piece of content at a time and no interface to view the things you copied.

Oct 04, 2018  In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to set up and use the new cloud-powered clipboard experience included with the October 2018 Update. Sep 10, 2012  Download this app from Microsoft Store for Windows 10, Windows 8.1. See screenshots, read the latest customer reviews, and compare ratings for Clipboard.

To overcome these limitations and to make the experience more useful, starting with the October 2018 Update, Windows 10 introduces a new clipboard that tracks the text and images (up to 4MB) that you copy. Also, you can finally view and paste content from the clipboard history, and even pin items that you copy and paste more frequently.

In addition, leveraging the same cloud technology use to sync your Timeline content, your clipboard history can now roam and be accessible across all your devices.

In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to set up and use the new cloud-powered clipboard experience included with the October 2018 Update.

How to enable clipboard on Windows 10

On Windows 10 version 1809, you can enable the new clipboard experience using the Settings app and the new keyboard shortcut.

Enabling clipboard using Settings

To enable clipboard in the Settings app, use these steps:

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Click on System.
  3. Click on Clipboard.

  4. Turn on the Clipboard history toggle switch.

Enabling clipboard using a shortcut

Alternatively, to enable clipboard using a keyboard shortcut, use these steps:

  1. Use the Windows key + V keyboard shortcut.

  2. Click the Turn on button.

After completing the steps, you can start using the clipboard experience and manage many other settings.

Disabling clipboard on Windows 10

The clipboard history device using the sis disabled by default, but you can check or disable it if the feature is turned on using these steps:

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Click on System.
  3. Click on Clipboard.

  4. Turn off the Clipboard history toggle switch.

Once you've completed the steps, the new clipboard experience will no longer be available without affecting the old clipboard functionality.

How to sync clipboard history on Windows 10

Perhaps one of the most interesting features about the new clipboard is the ability to paste text and images on your other devices. However, for privacy reasons, it's a feature that you must enable and configure manually using these steps:

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Click on System.
  3. Click on Clipboard.

  4. Under 'Sync across devices,' turn on the toggle switch.

  5. Select the automatic syncing option you want to use:

    • Automatically sync text that I copy: Your clipboard history will sync to the cloud and across your devices.
    • Never automatically sync text that I copy: You must manually open the clipboard history and select the content you want to make available across devices.

After completing the steps, your content history will sync to the cloud and across devices using the settings you specified.

How to clear clipboard history on Windows 10

If you want to delete your clipboard history because you no longer want to use experience or something isn't working correctly, and you want to reset the history to see if that fixes the problem, use these steps:

  1. Open Settings.
  2. Click on System.
  3. Click on Clipboard.

  4. Under 'Clear clipboard data,' click the Clear button.

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Once you've completed the steps, your clipboard content will be deleted from your device and Microsoft account, but pinned items will remain in the history until you remove them manually.

If you're looking to delete one or two clips, instead of clearing the entire history, you can open the Windows key + V experience, and click the X button for each content you want to delete. Alternatively, you can also click the Clear all button in the history interface to erase the list.

How to use clipboard on Windows 10

Although the new clipboard introduces a new interface and several new features, it's not an experience complicated to use.

The new clipboard complements the old experience that you already know. Once you upgrade to the October 2018 Update, you can still use the Ctrl + C shortcut to copy and the Ctrl + V shortcut to paste. The same is true using the right-click context menu.

However, you can now use the Windows key + V shortcut to bring up the new clipboard history. In this new interface, you'll find a list of items (such as text and images) that you have copied from different applications, such as Microsoft Word, Snip & Sketch, OneNote, etc.

If you want to copy and paste content from your history, use these steps:

  1. Select the text or image from an application.
  2. Right-click the selection, and click the Copy or Cut option.
  3. Open the document you want to paste the content.

  4. Use the Windows key + V shortcut to open the clipboard history.

  5. Select the content you want to paste.

You can also pin the items that you paste frequently for faster access using these steps:

  1. Use the Windows key + V shortcut to open the clipboard history.

  2. Click the Pin button for the content you paste frequently.

When you no longer need the content, click the button again to unpin or the X button to delete the item.

Using the clipboard history, there are some obvious limitations as no everything you copy will appear in the history or sync across devices. For example, you can copy the name of a file, but copying a file to move it to another location will not appear in the history.

Also, the cloud clipboard supports images, but only if you copy the image within a document. You cannot copy an image file and expect it to appear in the history or sync across devices.

Wrapping things up

Although the new clipboard experience can sync your history across devices, you can only access your history on computers running Windows 10 version 1809 or later and when using the same Microsoft account.

If you choose to enable this feature, make sure that you also understand the potential security risks. For example, if you're one of those that usually copy sensitive information (such as passwords, addresses, names, etc.), anything you copy to the clipboard will store in plain text, and anyone with access to your computer will now be able to see this information by just using the Windows key + V shortcut. In addition, if you enable the sync option, you'll also be uploading your history to the Microsoft servers.

What do you think about the new clipboard experience on Windows 10? Are you enabling the syncing option too? Let us know in the comments.

More Windows 10 resources

For more helpful articles, coverage, and answers to common questions about Windows 10, visit the following resources:

The Clipboard is where Windows stores the things we copy and paste. Whether it’s a sentence from Word, a file, folder or video, Windows places it in memory and keeps it there until required. It will retain the last copied item in RAM until we either replace it with something else or turn off the computer. You can manually clear the clipboard in Windows 10 although I don’t know why you would need to.

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The only real way to see the contents of the Clipboard in Windows 10 is to paste it somewhere. There are third party apps you can use to view the contents and I’ll cover that in a bit.

The Clipboard in Windows 10

There used to be a feature within Windows that allowed you to view the contents of the clipboard. It was accessed via Windows Key + V and would show a dialog box with the last thing you copied. It would only show text but it was a useful tool for quickly checking the Clipboard without pasting it somewhere. There also used to be a Clipboard option within Windows 10 Settings but this has disappeared too.

The Clipboard has gone back to being something of a mystery and the only real way to check what it holds is to open a text editor and hit Ctrl + P. Unless you use a third party tool anyway.

Clear the Clipboard in Windows 10

If you want to clear the Clipboard, you can do so with a simple command.

  1. Open a CMD window as an administrator.
  2. Type ‘echo off clip’ and hit Enter.

You can also add a right click dialog to clear the clipboard. I tried this and it works like a charm.

  1. Type ‘regedit’ into the Windows Search box and select Registry Editor.
  2. Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTDirectoryBackground.
  3. Select Shell, right click and select New.
  4. Call it Clear Clipboard.
  5. Select Clear Clipboard, right click and select New.
  6. Call it Command.
  7. Right click the Default entry in the right pane within Command.
  8. Give it a value of ‘cmd.exe /c echo off clip’.
  9. Exit the registry.

Right click on an empty space in Windows Explorer or the Desktop and you should see a dialog called Clear Clipboard. Select it to do just that.

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Get more out of Clipboard in Windows 10

There are a bunch of third party tools that enhances Clipboard in Windows 10. If you want to get more out of your copy and paste action, you could try one of these. Two of these are free while one is premium but come with a free trial.

ClipClip

ClipClip is a solid Clipboard tool that offers a simple UI and powerful features. Install it, give it a default key to call it up and use it as you see fit. You can create lists of copied text, categorize your most commonly copies text and create a library from your clipboard. You can then select and paste this text at any time, anywhere.

The advantage is that you save your copied text to disk rather than saving it in RAM so it will survive a reboot. If you copy and paste text often, you could do worse than try this.

Ditto

Ditto is free and open source and is a decent clipboard manager. It keeps a list of all your copied text which can be accessed through a shortcut. Ditto’s strength is in the double click copy. Simply double click a piece of text and it will be copied into the list. You can then save, order and arrange the list as you see fit. It is available from the Windows Store or directly from the website.

The UI is very simple and it integrates into Windows quietly and without any fuss. It isn’t as comprehensive as ClipClip but it gets the job done.

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ClipboardFusion

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ClipboardFusion is a premium product with a free trial version. It has a minimalist UI and integrates nicely into Windows 10. It works much like these others in that it saves multiple copies of text, removes formatting, runs macros and synchronizes between devices. I’m not sure that last is really necessary but it’s there if you need it.

The UI is simple and intuitive and you can assign hotkeys for all the features you use regularly. The premium version is only $15 so if you like it and want to support development, you know what to do.

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To be honest, the Clipboard in Windows is fine when it’s invisible and there should be no real reason you need to clear it. If you do, you now know how to do it and now have three tools you could use to supercharge that Clipboard.