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How to Enable Clipboard History on Windows 10

Clipboard history is a new feature introduced via a Windows 10 update

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Updated onOctober 4, 2023

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Key notes

TheWindows 10 May 2019update came with a lot of improvements and newfeaturesfor the OS’s users.

Among them, you’ll see a new Clipboard experience that allows you to access a history of copied items, sync yourclipboardacross multiple devices, and even pin your most frequently used items.

How does the Clipboard work?

The Clipboard usually stores one item at a time, which means that, whenever you copy a new one, the previous one is no longer usable. It gets replaced.

However, the Clipboard history can hold up to 25 items at once. To access them, you need to enter the Clipboard history and manually select them.

Restarting your PC clears your Clipboard. Therefore, if you want to keep an item there, you need to be careful.

Moreover, you can pin items to the Clipboard’s history, to ensure they do not get lost or deleted under any circumstance. It is recommended to pin the items you use more often so that it is easy for you to access them.

If you want to get the most out of yourClipboard, keep reading to learn how you can do all that.

How do I enable clipboard history and sync features?

1. Via Settings

Press theStartbutton on your taskbar to open the search box. You can also do this by pressing theWindows keyon your keyboard.
In the Windows search box, typesettingsand click on the first result.

3.In the Settings app, click onSystem.

In the left panel, selectClipboard.
In the right section you’ll see two options disabled:ClipboardhistoryandSync across device.
Enable the option you prefer.
Close the window after you apply and save the changes.

Clipboardhistory will allow you to save multiple items that you can use later. Before you can access any of the newClipboardfeatures, you’ll first have to enable them in the Settings app, because they come disabled by default.

TheNever automatically sync text that Icopyoption will not automatically sync items and you’ll have to do that manually, by clicking the cloud icon next to them in the Clipboard panel. Ensure that you do not enable this option.

If you’re having trouble opening the Setting app, take a look at this article to solve the issue.

How can I access my clipboard history?

After enablingClipboardhistory and Sync across devices, you can use thefeaturesin any application:

Other useful features from the Clipboard history

You’ll also have the option topin items,delete them, orclear the history. To do that, you’ll have to click on thethree dotsnext to any of your items and the options will appear.

It’s worth mentioning that the history shows the last 25 items copied includingURLs, text from web pages and docs, and images under 4 MB.

As for the sync option, enabling it in Settings will allow you to use copied items across your multiple devices. If you copy some text on one PC, you’ll be able topasteit on another.

Keep in mind that you’ll have to be signed in with the same Microsoft account on both devices for this to work.

As you can see, using the newWindows 10Clipboardhistory is quite easy and useful, especially if you enable the sync feature and work on multiple devices.

If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to leave them in the comments section below and we’ll be sure to check them out.

How to Enable Clipboard History on Windows 10#

How does the Clipboard work?#

How do I enable clipboard history and sync features?#

1. Via Settings#

How can I access my clipboard history?#

Other useful features from the Clipboard history#