Are You Using Windows Clipboard History?
Whether you’re using Windows 10 or Windows 11, if you’re not using Windows Clipboard History, you’re missing out on a great feature that can save you time.
Windows 10 Clipboard History
If you’re using Windows 10, see our article here, where we discuss Windows 10’s Clipboard History in detail, including how to turn it on and, of course, how to use it.
Windows 11 Clipboard History
The Windows 11 Clipboard history has been greatly improved since it was introduced in Windows 10.
As with Windows 10, before you can use Clipboard History, you’ll need to turn it on. You can turn on Clipboard history in Windows 11 this way:
Type CLIPBOARD in the Taskbar/Start menu search and click “Open” when you see Clipboard settings appear in the search results. Or just press “Enter”. You can also open the Clipboard settings from the Settings menu. Open Settings > System > Clipboard.
When “Clipboard settings” opens, turn the switch next to Clipboard history “On”. If you log into other devices with the same Microsoft account, you can also synchronize your Clipboard history across all your devices by turning the switch next to “Clipboard history across your devices” to the “On” position. You can fine-tune the “Sync across your devices” option by automatically or manually syncing the text you copy.
Finally, before we go on to using Windows 11 Clipboard history, you should know you can clear your Clipboard history here or directly from the Clipboard history app. See the “Clear” button in the screenshot above.
Using Clipboard History in Windows 11
Once you’ve turned Clipboard history on, everything you copy will be placed on the Clipboard. To access your “Clips,” press the Windows key + V. That’s it. To paste a “Clip,” just click on the Clip.
You can also delete individual Clips by clicking on them and clicking on the garbage can icon. Or clear all your Clips by clicking on the “Clear all” button.
Other cool things you can do with Windows 11 Clipboard History.
You can easily access symbols of all kinds right from the Clipboard history. They’re broken down into categories: General punctuation, currency symbols, Latin symbols, geometric symbols, math symbols, supplemental symbols, and language symbols.
To access all symbols, press the Windows key + v to open Clipboard history and click on the Symbols icon at the top.
See? © § ¥ é©é℉№™
You can change categories from General Punctuation to Currency Symbols to Latin Symbols and more. Just click on the category displayed at the top to see additional categories.
Do you like GIFs and/or emojis😒? Windows 11 Clipboard history has you covered. Just click on “GIF” or the smiley face at the top. You’ll have dozens of emojis and GIFs to choose from and use in your emails, social media posts, webpages, and projects.
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Windows 11 Clipboard history has a lot more features for you to explore.
Windows Clipboard History is a great feature of Windows 10 and 11 that we thought you’d like to know more about.