{"id":14098,"date":"2019-04-12T08:04:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T08:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=14098"},"modified":"2019-04-12T08:08:59","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T08:08:59","slug":"clear-clipboard-history-in-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/clear-clipboard-history-in-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Clear Clipboard History in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you use Ctrl + C to copy text, images or other information in Windows, your data will be stored in the clipboard temporarily so you can then paste it somewhere else. Clipboard works as a temporary repository for data during copy-and-paste operations. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you different ways to clear clipboard history in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 1: Add An Empty Item to Clipboard History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Press the <strong>Windows<\/strong> key + <strong>R<\/strong> to open the Run box, then type <strong>cmd \/c &#8220;echo off | clip&#8221;<\/strong> and hit Enter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/clear-the-last-clipboard-history.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"207\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14104\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This command will add an empty item to the clipboard history so you then can&#8217;t paste anything anywhere. This method could also be used to clear clipboard history in Windows 8, 7, Vista.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 2: Clear All Clipboard History Data from Settings App<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-pc-settings-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Open the Settings app<\/a> and navigate to <strong>System<\/strong> -> <strong>Clipboard<\/strong>. On the right pane, you can turn off the &#8220;<strong>Clipboard history<\/strong>&#8221; toggle switch to prevent Windows clipboard from saving multiple items. In this case, only the last item you copied into the clipboard will be saved.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/clear-clipboard-data.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"550\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14105\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the &#8220;Clipboard history&#8221; feature is turned on, you can click the &#8220;<strong>Clear<\/strong>&#8221; button to manually clear all history items from the clipboard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Method 3: Clear Specific Item in Clipboard History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just press the <strong>Windows<\/strong> key + <strong>V<\/strong> in any application, a Clipboard panel will appear where you&#8217;ll see a list of items (such as text and images) that you have recently copied from different applications.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/clipboard-history.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14106\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on the three dots icon on the upper-right part of the clipboard item you want to delete. When the pop-up menu appears, you can select <strong>Delete<\/strong> to clear it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/delete-clipboard-history.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14107\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you use Ctrl + C to copy text, images or other information in Windows, your data will be stored in the clipboard temporarily so you can then paste it somewhere else. Clipboard works as a temporary repository for data during copy-and-paste operations. 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