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Clipboard Manager

The Clipboard Manager monitors your system clipboard and keeps a searchable history of everything you copy. You can browse previous entries and paste them back at any time.

Clipboard Manager showing recent clipboard entries with a preview pane Clipboard Manager showing recent clipboard entries with a preview pane

There are two ways to access the clipboard history:

  • From the launcher: search for “clipboard” or “paste” and select “Clipboard History”.
  • Direct shortcut: press Cmd+Shift+V on macOS or Ctrl+Shift+V on other platforms to open the clipboard history directly. This shortcut can be changed in the gadget’s Settings.

The clipboard is monitored continuously in the background. Every time you copy something — text, code, images, file paths — it is captured and stored locally. The history view shows all entries with a preview, and you can search through them using full-text search.

Selecting an entry shows its full content in the preview pane. Pressing Enter pastes it back to the clipboard with all original formats preserved and dismisses the launcher.

Action Shortcut Description
Copy to Clipboard Enter Paste the selected entry back to the clipboard.
Remove Cmd+Backspace / Ctrl+Backspace Delete the selected entry from history.

The Clipboard Manager has its own settings panel in Settings:

Clipboard Manager settings panel showing shortcut, retention, and statistics Clipboard Manager settings panel showing shortcut, retention, and statistics
Setting Description
Retention How long entries are kept before automatic cleanup (default: 30 days).
Bring to front on paste When enabled, pasting an entry moves it to the top of the history list (default: on).
Open Clipboard History shortcut The global shortcut for direct access (default: Cmd+Shift+V).