How to Clear Your Clipboard in Windows 10
The Windows 10 Clipboard history stores up to 25 items. You can clear individual items from your clipboard or clear all the items together in Windows 10.
What Clipboard Data Gets Stored?
The earlier Windows clipboard was basic as it stored only one item at a time. This made third-party developers introduce clipboard managers which could handle more than that. Microsoft introduced the new improved Clipboard in the Windows 10 1809 (October 2018) update. You can now copy and past more than one item and keep a history of items you paste frequently. You can also sync clipboard items between devices that are running Windows 10 with the 1809 update onwards. All items are synced to your Windows account. The Windows Clipboard supports text, HTML, and bitmap images when each is up to 4 MB in size. Clipboard history won’t store anything larger than the 4 MB limit. You can pin up to 25 items in the clipboard. When you pin more, older items are automatically pushed out to make room for new ones.
How to Disable Clipboard History
When Clipboard history is enabled, anything you copy will appear in the Clipboard history list. If you are concerned about cloud sync and privacy, you can disable the feature in Windows Settings. You also might not want to use the utility because you have mapped the key combination to another critical shortcut.
