How to see clipboard history

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Anonymous
2017-10-30T05:49:51+00:00

I was coding quite a bit the other day, and go loads done. I ended up copying it, and planned on pasting it, but completely forgot. Now I've got other things copied. I'd like to know if there's a way to view my old clipboard history? Are there any apps that can see everything I've already copied BEFORE downloading it? Or is there a way to do it with Windows? Please help!

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Anonymous
2019-03-18T11:04:28+00:00

As Allan Mej mentioned Clipboard content is overwritten.

However, last year I think, MS released a new feature in Win 10 where multiple items can be saved in Clipboard history but one needs to turn it on first.

Go to Settings -> System -> (Scroll down to) Clipboard -> then turn "Clipboard history" on.

To view "Clipboard history" contents, press the Windows key + V.

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Anonymous
2017-10-30T09:48:15+00:00

Hi Garry,

Upon copying something, the previous clipboard content is always overwritten. This means that there is always no history saved on the clipboard. You can use third-party applications which record your clipboard history, but you cannot recover your clipboard history prior to the installation of that app.

Should you have more concerns, feel free to post.

Regards.

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-08-15T04:53:35+00:00

    I agree this needs to be changed.  I've just lost a whole lot of work!  I wish there was a 24 hour record of cut and pastes - just in case!!!

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-08-12T05:31:16+00:00

    Clipboard pastes in double space in wordpad but shows the text single spaced.  

    Is there a way to make it single space when pasted?

    Raylon

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-07-28T11:24:33+00:00

    Not sure what you're asking, but click on "File Explorer" icon in Quick Launch toolbar at bottom left of your screen; then click on "This PC" in middle of left column, then type "my clipboard.docx" without the quote signs ("") in the "Search This PC" box and wait to see if that finds your document.

    If you just want see your Clipboard History, that new feature is optional and must be turned on by the user/owner.

    Go to Settings, -> then System, ->scroll down left panel to Clipboard, then turn on Clipboard history.

    To see Clipboard History, press Windows key and V key.

    06:13 7/28/2019 - Sir, I thank you!  (It was my notepad, rather than my clipboard that "disappeared".  However, all is well now.  Thanks again!

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