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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  2. Anonymous
    2020-04-11T12:43:30+00:00

    It seems pretty basic that users would want to save more than one entry or image to the clipboard.

    Microsoft should include this feature in Window10 updates.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-04-07T21:05:37+00:00

    I am not looking for my clipboard history.

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