How to see clipboard history

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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

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

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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Anonymous

2017-10-31T12:08:13+00:00

You're welcome. In case that you have more concerns or inquiries regarding Windows and other Microsoft products, feel free to post. We're always here to help.

Have a great day ahead.
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Anonymous

2018-05-03T01:35:23+00:00

You're not giving a direct link, to Feedback on this topic ("Provide Clipboard History in Windows 10"). Feedback is statistical, how many people are being impacted by this problem? The feedback should go into 'buckets'. It should all go into one big bucket, not 50 little ones. So what's the specific link to feedback on this issue? Why should I write down sweet nothings that will never be seen by anybody? We have wanted clipboard history for15 years! Surely somebody could code this, before everybody is old and retired?
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Anonymous

2017-12-31T00:30:09+00:00
Hello Peggie,

We value your ideas in improving the features of Windows 10. We strongly encourage that you provide your feedback and suggestions through our Feedback Hub. You can either vote on an existing submission or submit a new issue. When you submit a feedback item, we gather additional details and information about your issue that will help determine what’s causing it and address it. Feedback items regularly receive Microsoft responses on the submissions in the Feedback app so you can see what we are doing about your feedback. Please revisit frequently to see the status of your feedback items.

For more information on Feedback Hub, see our support article and YouTube video.

In order to submit new feedback, please follow these steps:
1. On a Windows 10 device, search for “Feedback Hub” in Cortana search, then launch the app.
2. Navigate to Feedback in the left menu, then press + Add new feedback.
3. Select the Problem, and share any details you think are relevant, and choose an appropriate category and subcategory.
4. Important: If possible, reproduce the problem(s) after clicking Begin monitoring (or Start capture) near the end of the form; Stop monitoring when you’re done.
5. Once you’ve completed the form and monitoring, click Submit.
6. Click Continue using Feedback Hub.
7. Click My feedback at the top, then find the item you submitted (it may take a while to appear).
8. Open the item you submitted, then click Share.
9. Click Copy link, then paste the link here in your response (it will look like *https://aka.ms/* link>).
As always, your input will be highly appreciated.
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