Windows has a hidden clipboard manager—here’s how to find it

Say goodbye to the trouble of copying and pasting! Windows systems come with clipboard manager to easily manage copy content. This article will guide you on how to enable and use Windows clipboard history and cross-device synchronization to improve productivity.

Enable Windows Clipboard History:

First, open the Settings app on your computer. Under System, find the clipboard option. Enable the clipboard history switch.

When enabled, each time you press the Win V key, a window will pop up showing the 25 items you have copied recently. You can use the mouse or the up and down arrow keys to scroll through and click (or press Enter) to select the item you want to paste. You can also click the pin icon in the lower right corner of each item to fix it for easy reuse.

Sync clipboard across devices:

The built-in clipboard synchronization function of Windows systems allows you to easily copy and paste between different devices. In the Settings Clipboard option of the Settings app, enable the Synchronize

across devices. You will be asked to log in to your Microsoft account, and after logging in, the content you copied on any device that is already logged into the same Microsoft account will be displayed. Note that you need to enable this setting on every device.

This feature works perfectly between Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems (the device may be restarted). Windows 10 systems need to be installed with October 2018 or later to use the clipboard synchronization feature.

Android phone clipboard synchronization:

Want to sync your computer and your phone clipboard? Windows 10 and 11 can sync clipboards with Android 5.0 or later devices, but need to replace the phone's default keyboard with Microsoft SwiftKey keyboard. After you install SwiftKey and set it as the default keyboard, enable Synchronize clipboard history

in SwiftKey settings. Once you've logged into your Microsoft account, you can copy and paste seamlessly between your computer and your phone. Currently, this feature does not support iOS and iPadOS devices.

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