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In Windows 10, when you copy and Then Paste Something, That File Remains On Your Computer’s Clipboard. For this reason, this article refers to the tutorial on clearing the Windows 10 Clipboard history.

What is the meaning of Clipboard History?

A Clipboard is a place to store files you copy and paste temporarily. Of course, in older versions of Windows, you could keep only one item on your computer’s Clipboard. With the October 2018 Windows 10 update, users could hold multiple items on the Clipboard and paste them numerous times.

If you press the “Win + V” keys in an application environment and see the image below, you can say that your Clipboard history is inactive and stores only one item. To activate this feature, click the “Turn on” button.

Why do we need to clear the Clipboard history?

Clipboard history has many advantages, but it can also take up a bit of RAM (up to 4 MB). You may also store important information in the Clipboard and not want someone else to access it (especially personal information or passwords).

How to clear all or part of the Clipboard history in Windows 10

1. Add a blank item to the Clipboard history

This method does not clear the entire Clipboard history, but only the history of people who do not have access to your last patched item.

1. Press the “Win + R” keys to open the “Run” window.
2. Phrase “cmd / c” echo off | Type the clip (with only one quotation mark).
3. Click “OK”.

2. Clear the entire Clipboard history

1. Go to the Start menu and then search for Clipboard.
2. Click on the “Clipboard settings” icon.
3. Scroll down to the “Clear Clipboard data” section, then click the “Clear” button.

3. Clear certain items

1. Press the “Win + V” keys. Then click the three-dot icon in the upper-right corner of your item.
2. Select “Delete”.
3. You can delete the entire history in the same panel by clicking on the “Clear all” option.

If you do not need this feature much, go to the “Clipboard history” section and set the key to “Off.”

4. Use the Command Prompt

This will stop your Clipboard and then restart it, erasing its history.

1. Go to the Start menu and then search for Command Prompt.
2. Then run the Command Prompt as Run as Administrator.
3. Enter the following command:

5. Use PowerShell

1. Go to the Start menu and then search for “PowerShell“.
2. Then run PowerShell as an administrator.
3. Copy and paste the following command:

Your Windows 10 Clipboard history will now be cleared.

6. Create a text menu on the Desktop

1. Open the “Run” window by pressing “Win + R”.
2. Type “Regedit” and then press “Enter”.
3. Go to the following address:

Of course, you can also paste the above address into the Registry Editor address bar.

4. On the left side, under the “Background” folder, right-click on the “shell” folder and then select “New -> Key.”

5. Enter “Clear Clipboard” as the name.

6. Right-click on the new Clear Clipboard folder and go to “New -> Key”.

7. Name the generated key “Command”.

8. Select the Command key on the left and then click “Default” on the right. Under “Value Data”, type the following command:

9. Click “OK” and then close the Registry Editor.

To clear the history of your Windows Clipboard, right-click on the Desktop and select “Clear Clipboard.”

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