Turn it on
- Press Win+V.
- If you see a prompt, choose Turn on. You can also go to Settings → System → Clipboard and switch on Clipboard history.
- From now on, copy as usual. Press Win+V to see the list and click any item to paste it.
What it keeps, and what it forgets
- The last 25 items. Older ones drop off as you copy more.
- Up to 4 MB per item. Text, HTML and images are supported, not files.
- Unpinned items are cleared when you restart. Pin an item in the panel to keep it.
- Turning clipboard history off in Settings deletes what it stored, including pinned items.
- Syncing history across your devices only covers text.
- It cannot recover anything you copied before you switched it on.
Retrieve a previous copy
If history was on: press Win+V, find the earlier item and click it. Use the three-dot menu on an entry for Paste as text if you want it without formatting. If history was off, Windows did not keep it. The retrieve a previous copy guide lists other places to look.
When Win+V is not enough
- You want clips to stay until you delete them, not until the next restart or the 25th copy.
- You need to keep files or large images (vClipboard holds up to 25 MB each).
- You want to search what you saved.
- You also use a Mac, Linux machine or phone and want the same tool everywhere.
The two work well together. Win+V captures everything you copy, system-wide, with no tab open. vClipboard is the place to keep the things that matter. vClipboard can only save what you send to it, either by pressing Ctrl+V on the page or by turning on auto-save while the page is open.