Clipboard History : Autopin? Storage limitations?

Question

Hello!

While Clipboard History is a massive win in the general landscape of W11's UI, I still miss a couple of features, some of which could perhaps be implemented through regedit, powershell or batch (all tools I suck at).

I wish, in order of importance:

• ALL clipboard history were autopinned by default for reuse after startup, in the same way that notepad actually SAVES STUFF until you tell it not to. What is true for the notepad (re-usability is a nice thing, not having to remember whether you saved something and when was your last restart), is doubly so of a clipboard history.
• I should be able to change the order of pinned items in clipboard history, ideally.
• Tabs or folders would be welcome.

I realize the second point is not the most crucial, while the last could probably be better managed by some 3rd-party dedicated app. But I'm pretty sure an autosave toggle switch allowing for a notepad-like of copy-and-forget retention would be fairly easy to implement, and it would be greatly appreciated on my end of things.

To the best of your knowledge, is there a way to obtain such an effect toying with Windows' power tools?

Answer 1

Hi Antoine d'Update You,

Thanks for your post. Generally speaking, Copy images and text from one PC to another with a cloud-based clipboard. Not only you can paste from your clipboard history but also pin the items you find yourself using all the time.

To get to your clipboard history, press Windows logo key + V. From the clipboard history, you can paste and pin frequently used items by choosing an individual item from your clipboard menu.  Pinning an item keeps it from being removed from the clipboard history to make room for new items.

Share your clipboard items to another Windows 11 device

1. Select Start > Settings > System > Clipboard.
2. Set the Clipboard history across your devices to On.
3. Select Automatically sync text that I copy. The sync feature is tied to your Microsoft account, or your work account, so remember to use the same login information on all your devices.

Reference: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/about-the-clipboard-in-windows-c436501e-985d-1c8d-97ea-fe46ddf338c6

Also, for other functions you may concern, I would suggest you provide your feedback using Windows 10 feedback app. You can open the Edge, press Shift+Alt+I to feedback the uservoice to the develop team. Thanks a lot for your understanding.

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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