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Copy and paste are the most common feature that we use a lot on Windows. However, there is an advanced feature in Windows 11 that is called Clipboard where you can save multiple items and paste from it. But do you know that why and how to use Windows 11 Clipboard history? Do you know what Windows 11 Clipboard brings us and how to enable and disable Clipboard history? If not, here we’ll give satisfactory answers to these questions.
Both Windows 10 and Windows 11 have the Clipboard function, but the Clipboard function on Windows 11 is more useful than Windows 10. Clipboard, save multiple items you copied, not only can paste from the clipboard history, but you can also pin your own frequently used items. To access the Clipboard history, press Win + V.
Maybe you will ask that why we need to use Windows 11 Clipboard? You can certainly think so, however, in my opinion, I believe it is necessary to use a Clipboard on Windows 11.
It's not uncommon to copy text, get distracted by something random, and then copy something else. Eventually, you realize that you've lost what you need. Using a Clipboard, you can store multiple contents you copied. Of course, you also can document what you copied by Word, however, unlike copying text to a Word document, copying text to the Clipboard history is more convenient and personalized, because you can copy text or images into here, and then click on the items to paste them quickly. You also can pin the important item so you can paste it the next time you need it.
It is necessary to understand how to use Windows 11 Clipboard history for Windows 11 users. If you need to run it, first press Ctrl+C to copy what you want and open the Word document, then press Win+V to open the Clipboard history. Click on the item you want to paste and it will paste into your document automatically.
If you look closely, you ‘ll find that there are two icons right to each item. Click the three-dots menu, you can see more: Paste as text and Delete.
Tap Paste as text means the content is automatically pasted into plain text and does not retain the original format. By the way, this is a feature of the Clipboard that Windows 10 does not have.
If you don't need one content, click the trash icon to delete it, if don't need all, click the Clear all option on the top-right to delete all clipboard history.
It is also easy to understand the Pin item icon under the three-dots menu. When you want to keep some important content in Clipboard, you can pin that item by clicking the Pin item icon to help you pin the content in case it gets lost. Besides, you should note that the number of entries that will be stored by Windows 11 is only 25, once you copy exceed it, the most previous clipboard history must be gradually disappeared, so you should pin items you want to keep by tapping the Pin item icon.
Windows has always been a customizable operating system, and Microsoft has set a new theme for the Windows Clipboard + Emoji menu in Windows 11.
That is another useful reason for Clipboard, as there are lots of funny emojis, kaomoji and tenor GIFs, and so on. You can also search more in the search box.
Clipboard history is a useful Windows 11 feature for copying and pasting text and images. By default, the Clipboard history was not enabled, if you need to run Clipboard history, you will have to go to the windows settings and enable it manually. Now let's see how to enable and disable Clipboard history on Windows 11? Follow the simple steps below.
Step 1: Go to Settings on your Windows 11 PC.
Step 2: In the Settings window, tap the System option on the left pane and scroll down to the Clipboard on the right pane.
Step 3: Enable the Clipboard history. Click on the Off and it will turn on the Clipboard history. Now you can use it anywhere on your computer.
Step 4: Similarly, if you don't need the function on your computer, just tap the On button and the Clipboard history will be turned off.
