Windows 10: Enable or Disable Clipboard History in Windows 10

How to: Enable or Disable Clipboard History in Windows 10

How to Enable or Disable Clipboard History in Windows 10


Copy paste its something we all do, probably multiple times a day. But what do you do if you need to copy the same few things again and again? How do you copy content across your devices? Starting with Windows 10 build 17666, Microsoft is addressing that and taking the clipboard to the next level simply press Win+V and youll be presented with a brand-new clipboard experience.

Not only can you can paste from the Sets, which means you can access your clipboard across any PC with this build of Windows or higher.

Roamed text on the clipboard is only supported for clipboard content less than 100 kb. Currently, the clipboard history supports plain text, HTML and image less than 1 MB.

Starting with Windows 10 build 18234, the image size limit has been increased from 1MB to 4MB to accommodate the potential size of full screen screenshots taken on a high-DPI devices.

If needed, you can set a group policy in Windows 10 to allow (enable) or prevent (disable) users from being able to turn on Clipboard History for their accounts on the PC. This policy setting determines whether history of Clipboard contents can be stored in memory.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Clipboard History feature for all users in Windows 10.

*Warning You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable Clipboard History.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Enable or Disable Clipboard History in Local Group Policy Editor
• Option Two: Enable or Disable Clipboard History using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Clipboard History enabled and disabled in Settings











OPTION ONE [/i] Enable or Disable Clipboard History in Local Group Policy Editor

*note The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option Two below.
1. Open the Local Group Policy Editor.

2. In the left pane of the Local Group Policy Editor, click/tap on to expand Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System, and OS Policies. (see screenshot below)



3. In the right pane of OS Policies, double click/tap on the Allow Clipboard History policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)

4. Do step 5 (enable) or step 6 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


5. To Enable Clipboard History for All Users
A) Select (dot) Not Configured or Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)

*note Not Configured is the default setting.

6. To Disable Clipboard History for All Users
A) Select (dot) Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)




7. When finished, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] Enable or Disable Clipboard History using a REG file

*note The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry keys below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System

AllowClipboardHistory DWORD

(delete) = Enable
0 = Disable


1. Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Enable Clipboard History for All Users
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Enable_Clipboard_History_for_all_users.reg

Download

3. To Disable Clipboard History for All Users
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_Clipboard_History_for_all_users.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn



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Cannot Enable Clipboard History in Windows 10 Pro

Here is what is going on. Today I went to check out clipboard history using windows key + V and nothing happened. It didn't give me the popup saying it wasn't on, nor did it show me the history I had.

I went to Start > Settings > System and Clipboard was missing from the choices available.

I checked in gpedit.msc under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > OS Policies. There was no Allow clipboard history option.

I tried to use the reg file from Enable or Disable Clipboard History in Windows 10 and even checked the reg key (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System) to make sure that there was no AllowClipboardHistory with a 0 setting.

Any help would be great did I perhaps miss something and they went ahead and removed the feature since they had initiated it?


TIA

 

Clipboard History still will not work

Have you checked Settings?
Using Windows 10’s New Clipboard: History and Cloud Sync
How To View Clipboard History On Windows 10

It's available from 1809 as well. It works for me. (see my specs).

Enable or Disable Clipboard History in Windows 10
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What is your Windows build?

Also note
How to Turn On/Off and Clear Clipboard History in Windows 10

 

Win 10 Clipboard History Stopped Working

Hi, any change if
a. you do a clean boot
b. you create a new user for test purposes and log in as that user?

Do you have any restore points you could use?

FWIW my clipboard history looks ok...

Relevant tutorials which might prompt a thought:
Turn On or Off Clipboard History in Windows 10 | Tutorials
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clipboard

Hello,

In Windows 10 build 17666 or later, clipboard is available.

Try these steps

1. Right click Start Button or press Windows + X keys and select Settings.

2. In the Settings app, navigate to System > Clipboard.

3. Under Clipboard, toggle the Save multiple items option to On. This should enable clipboard history on the go.

4. Close Settings app.

You can now press Windows + V keys to view clipboard history.

Hope this helps!

 

Where is the clipboard in windows 10

Did you previously enable the clipboard history feature?

You need to first enable it before you can view clipboard history on Windows 10. Open the Settings app and go to System settings. Select the Clipboard tab, and turn on clipboard history.