Windows 10: How do I turn off clipboard history when no Clipboard option in Settings?

Hi,

I'm using Windows 10 pro for workstations, 64 bit, Ver 1803, build 17134.829.


Clipboard history is active, I can view it from office applicatons, but the 'Clipboard' option is not present in the settings menu.


I'm running excel macros which calculate a series of values, storing each set of results by pasting them as values, I'm running maybe 10,000 sets of results, and I'd like to be able to go away and come back when its finished. However, the Windows clipboard steadily fills up with the copied results, and eventually causes things to slow and grind to a halt. In this situarion the clipboard hostory effectively works as a memory leak.


I have tried various options for clearing the clipboard history from the macro, but so far without success. I'd like to just switch Clipboard history off, but don't know how to do this in the absence of a 'Clipboard' option in Settings.


Please note, 'Application cutcopy mode = false' only clears the excel clipboard, not the windows (office?) clipboard, and so does not help with this.


Hoping someone smarter than me can help!


Many thanks!


Penny

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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!

 

Clipboard History

Hello Peter,

Clipboard History is available staring with Windows 10 build 17666 and higher. Do you have at least this build number?

Turn On or Off Clipboard History in Windows 10

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view clipboard history

"Upon copying something, the previous clipboard content is always overwritten. This means that there is always no history saved on the clipboard. You can use third-party applications which record your clipboard history, but you cannot recover your clipboard
history prior to the installation of that app.'

Source -
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...