This informative article discusses various choices to delete clipboard history in Windows 10. For those who have no idea, Microsoft introduced cloud clipboard feature in Windows 10 October 2018 update. This really is quite a useful feature as you do not have to use every other third-party apps in order to save things you copy for future use. The best thing about cloud clipboard is that it can't only keep a record and list all the items you copy but can also sync the clipboard between all of your devices. If you work with Android, you need to link Android smartphone to Windows in order to sync clipboard between Android and Windows 10.

Since Windows 10 monitors all the clipboard items, there might be times when you have to delete a clipboard item or clear full clipboard history. This is particularly useful when you want to delete sensitive information, like copied passwords, from the clipboard.

You are able to clear individual clipboard items when you wish to clear just one or perhaps a few items from the clipboard history. Alternatively, you are able to clear the entire clipboard at once. This is useful If you want to delete full clipboard history with no trace. Keep in mind that when you delete an item or the full clipboard history, it will be removed from all devices when you're syncing clipboard along with other devices using cloud clipboard.

Clear Clipboard History in Windows 10

1. To clear a single clipboard item in the Windows 10 clipboard history, first open clipboard by pressing the keyboard shortcut Win + V. Here, you will notice a list of all the items you copied earlier.

2. To delete just one clipboard item, simply click on the "X" icon appearing around the top-right corner of this item. As soon as you click it, the item will be taken off the history.

3. To delete full clipboard history, click the "Clear all" option appearing on the upper-right corner of the Window. Once you click the option, Windows will delete the entire clipboard except for the pinned items from all your devices and cloud.

4. There is another way to delete clipboard history in Windows 10. That is to use the PC settings app. Actually, the settings app includes a dedicated page to handle clipboard settings in Windows 10.

5. First, open laptop computer settings app and go to "System -> Clipboard". Around the right-panel, scroll up to the bottom and then click the "Clear" button appearing right under the "Clear clipboard data" section.

Windows 10 will immediately delete all the clipboard data except the pinned items from all your devices and cloud.

It's that easy to clear clipboard history in Windows 10. Also, learn to enable Windows defender sandbox and the way to switch on or off enhanced way of search indexer in Windows 10.

Wrapping Up Clipboard History

Clearing clipboard items form Windows 10 is a reasonably useful thing to know so that you can delete any sensitive things in the clipboard and keep it better organized. If you are looking for more advanced features than the ones provided by Windows 10, try Ditto from Windows store. Ditto is a lightweight and highly configurable application to handle Windows 10 clipboard.