Open Notepad and paste these lines:\ncmd.exe \/c \"echo off | clip\"\r\nnet stop cbdhsvc_5d696\r\nnet start cbdhsvc_5d696<\/pre>\nOf course, you’ll have to replace cbdhsvc_5d696<\/code> with the actual name of the Clipboard User Service as in your system.<\/em><\/li>\nSave the file as clear_clipboard.bat<\/code><\/li>\nWhen you want to clear the clipboard history, right-click on the batch file and click Run as administrator<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nThat’s it! Restarting the Clipboard User Service should have erased the Clipboard history. Open the clipboard history panel to check it out. The Pinned items in the clipboard will remain though.<\/p>\n
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Clipboard history Bonus Tips<\/h4>\n
Auto-paste to editor from the Clipboard history panel:<\/strong><\/p>\nTo open the Windows 10 new Clipboard history panel, you use the WinKey<\/kbd> + V<\/kbd> keyboard shortcut. When an item in the history list is clicked it’s copied to the clipboard automatically. Normally, many users simply use the clipboard history to copy an item from the history to the clipboard. Not many users know that the clipboard history panel also has the capacity to paste text to your active window as well.<\/p>\n![\"clipboard](\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/notepad-clipboard-history.png\")
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If you have a text editor or Word processor open and active, press the WinKey<\/kbd> + V<\/kbd> button and select an item from the history. The item is automatically pasted to your editor window exactly at the current cursor position<\/strong>. It thus saves you one keystroke — i.e., you don’t need to click on the Paste button or press Ctrl<\/kbd> + V<\/kbd> on your editor.<\/p>\nThe auto-paste feature works in the Run dialog as well.<\/p>\n
Clear the legacy Clipboard history – for all versions of Windows:<\/strong><\/p>\nTo clear the legacy clipboard history in any version of Windows, create a desktop shortcut to the following command:<\/p>\n
cmd.exe \/c \"echo off | clip\"<\/pre>\nThe above command clears the current clipboard memory, and works in all versions of Windows, including Windows 10. However, in Windows 10, the command doesn’t erase the new Clipboard history data. It just clears the currently selected item from the memory.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Editor’s note:<\/strong> I’ve not tested the behavior with the clipboard cloud sync (“Sync across devices”) option enabled. So, I’m not sure if the batch file also clears the clipboard history in the cloud or not. If you want to clear the history from the cloud (in addition), it’s better to use the Settings UI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new Windows 10 Clipboard lets you save multiple items in the clipboard so that you can use it later. You can also pin the required items in the Clipboard history panel so that they’re not discarded by the system, or accidentally deleted by the user. 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