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title: What Is the Clipboard? Find and Manage It | Relic
description: What the clipboard is, where it lives on each device, how clipboard history works, and how to find, view and clear what you have copied. Plain-English guides.
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# Your clipboard, explained

The clipboard is where your device keeps whatever you copied last, and almost nobody is taught how it actually works. Learn where it lives on each device, how to see your history, and how to clear it.

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[Pillar·8 minYour clipboard, explained: where it is and how it worksEvery copy you make lands in the clipboard, a small piece of memory you cannot really see. What it is, how it works, and why it usually holds one item at a time.Read ](https://relic.space/blog/what-is-the-clipboard)

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[6 minClipboard history on a MacTahoe finally gave the Mac a clipboard history, tucked inside Spotlight. The shortcut, the 7-day limit, the password problem, and what to use when it falls short.Read ](https://relic.space/blog/clipboard-history-on-mac)[6 minWhere is the clipboard on Android (and Samsung)?Android keeps the clipboard inside the keyboard rather than its own app, which is why it is so hard to find. Where it lives on Samsung and Gboard, opening it step by step.Read ](https://relic.space/blog/where-is-the-clipboard-on-android)[7 minWhere is the clipboard on iPhone?iPhone has a clipboard, but no place to view it, and it only holds the last thing you copied. Checking what is on it, and keeping more than one item around.Read ](https://relic.space/blog/where-is-the-clipboard-on-iphone)[9 minHow to access your clipboard historyMost devices quietly limit you to a single copy, but some keep a short history. Opening clipboard history on Windows, Android and iPhone, plus the Mac workaround.Read ](https://relic.space/blog/how-to-access-clipboard-history)[6 minHow to clear your clipboardWhatever you copied last sits in the clipboard until something replaces it, which is a problem for passwords. Clearing it on Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone.Read ](https://relic.space/blog/how-to-clear-your-clipboard)