The clipboard is a temporary location on your phone where any text you copy is stored to be used in the future. The clipboard saves only one entry at a time. If you copy something, it gets written over the last entry on the clipboard. While some Android smartphones allow you to access clipboard history, not every device has this feature. Today, we show you the 3 best ways to check and recover clipboard history on an Android smartphone.
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Use the Android keyboard
Step 1: Open any typing screen on your smartphone.
Step 2: Tap and hold the screen until some options pop up.
Step 3: Select Clipboard.
The clipboard section will open up and you’ll be able to access your clipboard history. You can delete or recover any items you like.
Use the Google keyboard
If the native Android keyboard doesn’t let you access the clipboard, using a third-party keyboard is your only option.
Step 1: Download Google keyboard from the Google Play Store. Set it as your default keyboard.
Step 2: Open any typing screen on your smartphone.
Step 3: Press the three dots on the topmost row of the keyboard and select Clipboard.
Step 4: Turn on Clipboard.
Anything you copy to the clipboard will be saved there for one hour.
Use the SwiftKey Keyboard
Step 1: Download the Microsoft SwiftKey keyboard from the Google Play Store and set it as your default keyboard.
Step 2: Open any typing screen on your smartphone.
Step 3: Tap on the clipboard icon at the top of your keyboard.
You will be able to view the items you’ve copied to the clipboard.
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These are the 3 best ways you can check and recover clipboard history on any Android smartphone. Apart from text, the clipboard is also capable of storing images, links, and numeric data. There are also some dedicated clipboard apps like Clipboard Pro, Copybox, and Clipboard Manager, that you can use to manage your copied entries on the clipboard.
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