How to Disable Your Clipboard History on Windows 10
2Since 2018, Windows 10 has included a useful cloud clipboard feature that gives you access to the last 25 items you’ve copied, including text and low-resolution images (up to 4MB in size).
How to Enable or Disable Windows 10 Clipboard History
Windows 10 isn’t the best for privacy, with invasive telemetry data, location tracking, and other sensitive data recorded automatically by Microsoft. Thankfully, your clipboard history isn’t one of them—this feature (while it can useful) is disabled by default.
To enable it (or disable it, should you wish to), you’ll need to open the Windows Settings menu. To do this, right-click the Start menu and press the Settings option.
In the Settings window, press System - Clipboard. To enable or disable this feature, press the Clipboard history slider to the On or Off position.
Enabling the Windows 10 clipboard will activate the feature immediately. If you want to sync your clipboard history across other Windows devices, press the Sync across devices slider to the On position.
Enable cloud clipboard syncing in Windows 10
Once enabled, you’ll be able to access your history by pressing the Windows + V keys on your keyboard. The Clipboard panel will appear directly above the notifications area of the taskbar in the bottom-right corner.
If you decide to disable the clipboard, Windows will erase any items stored there (including pinned items). Any further items you save to your clipboard will overwrite the last. This returns your maximum clipboard history to one item, rather than the 25 items saved with this feature enabled.