How to clear clipboard data with a shortcut on Windows 10

On Windows 10, you can clear the clipboard history from the legacy and modern experience in at least two ways, and here's how.

January 19, 2023 · 1 min · 52 words · Michael Richardson

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temporarily for copy-and-paste operations.

Also, you might grab and drop to pin the shortcut to the taskbar for quicker access.

Clear clipboard data

Clear clipboard data

The instructions outlined above will only dump the content inside the clipboard.

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