Windows 10

Copy and paste across devices

Copy and paste across devices





Copy and paste across devices

Have you ever wanted to copy text from one device to another?

Copy and paste across devices

Now you can with clipboard’s new cross-device functionality! Simply enable the feature, then start copy/pasting!

  1. On both devices, select Start > Settings > System > Clipboard, and then turn on Sync across devices.
  2. On the first device, copy text as you would normally (Ctrl + C, Right click > Copy, etc.). The copied text will automatically sync to the Cloud.
  3. On second device, paste as you normally would, using Ctrl + V, Right Click > Paste, etc. If the synced item hasn’t been pasted, open your Clipboard History by pressing the Windows logo key + V to see if it it’s synced. Copy and paste across devices

If you prefer not to sync automatically, you can open clipboard history and choose text to sync.

  1. Select Start > Settings > System > Clipboard, and then under Automatic syncing select Never automatically sync text that I copy.
  2. On first device, copy text as you would normally.
  3. Open your clipboard history by pressing the Windows logo key + V
  4. Select the Sync button on the item you wish to sync.
  5. On second device, paste as you normally would.

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