How to increase Windows 10 clipboard history?

Windows 10 has this new feature that can be enable and then save last "copy". After, when clicking on ⊞ Win+V, I can view the history of my last copies.

Is there a way to increase this copy history list? The default list shows only the last 25 copies.

This is the history clipboard:

4 Answers

The new Windows clipboard is still too new to be hackable. It has also not externalized its functional parameters in the registry as of yet.

All that is known about it is that it is enabled via:

• Settings > System > Clipboard
• Group Policy (gpedit.msc) in
  Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > OS Policies > Allow Clipboard History
• In the registry atHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windowsby the values AllowClipboardHistory and AllowCrossDeviceClipboard.

That just about sums up everything that is known. We don't know any way of extending its size beyond 25, as specified in Microsoft's articleGet help with clipboard, and there is also no way to move or extend its window from the bottom-right of the screen.

For more functionality, one is today still obliged to use third-party products, of which there are many.

You may find some lists with reviews in the articles:

• 10 best Clipboard managers for Windows 10 (updated 2019)
• Best Free Clipboard Replacement Utility (updated 2016)

These lists are missing my favorite of the open-sourceClipAngel.

I don't think you can actually increase your clipboard history so your best bet is to use a third party program like a cloud based archive. You can find other clipboard programs here.

I agree with the above answers but as an alternative I am already using FARR (Find and Run Robot) with KlipKeeper for clipboard history of around 100 clips. Extremely easy to use and fast, alot of customization options and many more plugins available. FARR and KilpKeeper are both available for free. KlipKeeper can also paste the string as well as copy to clipboard.

In short:
Set Virtual memory of Windows to custom size, restart and it and increase the History capacity entries.

How to proceed in detail:

• Win+R
• sysdm.cpl [OK]
• |Advanced|
• Performace [Settings...]
• |Advanced|
• Virtual memory [Change...]
• C: (or drive where Windows is installed)

Custom size: (my PC has 8GB real RAM, so I set)

• Initial: 2048
• Maximum: 8196 (Other drives (it there are) must be "No paging file" or "Custom size" also, not "System managed size".)

[OK] ... It will request restart of PC. Enjoy more cliboard capacity entries of Win+V ;)