Windows users can pin text and images to Clipboard history, so that, you can access them as quickly as possible. In this post, we are going to see how you can use this feature on your Windows 11/10 computer.
What is Clipboard History?
When you cut or copy the text or image on your computer, it saves temporarily so that you can use it once or sometimes multiple times. At times, you may need to copy multiple sets of texts or pictures so that you can use them further. This is where Clipboard history plays a vital role.
If you are using the latest version of Windows 11/10, you should be familiar with using the Clipboard history to copy multiple texts or images to the clipboard and use them whenever needed. However, sometimes you may need to find a specific text or image quickly and frequently. At such a moment, you can pin that text or image so that it appears on the top.
Pin Text & Image to Clipboard History
To pin text or image to Clipboard history in Windows 11/10, follow these steps-
- Copy any text or image on your computer.
- Press Win+V to save it in the cloud clipboard.
- Next up, we need to pin the text.
- Windows 11: Click on the Pin icon.
- Windows 10: Click on the three dots and click on Pin
Before getting started, you should ensure that the Clipboard history feature is enabled on your computer.
If not, you can open Windows Settings, go to System > Clipboard, and toggle the Clipboard history button. Alternatively, you can follow our detailed guide to turn on Clipboard history.
If you already have the text or image in the cloud clipboard, there is no need to follow this step. Otherwise, you must paste the text or picture that you want to pin. As usual, you can press Win + V to paste a text or image in that. Then, you need to choose a text or picture that you want to pin and click on the three-dotted icon, respectively. Here, you can find an option called Pin that you need to click.
That is it. Now that text or image is pinned, you can find that always on the top no matter how many texts or pictures you save. If you need to unpin a pinned text or image in the Clipboard history panel, you can click the same three-dotted icon, and select the Unpin option.
For your information, pinned texts or images do not get deleted if you use the Clear all feature.
That’s all!
Related read: Best free Clipboard Manager software for Windows.
How to pin items to Clipboard Windows 11?
It’s pretty simple to pin an item in Windows 11, all you need to do is open the clipboard by Win + V. Once it’s open, click on the Pin icon right next to the text you want to pin. If you want to unpin it, just click on the Pin button again to unpin it.
Read: Clipboard History not working or showing in Windows 11/10
How to enable clipboard history in Windows 11?
We can enable clipboard history on Windows 11 from Windows Settings. To do the same, open Settings, go to System > Clipboard, and then turn on Clipboard history.
Also Read: Cloud Clipboard not working or syncing in Windows 11/10.
