If you’re looking to remove sensitive information like passwords or 2FA codes from the clipboard on your Windows PC, you’ve come to the right place. There are many ways to delete the content on the clipboard. You can delete it in the command line, in the Windows setting, and much more. If you’re not sure where to begin, don’t worry, we’ll guide you every step of the way.
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Option 1: Using the clipboard history for deletion
If you call up the clipboard with the Windows key, you can delete the contents of the clipboard via the “Delete all” menu item. To remove the individual entries from the clipboard, use the three-dot menu to the right of the individual entries.
Option 2: Delete the clipboard in the Windows settings
To delete content on the clipboard, open the Windows settings and go to “System -> Clipboard.” You’ll then want to click on the “Delete” button under “Delete clipboard data.”
Option 3: Delete the clipboard in the command line
Use the “echo.|clip” command to delete the content of the clipboard via the command line. However, this only works if you haven’t activated the clipboard history.
Option 4: Delete the clipboard with the key combination
Create a new shortcut via the desktop context menu with “New -> Shortcut.” Use the command “cmd /c echo.|clip.” If you save the shortcut, you can delete the content of the clipboard by double-clicking on it. You can insert any key combination in the shortcut’s properties at any time.
This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.
Author: Thomas Joos, Contributor, PCWorld
Thomas Joos has 40 years of experience in the IT industry and has established himself as a freelance author and expert in the areas of networks, security, business software, artificial intelligence and operating systems. His extensive work includes more than 100 books, including publications for Microsoft Press. In addition to his writing work, Joos offers consulting services for companies, especially in the areas of security and network infrastructure. As a trainer for LinkedIn Learning, he regularly creates online courses aimed at professionals and administrators.