Side by side
| Windows clipboard history | Clipboard Tool | |
|---|---|---|
| How to open | Win + V | Toolbar icon or your shortcut |
| Items kept | 25 | You choose (500 by default) |
| After a restart | Only pinned items | Everything |
| Search | No | Yes |
| Favorites | Pin | Favorites + right-click menu |
| Tags | No | Yes |
| Text shortcuts | No | Yes |
| Captures copies from | All Windows apps | All apps while Chrome is running |
| Pictures | Yes (up to 4 MB) | Text |
| Sync between devices | Optional, Microsoft account | No (export/import) |
| Mac and Chromebook | No | Yes |
| Price | Free | History free; shortcuts and right-click favorites from $2.99/month |
Checked on 9 November 2026 with Windows 11 and Clipboard Tool 1.3.
Where Windows clipboard history is better
- Nothing to install, and it is part of Windows.
- Pictures as well as text.
- Sync across your Windows PCs.
- Works even when Chrome is closed.
Where Clipboard Tool is better
- More than 25 items and nothing lost on restart.
- Search through everything you copied.
- Text shortcuts and favorites in the right-click menu for text you paste every day.
- The same history tool on Windows, Mac and Chromebook.
- Skips passwords by default.
Which should I use?
- You paste a few recent things now and then → Win + V is enough.
- You work in the browser and reuse text all day, or switch between Windows and Mac → Clipboard Tool.
- Not sure → keep Win + V and try Clipboard Tool's free history alongside it.