How to delete what is saved in the clipboard of your Windows computer

If you want 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 contents of the clipboard. You can delete it in command line, windows setting and more. If you’re not sure where to start, don’t worry, we’ll guide you every step of the way.

Further reading: Quickly clear your Windows clipboard with this handy trick

Option 1: Use clipboard history for deletion

If you call the clipboard with the Windows key, you can delete the contents of the clipboard via the “Clear All” menu item. To remove individual entries from the clipboard, use the three-dot menu to the right of individual entries.

Option 2: Clear the clipboard from Windows settings

To delete the contents of the clipboard, open the Windows settings and go to “System -> Clipboard”. Next, you’ll want to click the “Clear” button under “Clear clipboard data.”

Option 3: Clear the clipboard from the command line

Use the “echo.|clip” command to clear the contents of the clipboard via the command line. However, this only works if you haven’t enabled clipboard history.

Option 4: Clear 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 clear the contents of the clipboard by double-clicking it. You can insert any key combination into the shortcut properties at any time.