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Everything you need to know about browsing, searching, and managing your clipboard history. Master the keyboard shortcuts and you will never reach for the mouse.
Cliprift automatically captures everything you copy — text, links, code, images, colors, and files. Your history is searchable, filterable, and syncs across all your devices in real time.
There are two ways to access your clipboard history: the main window (full history with preview pane and bulk actions) and the picker window (a lightweight floating palette designed for quick keyboard-driven access from any application).
Main window
Full history, preview, bulk actions
Picker window
Quick paste from any app
Search & filter
Find anything by text or type
14 quick actions
Transform text without leaving Cliprift
The main window shows your full clipboard history as a scrollable list with a preview pane on the right. Each item shows a content preview, timestamp, source application, and a colored left border indicating its type.
Press Ctrl+K (or ⌘+K on macOS) to focus the search bar. Results filter in real time as you type, with matching text highlighted in each item. The result count is displayed next to the search field.
Press Escape to progressively clear state: first the search query, then any active type filter, then the selection.
Three tabs at the top let you quickly scope your view:
All
Everything in your history
Pinned
Only items you have pinned
Today
Items copied today
Switch between tabs with Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, Ctrl+3 (or ⌘+1/2/3 on macOS).
Cliprift automatically detects the type of each clipboard item and shows it with a colored left border. Click any content type chip below the tabs to filter your history. Each chip shows a count of matching items.
| Type | What it detects |
|---|---|
| Text | Plain text, notes, and general content |
| Links | Single-line HTTP/HTTPS URLs |
| Code | JSON, programming keywords, structural patterns like => or () {} |
| Colors | Hex codes (#RGB, #RRGGBB), CSS functions (rgba, hsla) |
| Images | Screenshots and copied images (PNG, JPEG) |
| Files | File paths and copied files |
| Rich text | HTML and formatted content from web pages and documents |
Sensitive data detection
Cliprift flags items that look like API keys, credit card numbers, or social security numbers with an amber shield icon. Sensitive items can be set to auto-expire so they do not linger in your history.
Pin any clipboard item to keep it at the top of your history permanently. Pinned items are never removed by auto-clear rules or history limits — they stay until you unpin or delete them.
Select an item and press Ctrl+P (or ⌘+P on macOS). You can also click the pin icon in the preview pane, or right-click and choose "Pin" from the context menu. Pinned items show a small pin indicator in the list.
Switch to the "Pinned" tab (or press Ctrl+2) to see only your pinned items. Pinned items sync across all your devices — pin something on your desktop and it appears pinned on your phone too.
Cliprift supports multi-selection for batch operations. Select multiple items to pin, copy, or delete them all at once.
Single click
Selects one item and deselects everything else. The preview pane shows the selected item's full content.
Ctrl + click (or ⌘ + click)
Toggle an item in or out of the selection. Build up a multi-selection by clicking items one at a time.
Shift + click
Range select — selects all items between the last-clicked item and the shift-clicked item.
Ctrl+A (or ⌘+A)
Selects all currently visible items (respects search and filter).
When two or more items are selected, a bulk action bar appears at the bottom of the list. From here you can Pin All, Unpin All, Copy all selected items, Delete them (with a confirmation dialog), or Deselect All.
The picker is a lightweight floating palette that lets you paste from your clipboard history without leaving your current application. Open it with the global shortcut (default: Ctrl+Shift+V on Windows, ⌘+Shift+V on macOS).
The picker has two modes — Clips and Snippets — toggled with Tab.
Position badges
The first 9 items in the picker show position badges (1-9) in the corner. Press the corresponding number key to instantly copy that item and close the picker — the fastest way to paste from your recent history.
Cliprift is designed for keyboard-first workflows. These shortcuts work in both the main window and the picker window. Press ? at any time to see the shortcut reference in-app.
| Action | Windows | macOS |
|---|---|---|
| Open picker window | Ctrl + Shift + V | ⌘ + Shift + V |
| Search history | Ctrl + K | ⌘ + K |
| Copy selected item | Enter | Enter |
| Copy and paste to active app | Shift + Enter | Shift + Enter |
| Navigate items | ↑ / ↓ | ↑ / ↓ |
| Jump to first / last | Home / End | Home / End |
| Jump 10 items | Page Up / Page Down | Page Up / Page Down |
| Quick select (1–9) | 1 – 9 | 1 – 9 |
| Pin / unpin item | Ctrl + P | ⌘ + P |
| Delete item | Delete | Delete |
| Select all visible items | Ctrl + A | ⌘ + A |
| Toggle Clips / Snippets | Tab | Tab |
| Show keyboard shortcuts | ? | ? |
Customize the global shortcut
The picker shortcut can be changed in Settings → Shortcuts. Choose any combination that does not conflict with your other applications.
Quick actions let you transform clipboard content without switching to another tool. Select an item and apply a transform from the preview pane dropdown, the right-click context menu, or the picker's action menu.
| Group | Actions |
|---|---|
| Text | Trim Whitespace, UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case |
| Code | camelCase, snake_case, kebab-case |
| Encoding | URL Encode, URL Decode |
| Lines | Sort Lines, Remove Duplicate Lines |
| HTML | Strip HTML Tags |
| JSON | Pretty-Print JSON, Minify JSON |
Transforms update the item content in place and sync the change across your devices. The original content is replaced, so if you need the original, pin it first or copy the original before applying a transform.
Select an item and press Delete to remove it, or click the trash icon in the preview pane. Deleting multiple items via bulk select shows a confirmation dialog. Deleted items are removed from all your devices.
Deletion is permanent
Deleted clipboard items cannot be recovered. If you want to keep an item but clear it from the default view, consider pinning it instead.