Windows Manager
Say you were lucky enough to already stumble across our previous post on how to enable the windows clipboard manager. Then you are in luck!
As long as you didn't copy the thing too long ago, and assuming that Windows is working OK, you can recovery your lost data easily! Click Windows + V and BOOM! Your clipboard will show up.
In case you didn't already do this, well, now is the best time!
Clipboard History Pro
The other way is to use our extension. We have a fantastic free version, where you can keep 10K items on your clipboard. Even if you copied something months ago, you can go back and search through all of your previous clips to find what you are looking for.
With our extension, you'll be able to track all the text you copy, and restore lost data in seconds. We have shortcuts and widgets to make the clipboard easy to bring up. So there ya go! We support Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. As well as any browsers (like Opera) which support Chrome extensions.
Why not Chrome Itself?
So Chrome does have a clipboard. However, it has been a practice since the 1960s (!!) to override the most recent data in your clipboard.
Unfortunately, despite copy/paste operations being one of the most common in computers (on the scale of 100 billion every year!), developers have serially neglected this area.
There are always cooler things to work on. Or things that are easier to market for the new devices out there. Historically, the copy-paste industry has always leaned on third parties to help them complete this basic function.