See your clipboard history on iPhone and iPad

To see your clipboard history on iPhone, open the Paste app — your copied items appear as a chronological list, including everything copied on your other devices when iCloud sync is on.

How to view your history

Open Paste and your clipboard history shows as a list of items you’ve copied, newest first. Tap an item to copy it back to the system clipboard so you can paste it into any app, or touch and hold an item to preview it, edit it, or take other actions.

To reach your history without leaving the app you’re in, use the Paste Keyboard — switch to it from any text field and browse your history right above the keyboard.

Learn more about Paste on iPhone →

Why only the last copy was saved

If you copied several things quickly and only the last one showed up, that’s expected on iPhone — and it’s an iOS limitation, not a bug in Paste.

iOS doesn’t let apps read the clipboard while they’re running in the background, so Paste can’t capture every copy the moment it happens the way the Mac app does. On iPhone, a copy lands in your history when one of these happens:

You open Paste after copying — Paste reads the current clipboard and adds it to your history.
You send content to Paste from the share sheet using one of its share-sheet extensions.
You copy through the Paste Keyboard.

Because of this, copying several items in a row in another app keeps only the last one on the system clipboard until you bring content into Paste through one of those routes. To capture each item as you copy it, use the extensions or the Paste Keyboard.

Learn how to enable and use the extensions →

Capturing on iPad

On iPad, Paste can capture automatically as long as it’s visible on screen. Keep Paste open alongside your other app using Stage Manager, Split View, or Slide Over, and it captures what you copy without you having to open it each time.

Learn more about Paste on iPad →

Bring in copies from your Mac

Turn on iCloud sync to see items you copied on your Mac in your iPhone and iPad history. Enable it in Paste Settings → General → iCloud sync on each device while signed in to iCloud with the same Apple Account, and your Clipboard History and Pinboards stay in sync across all of them through your private iCloud account.

If items still aren’t showing up

When you open Paste, iOS may ask for permission before Paste can read the clipboard. If you keep seeing that prompt, you can allow it permanently in Paste Settings → Allow Paste from Other Apps.

Learn how to allow Paste permissions in iOS →

If copies still don’t appear after opening Paste or using an extension, contact us and we’ll help.