Control how long Paste keeps your history
Paste keeps the things you copy for a length of time you choose, then lets older, un-pinned items age out automatically. You control this with the Keep History setting, and anything you pin stays safe regardless of the limit.
How long Paste keeps your clipboard
By default, Paste keeps your clipboard history for 30 days. You can change this with the Keep History setting in Paste Settings → General on Mac. There is no Keep History setting in Paste Settings on iPhone or iPad.
Choose how long to keep your history:
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1 Day
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1 Week
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1 Month (the default)
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1 Year
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Forever, to keep everything indefinitely
Once an un-pinned item is older than the limit you set, Paste removes it to keep your history tidy.
Will lowering Keep History delete my pinned items?
No. Pinned items and Pinboards won't be deleted by the retention limit — that is what Paste itself tells you when you change the setting. Anything you have pinned or organized into a pinboard stays put.
Un-pinned items are a different story. If you lower the limit while you already have history older than the new one, Paste asks whether to delete those older items and apply the new limit, and that deletion can't be undone. So pick the length you actually want your history kept for, and pin anything you'd rather not lose first.
If there is something you want to keep for good, pin it or move it into a pinboard. Learn how to organize with Pinboards →
Clear your history
To remove everything at once instead of waiting for items to age out, click Erase History in Paste Settings → General on Mac and confirm. Like Keep History, this is a Mac setting — there is no Erase History in Paste Settings on iPhone or iPad. Your pinned items and Pinboards stay in place.
Want to know what ends up in your history in the first place? Learn more about what Paste captures →