Wondering ‘Where Is My Clipboard On My iPhone’? Here Is How to Find It

Emilija Anchevska

Written by Emilija Anchevska Apple iPhone

Twitter Published 2 years ago / updated 3 months ago - 4 min read

Copy-paste is one of the most useful and heavily used features integrated into computers and smartphones, as it significantly saves time and effort.

In regards to this, most people have also used the iPhone's copy-paste feature at least once when trying to place a text or image from one place to another.

What confuses some people, however, is the message ‘copied to clipboard’ that pops up when users have copied a text message or image. Many users have been asking the question “How to find clipboard on my iPhone” or “How to access clipboard on my iPhone?”.

This article will explain everything you need to know about iPhone’s clipboard option.

Where is the clipboard on iPhone or iPad?

The clipboard function in the iPhone is not an accessible or viewable one.

Items such as text messages, links, or images can be copied to the clipboard and pasted again and again until they are overwritten with the next thing copied.

So, by tapping and holding any text fields, and pasting the copied item to the desired location, users access iPhone’s clipboard.

Furthermore, there are multiple iOS third-party apps that you can download. However, to overwrite an existing item in the iOS clipboard app, you need to copy something else.

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How to rewrite clipboard history on iPhone

1. Use the Notes app

Since the biggest issue with the iOS clipboard is rewriting the items that have already been copied, pasting the items in the Notes app first is a workaround many find helpful.

• To use the Notes app for this, copy an item, open a new Note and paste the item there.
• If it’s the text in question, change copy it again paste

You can repeat the action with copied links, images, or other items.

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2. Find a third clipboard manager app

Another way of managing your clipboard history is by using a clipboard app for iOS.

There are multiple available apps online for this purpose, but as an example for this article, we will use the Clipboard ++ App.

1. Install the Clipboard ++ App from the App Store.
2. Copy something as a text, image, or link.
3. Open the Clipboard ++ App.
4. When you open the Clipboard++ app after copying, you'll see your copied items already stored inside.

With the help of an app such as this one, users can easily save important items they have copied.

Wrapping Up

iPhone clipboard is an internal option that temporarily stores copied items.

Once users paste the item to another location, they can rewrite the clipboard history by copying another item.

To access and change the items they have copied, users can use either the Note app on their iPhones or some other third-party app.

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