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Clearing the Clipboard

rdpinr

Newbie
Please be sure to read edit below. Hello. My password manager will occasionally copy passwords to the clipboard, and then it is supposed to automatically delete it after a specified amount of time. But the password doesn't actually get deleted. The password manager simply creates a new clipboard "entry" that is blank. My guess is it is because older versions of the clipboard only stored one entry at a time, but now the clipboard can store multiple entries (?)

This ends up bothering me, and the only way I have ever figured out to clear the clipboard of all entries is to use the "Keep Notes" app, and go through the motions as if I was composing a note in order to activate Gboard and gain access to the clipboard to delete any entries stored.

Is there an easier way to do this?

Thank you for your assistance.

EDIT: I don't know how to delete this post. I consider it very bad form to "abandon" a post asking for help, so I will edit this one. I found the information I was looking for from Chat-GPT. I am unwatching this thread, and will not see any replies.
 
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Please be sure to read edit below. Hello. My password manager will occasionally copy passwords to the clipboard, and then it is supposed to automatically delete it after a specified amount of time. But the password doesn't actually get deleted. The password manager simply creates a new clipboard "entry" that is blank. My guess is it is because older versions of the clipboard only stored one entry at a time, but now the clipboard can store multiple entries (?)

This ends up bothering me, and the only way I have ever figured out to clear the clipboard of all entries is to use the "Keep Notes" app, and go through the motions as if I was composing a note in order to activate Gboard and gain access to the clipboard to delete any entries stored.

Is there an easier way to do this?

Thank you for your assistance.

EDIT: I don't know how to delete this post. I consider it very bad form to "abandon" a post asking for help, so I will edit this one. I found the information I was looking for from Chat-GPT. I am unwatching this thread, and will not see any replies.
well i hope you comeback and post your solution. if not you can just hit the report button and ask a mod to delete this thread all together.
 
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