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How to Clear the Clipboard on a Mac

How to Clear the Clipboard on a Mac

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Apple’s macOS is the second most popular computer operating system in the world. This operating system is specially built for Macbook, iMac and Mac Mini users and has a similar working philosophy as Windows systems, but there are some notable differences here and there. Just like Windows, Mac is also built to make your life easier. So it comes as no surprise that the operating system comes with clipboard functionality.

How to Clear the Clipboard on a Mac

Today we'll take a quick look at how the clipboard keeps track of your data and explain how to clear it.

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A clipboard is one of the many applications that run in the background when you’re on your Mac. When you copy an item, macOS remembers it and pastes it into your clipboard. The next time you press the Paste button or the keyboard shortcut Command + V, the system checks the clipboard and pastes the most recent entry.