How to find the clipboard on Android

Just like on the computer, you can also copy words and text sections to the clipboard on Android. Where exactly you find the clipboard, we show you in this practical tip.

Open clipboard in Android: How to do it

Copy a text, it automatically ends up in the clipboard. On some Android smartphones, you can save multiple contents to the clipboard and also view the clipboard for this purpose.

• Open the keyboard on your Android smartphone first, for example in a WhatsApp chat.

• The clipboard hides behind a clipboard or a gear icon, depending on your keyboard.

• On some devices you have to keep your finger pressed on the text field so that the “clipboard” appears in addition to the usual functions like “copy” and “paste”.

• Here you will now find the last copied texts and objects. By selecting them, they will be pasted directly into the text field.

Android: Save text to clipboard

To save text to the clipboard, do the following:

• Hold down the text you want to copy. Two marks will now appear to delimit the text.

• Move the two markers to the desired start as well as to the end of the text.

• Finally tap on “Copy”. This saves the text to the clipboard.

Use and edit multiple clipboards with Android: How to do it

Normally, you can only use one clipboard on Android tablets and smartphones with Android system. If you copy another text, the previous one will be deleted from the memory.

• However, this is not the case with all Android devices. Sometimes you can find a menu on the keyboard where several clipboard entries are stored.

• Just look for a gear or clipboard on the edges of the keyboard. On some devices, you’ll find the option in the menu that opens when you want to copy or paste text.

• If such a feature is not available on your device, you can upgrade the feature via app. The Clipper Plus app automatically saves all texts that you copy. Thus, you can access content from the clipboard even weeks later.