For quite some time, we have been talking about how Chromebook is slowly getting desktop features. This time, we bring you the most sought-after feature on Chromebooks — Clipboard History. Hidden behind a Chrome flag, it allows you to access multiple copied items with just a keyboard shortcut on Chromebook. Not just texts, you can also copy multiple images and paste it anywhere you want. Also, now you don’t need to use any paid extensions like Clipboard History Pro to access all your copied items. So on that note, let’s go ahead and find how to enable Clipboard History on a Chromebook.
Before we begin, let me tell you I am using Chrome OS 87.0.4280.24 beta build and I am sure the feature is also available on Chrome OS 86 stable channel. Apart from that, the process is pretty straightforward and the feature is available on both school-issued and regular Chromebooks. With that out of the way, let’s jump to the steps.
- If you want a full-fledged Clipboard manager for Chromebook with image support then you should enable one more flag. Go ahead and enable “Enable Copy Images from Files App” under Chrome Flags.
So that is how you can enable the hidden clipboard manager on a Chromebook. As we can see, the work is in progress and we might get a full-fledged clipboard manager with more clipboard data support in the future. Anyway, that is all from us. If you want to learn more such Chrome OS tips and tricks then go through our linked article. And if you are interested in buying a Chrome OS machine then you can find the best Chromebooks to buy in 2020 from our updated list.
