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You’re not making the most of the clipboard on your Android phone

David Nield

created: Dec. 7, 2025, 1 p.m. | updated: Dec. 7, 2025, 11:20 p.m.

The clipboard on your Android phone can be just as useful as the same feature on your Windows or macOS laptop. Open up Gboard in any app (such as a messaging app), and you’ll see a clipboard icon above the rows of letters. Screenshot: GoogleTo see the items on the clipboard at any time, tap the clipboard icon in Gboard. The toggle switches on the next screen let you show recent clipboard items in the keyboard suggestions bar, store screenshots in the clipboard, and pick out phone numbers and addresses from items. You can save screenshots to the Samsung Keyboard clipboard too.

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