A searchable, pinnable clipboard history for VS Code. Local-only and privacy-first — no network calls, ever.
Features
Automatic capture — every copy/cut (and clipboard changes made outside VS Code) is recorded.
Pick and Paste — press Ctrl+Shift+V (Cmd+Shift+V on macOS) to open a searchable list and paste any past item.
Sidebar view — a dedicated Activity Bar panel with Pinned and Recent sections.
Pin items — keep frequently used snippets at the top; pinned items are never trimmed.
Multi-cursor paste — pasting inserts at every cursor / replaces every selection.
Deduplication — repeated copies are moved to the top instead of cluttering the list.
Ignore patterns — regex patterns to skip secrets/tokens so they never get stored.
Optional persistence — keep history across sessions, or turn it off for stricter privacy.
Usage
Quick pick
Press Ctrl+Shift+V / Cmd+Shift+V in the editor, type to filter, press Enter to paste.
Sidebar
Click the clipboard icon in the Activity Bar. Each item has inline actions:
Paste into the active editor (also the default single-click action)
Pin / Unpin
Delete
Copy to Clipboard (right-click menu)
Command Palette
Search for "Clipboard History" to access: Pick and Paste, Clear All History, Refresh.
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
clipboardHistory.maxItems
100
Max number of unpinned items to keep.
clipboardHistory.checkInterval
500
Polling interval (ms). 0 disables polling.
clipboardHistory.onlyWindowFocused
true
Only capture while VS Code is focused.
clipboardHistory.deduplicate
true
Move duplicates to top instead of re-adding.
clipboardHistory.moveToTop
true
Move an item to the top when pasted.
clipboardHistory.persist
true
Keep history across sessions.
clipboardHistory.maxItemSize
1000000
Max characters per item; larger is ignored.
clipboardHistory.ignorePatterns
[]
Regex list; matching content is not stored.
Privacy
All clipboard data is stored locally in VS Code's extension storage. Nothing is sent anywhere. Disable clipboardHistory.persist if you don't want history written to disk between sessions.
