LesskeysClipboard manager for Windows with a free history
Lesskeys is a complete clipboard manager for Windows. It keeps your recent copies, so you can paste the one from earlier, not only the last. The clipboard history is free and keeps your last 100 items by default, up to 500.
Windows 10 and 11 · No subscription
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Copy first
One round of copying, then paste it all
Copy information 4× faster: copy everything first, then paste each item where it belongs.
The usual way
Copy, switch, paste, switch back. Four items mean four round trips, and each new copy replaces the last.
With Lesskeys
Copy everything first. Then open the history and paste each item where it belongs.
Illustration with four items. Your time will vary.
Built in?
Windows has a history. Why add one?
Windows clipboard history
- You turn it on once.
- Keeps up to 25 items.
- Cleared on restart, unless pinned.
Lesskeys
- 100 items by default; you set 10 to 500.
- Search, pin, and keep text, images and files.
- Still there after a restart.
Keeps it all
Search it, pin it, export it
Text, images and copied files, each saved as you copy it.
Search.
The text and the file names.
Pin.
Pinned items are kept when older ones drop off.
Delete or export.
Export everything, or only the pinned items, to a text file.
Free clipboard
Free clipboard history, stored on your PC
The clipboard history in Lesskeys is free and needs no account.
- Freeclipboard history
- 100items by default
- 500items at most
Stored on your PC and nowhere else. It skips content a password manager marks as sensitive. Everything else is saved in plain files, not encrypted: delete what you do not want to keep.
Your PC
Before you install it
- Windows 10 (version 1903 or later) or Windows 11
Questions
Questions about the clipboard on Windows
How many items does the Windows clipboard history keep?
100 by default, and you can set anything from 10 to 500. When the list is full the oldest items that are not pinned drop off first.
Does the Windows clipboard history keep images and files?
Yes. Lesskeys keeps text, images and copied files. Text is pasted where your cursor is; for an image or a file the item goes back on the clipboard and you paste it as usual.
Does the clipboard history survive a Windows restart?
Yes. The history is saved on your PC, so it is there after you restart.
Does Lesskeys replace the Windows clipboard history?
No. The built-in history keeps working. Lesskeys keeps its own, with a larger size, search and pinning.
More
Also in Lesskeys
The other two things it does
Ways to get Lesskeys
Record calls, talk to any app and keep a clipboard history, all on your own computer.