Why use Curiosity as a clipboard manager?

Curiosity works as a clipboard manager to keep track of items that you have copied on your computer.

Connecting your clipboard to Curiosity lets you:
Save things you copied for later (text, links, images)
Search your clipboard
Quickly copy-paste from your clipboard history with the Command bar

How to connect your clipboard

💡 The clipboard manager is supported on Mac and Windows, but not on all Linux distributions.

To search your clipboard with Curiosity, you need to enable it under Preferences:
On the left bar, click the cog (⚙️) icon to open Preferences
In the left sidebar for Preferences, click Clipboard
Use the dropdown to select Enabled
(optional) Choose how long your clipboard entries are saved using the dropdown

Curiosity will start saving your clipboard entries.

Notes

You can choose for how long the entries should be saved from the cog (⚙️) icon next to Clipboard on the left bar of the app.
Curiosity only starts saving your clipboard entries when you connect it, so it may be empty when you first view it.
Curiosity for clipboard currently supports text, links, and images (in beta).

How to copy a clipboard entry

Using the Command bar

To copy an entry from your clipboard using the Command bar:
Press Alt + Space (Windows) or ⌥ + Space (Mac) to open the Command Bar
Type ´<´ to filter for clipboard results (you can also type the word clipboard and hit Tab)
Select the item you want with the arrow keys and hit Enter to copy it (or click on it with the mouse)

Curiosity will copy the selected entry.

Using the full app

To copy an entry from your clipboard in the full app:
Click on Clipboard in the left sidebar
Copy a result by clicking on it with the mouse, or by selecting with the arrow keys and hitting Enter

Curiosity will copy the selected entry.

How to delete clipboard entries

How to delete an individual clipboard entry from Curiosity

If you copy something to the clipboard that you don't want in Curiosity (e.g. a password), the app lets you delete that one entry.

To delete an individual entry from Curiosity:
On the left bar, hover your mouse over clipboard and click the cog (⚙️) icon
Right-click on the entry you want to delete (or hover and press Tab) and select delete from the menu

Your clipboard entry will be removed.

How to delete all clipboard entries from Curiosity

To clear all clipboard entries from Curiosity:
On the left bar, hover your mouse over clipboard and click the cog (⚙️) icon
Click Clear history

All clipboard entries will be removed from Curiosity.

How to disconnect the clipboard

To disconnect the clipboard and stop using Curiosity as a clipboard manager:
On the left bar, click the cog (⚙️) icon to open Preferences
Scroll down to the section Features
Click the toggle next to Clipboard to switch it off
Decide whether to keep or remove existing entries

Curiosity will stop saving results from your clipboard.





🔐 All your clipboard data stays on your computer. We never see, copy or store your data. Learn more about data security and privacy here.

Updated on: 29/01/2024