iPhone users often struggle to find copied files or images on their phones. After all, they seem to disappear and reappear out of the virtual ether!
So, where does “copy” go on iPhones?
After copying something on your iPhone, it is usually stored temporarily on the clipboard. From here, you can paste the text wherever you want.
The clipboard is an internal function of the iPhone that allows you to store data for the time being. Once you copy any data, mainly in the form of text or links, it goes into the system’s memory for a short time until you transfer it somewhere else.
However, if you want to access your copy history, you need to open the clipboard. By default, the iPhone does not have an inbuilt app where you can access the clipboard or copy history easily.
How to Find the Clipboard on an iPhone
Since there is no clipboard app on the iPhone, everything you store is in the phone’s memory.
However, there’s no need to worry as we’ll show you a few tricks that can help you save whatever’s on your (hidden) clipboard!
Notes App
Since there is no direct way to access your clipboard, there are still other ways that can help you save everything you copy.
One such method is by using the Notes application.
All you need to do is Open a new note,
Tap, and hold the text area. Following that, you’ll get an option to paste.
When you select Paste, it will save a recent copy of the text on your clipboard into your Notes. Every time you copy something, simply paste it into your Notes application if you need to access it later!
Third-Party Apps
Another way of storing and managing copied information on an iPhone is through third-party applications.
With apps such as Paste, whatever you copy will be automatically be saved to the app. Therefore, you don’t even have to copy and paste in your Notes app every time!
Universal Clipboard Update
The latest iOS versions (ten and later) allow you to copy and paste your data from one Apple device to another. The only requirement is that devices need to be logged into the same iCloud account.
You can copy data from one device, move to the other, and paste it there. The Universal Clipboard Update allows you to instantly transfer data between Apple devices that have the same iCloud account.
You can then copy and paste the text from one Apple device to an entirely different Apple device with just a few clicks!
How to Clear Clipboard Data
We often have a tendency to copy personal and sensitive information such as passwords and bank details. All of this data is saved temporarily in the iPhone’s internal clipboard.
And since there’s no default app for the iPhone clipboard, deleting the information is not exactly easy. Sometimes, a third-party app may be able to access the clipboard without you even being aware of it!
One way of clearing your clipboard is by copying a clear space.
You can do this by opening any app that has a text field. For example your Note app or even your messages.
From there, tap an empty space in the text field where the iPhone keyboard will appear. On the keyboard, press the space button at the bottom of the keyboard two times. It will create a space in the text field of the app.
Select the space by tapping Select All,
and copy it by tapping Copy! The empty spaces will replace the last item that was copied and will subsequently delete any information that was stored on your clipboard.
You can quickly delete the copy history from the clipboard by following the steps above.
However, if you use any third-party apps or the Notes app, the procedure will be slightly different.
To delete data from the apps, open the specific app, select all the data, and delete it.
You can also repeat the space-copying method to ensure any data that may have been copied to the iPhone clipboard history is also removed.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Does The Iphone Have A Default Clipboard App?
Unfortunately, the iPhone does not have a default clipboard app like other phones.
However, you can copy and store a single piece of data at a time. You can then paste the data on the same device or a different Apple device through a universal clipboard update available on newer iOS versions.
2. If You Copy An Image, Where Does It Go On The iPhone?
Just like text, you can save images on the internal clipboard of an iPhone as well.
However, with no clipboard app on your iPhone, you will not be able to see the copied items.
You can still copy and paste the image anywhere you want, as long as you do not copy anything else since doing so will remove the copied image.
Wrapping Up
iPhones do not have a clipboard app available for you to access the information you’ve copied.
So, where does “copy” go on iPhones? When you copy something on your iPhone, it stores it on a clipboard in its internal memory.
The clipboard only stores information temporarily, and you can, therefore, only copy one thing at a time.
To copy and save any text as much as you want, use the Notes application on your iPhone. There, you can paste the data you copy and save it. Alternatively, you can also use third-party apps such as Paste to store information.
Because you cannot access the information on your iPhone’s clipboard, it’s also not always easy to delete the data you have copied. To delete your clipboard history, one of the best methods is to simply copy an empty text space in Notes or your messages!