How To Clear Clipboard On Mac?

Having a clipboard on your desktop is a way to transfer text or image from different kinds of files to your document. It is installed by default on Mac operating system. But how do you clear it? In this article, I am going to reveal the easiest way I found is to clear the clipboard on Mac. To begin with, you can use the keyboard shortcut Option+Command+V, which stands for copy, option and paste.

The clipboard can store a big quantity of documents or high-quality pictures, which use up RAM. So, it may possibly make your Mac operating system lazy. Also, if you leave some important document in the clipboard, anyone can access it from there. So, you should always keep the clipboard empty. Here, we will tell you about some different approaches to know how to clear a clipboard on Mac.

Clearing Clipboard on Mac applying Command Line

1. You may totally remove the clipboard from your Mac operating system by applying terminal. First, check if anything is saved in the clipboard. For that, put your mouse pointer at any one blank space of the window and click the left mouse button. It will launch the “Finder” option.
2. Select the “Edit” option from the toolbar. A drop-down list will come out. Choose “Show clipboard” from the list. It will access the clipboard screen and you can watch the text saved in there presently.
3. After checking the clipboard, now go back to the “Finder” menu and select the “Go” option from the toolbar. Go for the “Utilities” menu from the emerged drop-down list.
4. You will see the “Terminal” application icon on the next window. Launch it.
   
5. Select “Enter” after putting this command:
   
6. Then, again watch the clipboard screen. You will see that it is now fully blank and there is no text in it.
   

Clearing Clipboard on Mac applying Data Substitute

1. You may also reinstate the current clipboard text by substituting it with a little text. For that, access a text document. 
2. Write down an individual word or letter. Say you can write the word “Substitute” or the letter “L”.
3. Click on the word that you wrote. Then, hold down the “Command” button and select the “C” button of your physical keyboard.
   
4. It will save the word given on the document in the clipboard and substitute the text that was formerly saved in there. You may also check if your document was removed or not by holding the “Command” key and click on “V” on the keyboard. You may take an individual word or letter from the internet, avoiding launching a text document.

Clearing Clipboard on Mac applying Restart

1. If you can not remove the text in the clipboard by applying the above two approaches, then follow this approach. Locate the “Apple” icon from the upper left side of the window. 
2. Pick out the “Restart” option from the drop-down list.
   
3. After the Mac restart, again select the “Apple” icon. Pick the “log out” option. And, sign in giving your account information properly. 
4. Then, launch the “Finder” menu. Select the “Edit” option and choose “Show Clipboard”. The clipboard will be emptied.

Clearing Clipboard on Mac applying Unclutter

1. If you are searching for an efficient tool for controlling your clipboard, documents, notes on Mac operating system, then you may use the Unclutter application. It will clear the Mac screen from all the clipboards and document favorites.
2. For using the application, download the installer. And, set up it on your Mac. Launch the application.
3. Hover your mouse to the uppermost part of the window. Then, go lower and locate the clipboard.
   
4. There you will find options for clearing or controlling the clipboard as you require. 

So, following these steps, you can clear the clipboard on Mac conveniently.

Summary: Clear Clipboard on Mac

• Close System Preferences.
• Open System Preferences.
• Click the Extensions icon.
• Look for the Clear Clipboard icon in the status menu.
• Clear clipboard with a keyboard shortcut.
• Right-click on the icon and select Quit to stop it from running.