ClipboardifyOnline Clipboard FAQ: Limits, Storage, Privacy
This FAQ explains Clipboardify's limits, how retrieval works, and what to consider before moving text between devices. The questions are grouped by cost and accounts, limits, storage, privacy, and devices. If something is already failing, start with the troubleshooting guide for a web clipboard instead.
Key takeaways
- Clipboardify is free and needs no account, install, or login. You open the site, paste text, and pass the code to the other device.
- Text is limited to 10,000 characters per code, and a code can be auto-generated or custom up to 64 characters.
- The server deletes the stored text as soon as a device retrieves it with the code.
- Do not paste passwords, banking details, verification codes, API keys, or private records. Use a password manager for secrets, or an encrypted channel you trust.
Is it free, and do I need an account?
Is Clipboardify free to use?
Yes. Clipboardify is a free web clipboard that runs in any modern browser, with no install and no account. You do not sign up, log in, or pay to move text between devices.
Do I need to create an account or install an app?
No. There is no account to create and nothing to install. You open the site in a browser on one device, paste the text, and open the same site on the other device to retrieve it with the code.
That is why a browser-based clipboard fits awkward cases. A work laptop that blocks installs, a borrowed tablet, or a phone that has never seen the other machine can be used without installing an app, because you only need a modern browser and an internet connection. The basic model of an online clipboard is the same whichever device you use.
What are the limits?
How much text can I send at one time?
Clipboardify stores up to 10,000 characters of text per code. Anything longer needs to be split across two codes or trimmed before you paste it.
How long can a code be?
A code can be auto-generated or set by you, and it can run up to 64 characters.
Can I choose my own code?
Yes. You can accept the auto-generated code or type your own before you send the text, up to a maximum of 64 characters.
Can I send files or images instead of text?
No. Clipboardify moves text only. Files, images, and other binary data need a different route, such as a file sharing service or a direct message between the two devices.
| What you want to move | Works in a web clipboard | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| A few lines of text | Yes | Paste once and share the code |
| A long document or a log | Only up to 10,000 characters | Split into two codes or trim it first |
| A custom code you will remember | Yes | Set it before you send, up to 64 characters |
| A file or an image | No | Use a file sharing service |
| A password or an API key | No | Use a password manager or an encrypted channel |
How long is text stored?
How long does Clipboardify keep the text after I paste it?
The server deletes the stored text as soon as a device retrieves it with the code.
Can deleted text be recovered?
The server deletes the stored text after retrieval. Keep your original copy until you have confirmed the text arrived.
The stored copy stays on the server until a device retrieves it with the code, and it is deleted at that moment. Keep the original on the sending device until you see the text arrive on the other side. If a code returns nothing, it may already have been retrieved; the checks for a code that returns nothing cover that and the other possibilities.
Is it private, and what should never be pasted?
Who can read the text while it waits for the other device?
Anyone who has the code can retrieve the text, so share the code only with the device or the person that needs it.
What should I never paste into a web clipboard?
Do not paste passwords, banking details, one-time verification codes, API keys, private keys, or medical and financial records. For secrets, use a password manager, which is built to store them and fill them in for you, or send them over an encrypted channel you trust.
Should I use a web clipboard for work text?
Only for text you would be comfortable sending through a service you do not control. Check your employer's rules first, because a work network or a policy may limit where internal text can be sent.
Treat the tool as a courier for text you are comfortable sending through a service you do not control, and keep credentials in a password manager or send them over an encrypted channel you trust. The longer answer on online clipboard safety covers what the tool is and is not built to protect.
Anyone who has the code can retrieve the text. Send the code through a channel you trust, or use the site's Share control to create a pickup link or a QR code so no character has to be typed by hand.
Does it work on phones, tablets, and separate networks?
Does a web clipboard work on phones and tablets?
Yes. Clipboardify runs in a modern browser on a phone, tablet, or desktop, and the code is what you carry between them.
How many devices can use one code?
A code covers one successful retrieval. The first device that retrieves the text with the code consumes it, and the server deletes the stored text at that moment. For a second device, paste the text again and send a new code.
Does it work if the two devices are not on the same network?
The two devices do not need to share a network. The code travels through the site rather than over local Wi-Fi, so a phone on mobile data can retrieve text pasted on a desktop at home.
Do both devices need to be online at the same time?
No. You can paste the text first and retrieve it later with the code. The stored copy stays on the server until a device retrieves it.
A common use is moving text between devices without a cable or a shared account. These steps run from a phone to a laptop, and the same order works in reverse.
- Open the site on the sending device. A phone browser is fine, and no install is involved.
- Paste or type the text, and check that it is under 10,000 characters before you go further.
- Accept the auto-generated code, or type your own up to 64 characters.
- Send the text, then use the site's Share control to create a pickup link or a QR code, or pass the code on by hand.
- Open the same site on the receiving device.
- Enter the code, or open the pickup link, and retrieve the text. If the browser shows a clipboard prompt when you copy the retrieved text, allow it, then paste the text where you need it.
If a step stalls, check the code for a mistyped character and confirm the text was not already collected on another device. Both are covered in the troubleshooting walkthrough, along with the browser and network checks worth ruling out.
No account, no install. Paste the text on one device and pick it up on the other with a short code.
Clipboardify is the tool this site provides; the troubleshooting guide also covers general browser and network checks.