A searchable, pinnable clipboard history for VS Code. Local-only and privacy-first — no network calls, ever.

Features

Automatic capture — every copy/cut (and clipboard changes made outside VS Code) is recorded.
Pick and Paste — press Ctrl+Shift+V (Cmd+Shift+V on macOS) to open a searchable list and paste any past item.
Sidebar view — a dedicated Activity Bar panel with Pinned and Recent sections.
Pin items — keep frequently used snippets at the top; pinned items are never trimmed.
Multi-cursor paste — pasting inserts at every cursor / replaces every selection.
Deduplication — repeated copies are moved to the top instead of cluttering the list.
Ignore patterns — regex patterns to skip secrets/tokens so they never get stored.
Optional persistence — keep history across sessions, or turn it off for stricter privacy.

Usage

Quick pick

Press Ctrl+Shift+V / Cmd+Shift+V in the editor, type to filter, press Enter to paste.

Click the clipboard icon in the Activity Bar. Each item has inline actions:

Paste into the active editor (also the default single-click action)
Pin / Unpin
Delete
Copy to Clipboard (right-click menu)

Command Palette

Search for "Clipboard History" to access: Pick and Paste, Clear All History, Refresh.

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`clipboardHistory.maxItems`	`100`	Max number of unpinned items to keep.
`clipboardHistory.checkInterval`	`500`	Polling interval (ms). `0` disables polling.
`clipboardHistory.onlyWindowFocused`	`true`	Only capture while VS Code is focused.
`clipboardHistory.deduplicate`	`true`	Move duplicates to top instead of re-adding.
`clipboardHistory.moveToTop`	`true`	Move an item to the top when pasted.
`clipboardHistory.persist`	`true`	Keep history across sessions.
`clipboardHistory.maxItemSize`	`1000000`	Max characters per item; larger is ignored.
`clipboardHistory.ignorePatterns`	`[]`	Regex list; matching content is not stored.

Privacy

All clipboard data is stored locally in VS Code's extension storage. Nothing is sent anywhere. Disable clipboardHistory.persist if you don't want history written to disk between sessions.