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How to Clear the Clipboard on Mac
With Supercharge
- Open Supercharge. Its icon is in the menu bar.
- Click the icon, and choose “Clear Clipboard”. The clipboard is now empty.
For a keyboard shortcut, open the Supercharge settings, click “Shortcuts”, and set a shortcut for “Clear clipboard”.
To clear it automatically, click “Tweaks” in the settings, and in the “System” section, turn on “Automatically clear clipboard for improved privacy”. Supercharge then clears the clipboard about one minute after you copy something, and when your Mac sleeps or locks.
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- Platform
- macOS
- Requires
- macOS 26.4 or later
- Released
- September 2024
- Privacy
- No personal data collected
- Updated
- September 2026
- Version
- 1.30.1
- Size
- 16 MB
- Gumroad rating
- 5.0/5 (284 ratings)
Without an app
- Terminal: Run
pbcopy < /dev/null. It replaces the clipboard with nothing. - Copy something else: Select a space or a word, and press CommandC. The old content is no longer on the clipboard.
These work when you remember to do it. Supercharge is for when you want it in one click, or done for you.