Welcome to CopyQ’s documentation!
CopyQ is clipboard manager – a desktop application which stores content of the system clipboard whenever it changes and allows to search the history and copy it back to the system clipboard or paste it directly to other applications.
This documentation describes some basic concepts and workflows as well as more advanced topics like scripting and application development process.
The Basics
- Installation
- Basic Usage
- Tabs and Items
- Keyboard
- Images
- Tags
- Security
- Data Storage
- Clipboard Content Visibility
- Clipboard Access
- Theme
- FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
- How to open CopyQ window or tray menu using shortcut?
- How to paste double-clicked item from CopyQ window?
- How to paste as plain text?
- How to store only plain text?
- How to disable storing clipboard?
- How to back up tabs, configuration and commands?
- How to enable or disable displaying notification when clipboard changes?
- How to load shared commands and share them?
- How to omit storing text copied from specific windows like a password manager?
- How to enable logging?
- How to preserve the order of copied items when copying or pasting multiple items?
- How does pasting single/multiple items work internally?
- Why does pasting from CopyQ not work?
- How to open the menu or context menu with only the keyboard?
- How to hide the menu bar in the main CopyQ window?
- How to reuse file paths copied from a file manager?
- How to trigger a command based on primary selection only?
- Why can I no longer paste from the application on macOS?
- Why does my external editor fail to edit items?
- Where to find saved items and configuration?
- Why are items and configuration not saved?
- Why do global shortcuts not work?
- Why doesn’t the main window close on tiling window managers?
- Why does encryption ask for password so often?
- How to fix “copyq: command not found” errors?
- What to do when CopyQ crashes or misbehaves?
- Known Issues
- Glossary
Advanced Topics
- Command Line
- Sessions
- Pin Items
- Password Protection
- Synchronize with Documents
- Writing Commands and Adding Functionality
- Scripting
- Command Examples
- Join Selected Items
- Paste Current Date and Time
- Play Sound when Copying to Clipboard
- Edit and Paste
- Remove Background and Text Colors
- Linkify
- Highlight Text
- Render HTML
- Translate to English
- Paste and Forget
- Render Math Equations
- Move Images to Other Tab
- Copy Clipboard to Window Tabs
- Quickly Show Current Clipboard Content
- Replace All Occurrences in Selected Text
- Copy Nth Item
- Edit Files
- Change Monitoring State Permanently
- Show Window Title
- Show Copy Time
- Mark Selected Items
- Change Upper/Lower Case of Selected Text
- Change Copied Text to Title Case
- Script Commands
- Display Commands
- Backup
- Writing Raw Data
- Scripting API