Simple Clipboard Manager

While it is certainly useful, the Windows clipboard is quite limited in its functionality. It is good enough in most situations, but many users prefer to have the ability to save multiple clips and paste them quickly.

Simple Clipboard Manager is a lightweight program that makes it possible to store multiple items in the clipboard for later use. It allows you to bind clips to hotkeys and hide passwords when they are copied.

Once you have launched the program, it will remember every text string that has been copied to the clipboard, up to a user-defined number. When you wish to access them, you only need to press Insert or CTRL + Insert, depending on which hotkey you prefer.

Unfortunately, though, there are no other key combinations to choose from, and neither of the available options are particularly convenient.

When you bring up the paste window, any of the listed items can be marked as favorites. Marked text strings can be pasted instantly by pressing CTRL + Shift along with one of the function keys.

Naturally, you may not want your passwords to be displayed in the list where someone else can read them. Thankfully, the application allows you to mark sensitive items, which will be masked.

At present, there are a total of four UI themes to choose from, namely light, dark, green and blue. The opacity of the paste window can also be modified if you prefer it to have some transparency.

However, we have to say that the user interface looks noticeably out-of-date, and it doesn’t seem to be possible to hide the hotkeys listed in the paste window.

Overall, Simple Clipboard Manager is a useful tool that makes it easier to work with multiple text strings, which would be challenging with the standard Windows clipboard. It could use some improvements, but it is very easy to set up and doesn’t even require installation.