[GH-ISSUE #574] Don't save pasted item back to clipboard #387

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opened 2026-03-03 01:12:06 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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2026-03-03 01:12:06 +03:00

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Originally created by @michaelpress on GitHub (Oct 2, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Clipy/Clipy/issues/574

(testimonial - Clipy is incredible and adds so much to my efficiency).

Request - when pasting an item, don't re-add it to the clipboard.
Or make this an option in Preferences that can be turned off.

This interferes with my workflow by duplicating a previously copied item and making it hard to find other copied items.

Here's a very common use case - create a link:

Go to a document that I want to link to
Copy the document URL
Copy the document title
Go to the email or wherever I want to create a link
Paste the document name, highlight it to create a link, and then paste the URL as the link destination

Obviously I can do that using Clipy's menu. =But I want to be able to do it easily using the keyboard shortcuts.

Some previous tool I used (not sure if it was Clipy) allowed me to

command-v command-1 to past the document title
highlight the title to create a link
command-v command-2 to past the URL

Super easy. But with Clipy, after pasting the title, the URL has now moved to item 3.
Yes I could command-v command-3 instead of -2, but sometimes I'll paste multiple times, and now the URL has moved to 4 or 5, so I have to use the menu and find the item.

Doesn't make sense to me that a paste re-adds an item to the menu.

Originally created by @michaelpress on GitHub (Oct 2, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Clipy/Clipy/issues/574 (testimonial - Clipy is incredible and adds so much to my efficiency). **Request - when pasting an item, don't re-add it to the clipboard.** Or make this an option in Preferences that can be turned off. This interferes with my workflow by duplicating a previously copied item and making it hard to find other copied items. Here's a very common use case - create a link: 1. Go to a document that I want to link to 2. Copy the document URL 3. Copy the document title 4. Go to the email or wherever I want to create a link 5. Paste the document name, highlight it to create a link, and then paste the URL as the link destination Obviously I can do that using Clipy's menu. =But I want to be able to do it easily using the keyboard shortcuts. Some previous tool I used (not sure if it was Clipy) allowed me to 1. command-v command-1 to past the document title 2. highlight the title to create a link 3. command-v command-2 to past the URL Super easy. But with Clipy, after pasting the title, the URL has now moved to item 3. Yes I could command-v command-3 instead of -2, but sometimes I'll paste multiple times, and now the URL has moved to 4 or 5, so I have to use the menu and find the item. Doesn't make sense to me that a paste re-adds an item to the menu.