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Clipboard History does not recognize the Delete key on Windows 11
I recently moved to Windows 11 (installed from scratch), and as soon as it was ready I activated the Clipboard History with the Win+V shortcut, since I really liked this feature on Windows 10.
But after a short while I noticed the Windows 11 Clipboard History does not recognize the Delete key anymore.
On Windows 10 this works:
- Invoke the Clipboard History with Win+V
- Scroll to the entry you want to delete with your arrow keys
- Hit Delete on your keyboard and that entry will be removed from the history. Clipboard History remains open so you can repeat this for as many entries as you like.
On Windows 11:
- Invoke the Clipboard History with Win+V
- Scroll to the entry you want to delete with your arrow keys
- Hit Delete on your keyboard, then the Clipboard History closes with no error or message. If you invoke the Clipboard History again, the entry is still there.
So apparently there are only two options on Windows 11 now, use the "Clear all" button to remove all the entries from the history. Or click the 3 dots next to each entry you want to remove and then click Delete, which is... annoying if compared to Windows 10.
Is there a way to make the Delete key work again?
look, there were enough resources to renew the pagination of these community. But still not to fix an essential function of the os.
Can´T Understand Why Microsoft Is Ignoring This Since A Long Time
13/11/24
delete item from clipboard shortcut still not there=(
- Apparently no one at Microsoft cares about what users want.
! Problem since 18 month !
Wake up please - It's unbelievable what kind of banana software comes out here. Well, let's hope that it's not one of those green bananas that's still woody inside and then goes straight into an overripe, rotten state.
Every day that it takes to fix such a small thing, it gets even more pathetic.
But it's probably that the same key randomly broke on everyone's keyboard and noone noticed before 🙄🤣 - This is the one thing preventing me from upgrading to Windows 11 on remaining Win10 PCs. wwddss has this pretty clearly explained, but I'd add a few additional notes:
- pressing 'delete' after opening the clipboard history on Win11 actually sends 'delete' to the text box you have selected (behind the Clipboard History UI), potentially deleting a character (if you're in the middle of a line)
- manually removing entries on Win11 with the 3dots/trash takes *significantly* longer, as you have to wait between clicks for it to register, otherwise the UI gets confused. So it's 'click... wait... click... wait...' This means trying to remove 20 individual entries used to take ~5s and now takes ~40+s - again, sounds super minor, but when I'm in the flow of doing things, waiting so much longer for a UI that used to work great is super painful. - Test if the Delete key is functioning properly in other applications, such as Notepad or File Explorer. If the Delete key doesn't work elsewhere, there might be an issue with your keyboard.
Hairold
I have tested it at home and in the office.
The behaviour is the same.
It doesn´t work with W11.
In W10 it worked good.
Without this option the normally very usefull "mobile clipboard" (Windows+V) is no more a big help as it was with W10.
It´s annoying.
! HELP please ! 🙂
My Version is
Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise 23H2 // 10.0.22631.4037
I have W11 since 10 weeks.
Until today, the delete button for deleting a single entry worked.
As of today, it no longer works.
Something like this is completely incomprehensible.
Bringing a perfectly functioning tool back to the Stone Age.
What kind of person would do something like that?
Is Microsoft losing touch with the basics?- What is the Windows 11 version? It is working fine on 23H2.
Nobel_BaynesI have Windows 11 Pro version 23H2 and it's still not working. Are you using the exact steps wwddss described to reproduce the issue?
- *push*
