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How Do You Use CyberPaste?

New to CyberPaste? Start here with simple everyday examples to get value from the app in your first five minutes.

Pick the situation that sounds like you, follow two or three steps, and you are done. Each example links to the full guide in case you want more detail later.

1. Recover something you copied an hour ago

You copied a link, then copied something else, and now the first one is gone. Not with CyberPaste.

  1. Copy anything as usual. CyberPaste saves it automatically.
  2. Press Ctrl+Shift+V to open your clipboard history.
  3. Search for it or scroll, then click to paste it back.

Tip: everything stays 100 percent local on your PC. No cloud, no accounts.

Learn more: Clipboard Engine, View Modes

2. Reuse code, emails, and replies without retyping

You write the same address, snippet, or answer every week.

  1. Find the clip once in your history.
  2. Pin it or mark it as a favorite so it never gets auto-deleted.
  3. Next time, open CyberPaste, click the pinned clip, and paste in one step.

Tip: use folders like Work, Code, and Personal so repeat texts are always one search away.

Learn more: Organization

3. Copy text from an image or screenshot

You have a photo of a receipt, a slide, or an error message and need the text.

  1. Copy the image or take a screenshot.
  2. Open the clip in CyberPaste and run OCR to extract the text.
  3. Copy the extracted text or save it as a new text clip.

Tip: the image viewer lets you zoom in first, so you can check exactly what you are extracting.

Learn more: OCR & Image Viewer

4. Summarize or translate in one click

You copied a long article, a confusing error, or a message in another language.

  1. Right click the clip and open AI Actions.
  2. Choose Summarize, Translate, Explain Code, or Fix Grammar.
  3. Copy the result from the dialog.

Tip: for maximum privacy, you can point CyberPaste to a local Ollama model so nothing leaves your PC.

Learn more: AI Actions

5. Paste without fear of leaking passwords

You copy passwords, tokens, or private data and worry they stay in history.

  1. Add sensitive apps like your password manager to the ignored apps list.
  2. Anything copied there is never stored.
  3. Empty or meaningless copies are filtered automatically.

Tip: pinned clips are never auto-deleted, but everything else cleans itself after 30 days by default.

Learn more: Privacy & Security

6. Make pasting instant

You want the history out of your way until the exact second you need it.

  1. Keep the global hotkey Ctrl+Shift+V for instant recall from any app.
  2. Turn on auto-paste so selecting a clip types it straight into the active window.
  3. Try Compact Mode if you prefer a dense list over the full grid.

Tip: Space opens the action menu for the selected clip, so you can work fully from the keyboard.

Learn more: View Modes, Keyboard Shortcuts

What next?

Once one of these feels natural, explore the rest at your own pace:

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