# ClippyKeys: the clipboard & snippets keyboard for iPhone

> Copy once. Paste anywhere. ClippyKeys is the clipboard & snippets keyboard your iPhone was missing. It remembers what you copy and types what you repeat, 100% on-device. For iPhone · iOS 16+.

ClippyKeys is coming soon to the App Store. This site will link to it as soon as it's live.

## Your iPhone's clipboard holds exactly one thing

Copy a link, then a code, then an address, and the link is gone. ClippyKeys keeps a history of what you copy so you can paste any of it later, straight from the keyboard.

## Clipboard history

- Everything you copy while the ClippyKeys keyboard is open is saved, ready to paste in any app.
- Tap a clip to paste it. Long-press to pin it or delete it.
- Your 50 most recent clips are kept, plus as many pinned clips as you want. Each clip can be up to 5,000 characters.
- Links, emails, phone numbers and plain text are recognised automatically.
- You can also save your current clipboard from inside the app with one tap.

## Snippets and text expansion

- Save the things you type over and over (addresses, email signatures, replies) as snippets.
- Give each snippet a short shortcut, such as "omw". Type the shortcut and press space, and it expands to the full text.
- Matching snippets are suggested in the keyboard toolbar as you type.
- Changed your mind? Tap Undo to get your shortcut back.
- Insert any snippet from the keyboard's snippet panel, and organise, search and reorder snippets in the app.

## A full iPhone keyboard

QWERTY with an optional number row, symbols, a numpad, emoji, space-bar cursor sliding, trackpad mode, auto-capitalisation, double-space for a period, key sounds and haptics. Light and dark mode follow your phone. The keyboard adapts to number, email and URL fields, and its keys are sized like the iOS keyboard.

## Set up in a minute

1. Get ClippyKeys from the App Store (coming soon).
2. Add the keyboard: Settings › General › Keyboard › Keyboards › Add New Keyboard… › ClippyKeys.
3. Allow Full Access: tap ClippyKeys in that list and turn on Allow Full Access, so it can see what you copy and keep your snippets in sync.
4. When iOS asks "Allow Paste?", tap Allow Paste. To stop the prompts, go to Settings › ClippyKeys › Paste from Other Apps and choose Allow.

## Privacy

Your clipboard is none of our business. Clipboard history and snippets live in a private container on your iPhone, shared only between the ClippyKeys app and its keyboard. Nothing is uploaded, ever.

- No servers: there's nothing to send your clips to.
- No analytics: we don't know who you are.
- No network access: the keyboard never goes online.

Full Access is used for exactly two things: seeing what you copy, so it can go in your history, and syncing your snippets from the app to the keyboard. Read the [privacy policy](https://clippykeys.com/privacy/index.html.md).

## FAQ

### Why does it need Full Access?

On iOS, a keyboard can't read your clipboard or talk to its own app without Full Access. ClippyKeys uses it only to see what you copy and to sync your snippets from the app. There's no network code in it at all, so there's nowhere for anything to go.

### Why does iOS keep asking me to “Allow Paste”?

That's iOS double-checking that you're happy for ClippyKeys to save what you copied. Totally normal. To stop the prompts, go to Settings › ClippyKeys › Paste from Other Apps and choose Allow.

### Does it save things I copy when the keyboard isn't open?

No. iOS only lets keyboards run while they're on screen, so ClippyKeys picks up what you copy while it's open. You can also save your current clipboard from inside the app with one tap.

### What about passwords?

iOS automatically swaps to the system keyboard in password fields, so ClippyKeys never sees what you type there. You can delete any clip, clear your history, or pause clipboard capture entirely in Settings whenever you like.

### How much does it remember?

Your 50 most recent clips, plus as many pinned clips as you want (pinned ones don't count towards the 50). Each clip can be up to 5,000 characters.

### Is it a full keyboard, or just a clipboard?

A full keyboard! QWERTY with an optional number row, symbols, a numpad, emoji, space-bar cursor sliding, trackpad mode, auto-capitalisation, double-space for a period, key sounds and haptics. Light and dark mode follow your phone.

### Which devices does it work on?

iPhone, running iOS 16 or later.

## Contact

Email [hello@clippykeys.com](mailto:hello@clippykeys.com). A real human reads every email.

## More

- [Home](https://clippykeys.com/index.html.md)
- [About](https://clippykeys.com/about/index.html.md)
- [Contact & support](https://clippykeys.com/contact/index.html.md)
- [Privacy policy](https://clippykeys.com/privacy/index.html.md)
- [llms.txt](https://clippykeys.com/llms.txt)