Paste
Open it over any app. Enter pastes it there.
The panel opens beside your cursor with the search ready. Type a few letters, press Enter, and the clip lands where you were typing.
CtrlAltV to openShiftEnter as plain textAlt1…9 quick paste
Coming soon to the Microsoft Store · Windows 10 and 11Your world of copies,
Your world of copies,
smartly organized.
CtrlAltV opens it over any app
Early bird50% off at launch ·$2.99 instead of $5.99
One email when it’s on the Store. Nothing else.
- 15 days free, every feature
- Pay once, no subscription
- No account
- Stays on your PC
- 2,000clips it can keep, still there after a restart
- 3ways to search: exact, with typos, inside screenshots
- 0%CPU while it waits in the tray
- $2.99
instead of $5.99once, 50% off at launch. No subscription
Features
See it work, in the keys you’ll press
Every scene below is the app doing its job: the same panel, the same shortcuts, a few seconds each.
The Board
Small when you need one clip. Big when you’re looking.
CtrlE unfolds the panel into a board with every kind at once: text, code, links, files, pictures and colors, each in its own tile. The arrow keys move across tiles, and CtrlE folds it back.
Search
Find it three ways, even when you misspell it
The list narrows as you type. Exact matches win and are marked. No exact match? Close spellings show. And a screenshot turns up by the words inside it, read by Windows right on this PC.
Pins and preview
Keep what you reuse. Read it before you paste.
Pin a clip with its pin button and it never expires. Three or more pins fold into a stack at the top of every tab; click it to open them, and Stack folds them away again. Tap Alt for a full preview: long text, highlighted code, images, PDF pages and videos.
CtrlP to pinEnter on the stack opens itAlt to preview
Paste in order
Fill a form with one Ctrl+V per field
Pick clips in the order you need them and start. Each CtrlV then pastes the next one, in any app, and a small pill shows what comes next.
Ctrl + click to pickCtrlEnter to start
Drag out
Drag pictures and files straight into any app
Grab a picture or a copied file and drag it into a chat, an email, an upload box or a folder. Pick several with Ctrl + click and one drag takes them all, in the order you picked. It always copies, so your own files never move.
Drag to drop a copy anywhereCtrl + click to take several
Clean links
Links lose their tracking tags
Tracking tags come off before a link is saved, and the clean link replaces what you copied, so even a plain Ctrl+V pastes it clean. Each link shows its page title and site icon.
utm_*fbclidgclidand more
Colors
Colors paste in the format you need
Copied colors show as swatches. Right-click one to paste it in another format, or set the one you use most in Settings.
#22B07Drgb()hsl()oklch()
Privacy
Your history stays on this PC
No account, no cloud sync, nothing uploaded. What shouldn’t be saved never is, and the panel tells you when it skipped something.
- Password managers: copies from 1Password, Bitwarden, KeePass and other popular ones are never saved.
- API keys and card numbers: skipped, and cleared from the clipboard after 90 seconds.
- Apps and sites you exclude: nothing copied there is saved.
- Clear what you choose: the last 15 minutes, the last day, or all of it, and only the kinds you pick, like just links. Pinned clips stay.
- Offline switch: the app only goes online for link titles and site icons. One switch turns that off.
Compared with Win+V
Win+V keeps 25 things. CopyNHoard keeps up to 2,000.
Windows’ own clipboard history is a fine start. Here’s where it stops.
| What you need | Win+V | CopyNHoard |
|---|---|---|
| How much it keeps | 25 items | 200 by default, up to 2,000. Kept from 30 minutes to forever |
| After a restart | Cleared, except pins | Still there |
| Search | None | Exact words, typos forgiven, and words inside screenshots |
| Sorted by kind | One list | Text, Code, Links, Media, Files and Colors, plus a board with every kind at once |
| Code | Plain text | Highlighted, in about 40 languages, detected automatically |
| Paste several in order | No | One Ctrl+V per clip |
| Copied files | Not kept. Only text and pictures under 4 MB | Kept, to paste or drag again |
| Drag into other apps | No | Pictures and files, several at once |
| API keys and card numbers | Saved like any text | Not saved, and wiped from the clipboard after 90 seconds |
| Skip apps and sites | No | Your bank, a chat, anything you list |
| Where a clip came from | Not shown | The app, and the site for browser copies |
| Tracking tags on links | Kept | Removed |
| Colors | Plain text | Swatches, paste as Hex, RGB, HSL or OKLCH |
| Sync with your other devices | Yes, with a Microsoft account | No. History never leaves this PC |
| Price | Free, built into Windows | $2.99 |
Also in the box
The small things you’ll use every day
Code, highlightedAbout 40 languages, detected automatically, in five code themes.
PeekRest the pointer on a clip to see all of it. PDFs show their pages, videos play.
Grid viewCtrlG for big thumbnails, remembered per tab.
UndoShiftDel removes, CtrlZ brings it back.
Newest or oldest firstCtrlO flips the list, and it’s remembered.
One file of manyCopied ten files? Preview the clip and copy just the one you need.
Leave apps out, or pauseExclude an app or site, or stop saving for a while.
Your limitsKeep 10 to 2,000 items, for 30 minutes up to forever.
Your shortcutChange CtrlAltV, and start with Windows or not.
Where it came fromEach clip shows the app or site you copied it from.
Emoji, bigA copied emoji shows large, with its name.
Light, dark, six accentsOr match Windows, the default. Pick a look in Settings with the arrow keys.
Paste as plain textShiftEnter drops the formatting.
Light on your PC0% CPU while it waits. While hidden, it asks Windows to trim its memory.
Pricing
Try everything free. Then pay once.
No subscription and no tiers. The trial has every feature, so you’ll know in a week whether you’d miss it.
- 1Get it from the Microsoft StoreInstall it like any Store app. No account to make.
- 2Use it for 15 daysEvery feature, every shortcut, nothing locked.
- 3Keep it for $2.99
instead of $5.99One payment through the Store. It’s yours.
CopyNHoard for WindowsOne-time purchase
50%offEarly bird offerAt launch on the Microsoft Store
$2.99Regular price $5.99once
Paid once, after your 15 free days. No subscription, no renewals, no tiers.
- 15 days free, with every feature
- The Board, three ways to search, paste in order
- No subscription, no account
- Windows 10 and 11
Coming soon to the Microsoft Store. The Store shows the final price for your region, with tax.
FAQ
Before you try it
Something else? Write to hello@codeaprogram.dev. It goes straight to Sridhar C, the independent developer who makes CopyNHoard and HideNStick Notes.
What does it save?
Text, code, links and colors you copy anywhere, plus pictures and screenshots, and files and videos copied in File Explorer. Each clip shows the app or site it came from, and lands in its own tab: Text, Code, Links, Media, Files or Colors.
Does it save my passwords?
No. Copies from password managers like 1Password and Bitwarden are never saved. API keys, tokens and card numbers are skipped too, and cleared from the clipboard after 90 seconds. When something is skipped, the panel says so and offers Save anyway.
Where is my history kept?
In a folder on your PC, under your Windows account. Nothing is uploaded and there’s no account to sign in to.
Does it work offline?
Yes. It only goes online for link titles and site icons. It asks the site itself, or Google’s icon service (with just the site’s name) when a site has no icon of its own. Settings → Privacy → Network turns that off, and then it never goes online.
How does search find words in screenshots?
Windows’ own text recognition reads each copied image in the background, on this PC. It goes slower on battery or when the PC is busy, and a ring around the search icon shows progress.
Will it slow my PC down?
At idle it uses 0% CPU. While the panel is hidden it asks Windows to trim its memory, to about 160 MB in our tests.
Is it a subscription?
No. You pay once and keep it, with every update. Nothing renews and nothing is billed monthly or yearly.
What happens after the 15 days?
To keep using it, buy it once on the Microsoft Store for $5.99. At launch there’s an early bird offer: 50% off, so $2.99. There’s no subscription.
Can I change Ctrl+Alt+V?
Yes, in Settings → General. If your keyboard uses Ctrl+Alt as AltGr, pick another shortcut so AltGr+V keeps working.
Every copy goes in the cheeks.
CopyNHoard is coming soon to the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 and 11. Free for 15 days, then $2.99 once, 50% off at launch.
or write to hello@codeaprogram.dev