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Purge Clipboard in CC?

Community Beginner ,
Jan 08, 2014 Jan 08, 2014

Hi there! I was wondering if there is a method to purge the clipboard in Illustrator CC other than completely exiting and restarting the program.  Apparently there was a "Purge" option under the edit menu in previous incarnations, but have no such option in CC.  It would be extremely helpful if anyone could give me a tip! Thanks!

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LEGEND ,
Jan 08, 2014 Jan 08, 2014

Copy something very small, to the clipboard.

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 09, 2014 Jan 09, 2014

That's not really a solution to my problem. If I wanted to only be able to copy small files back and forth between say photoshop and illustrator, or from one illustrator doc to another, than sure I wouldn't have this problem with my temp cache bloating.  I know from reading older forum threads that there used to be an option under the "edit" menu to "purge" the clipboard while the program was still running.  Is that function eliminated now in CC? If not how do I do this in CC?

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LEGEND ,
Jan 09, 2014 Jan 09, 2014

Why is it not a solution? If you copy a small item into the clipboard, it deletes everything else from the clipboard (purges it).

In CS5 I choose to not save the clipboard on quit, but I don't think that's what you're looking for.

In CS5 there is Edit>Clear, but that just bypasses the clipboard when deleting something.

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New Here ,
Nov 02, 2015 Nov 02, 2015

Mataodre is right. It's not a solution. It's a workaround.

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New Here ,
Sep 20, 2016 Sep 20, 2016

That's not working for me. I need a stronger solution. Even if I exit and enter again the settings for my clipboard are the same. It's a weird formatting to my paragraph styles. I can only clear my clipping by overwriting all styles. SO strange.

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Community Expert ,
Sep 20, 2016 Sep 20, 2016

Do you have any clipboard enhancement installed in your system?

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Community Beginner ,
Jan 30, 2018 Jan 30, 2018
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To add to this same "dilemma" - I am also looking for a solution to placing images.

Example:

If you are placing 1 or several images into any InDesign document and once you have them on your clipboard and decide to place them somewhere you suddenly realize they are not the correct ones; Indesign will still keep the first few (wrong images at this point) at the front of your clip board for placement - even after finding the correct ones.

This is where you would need a real purge or if InDesign could not do that, it would be great!

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