Free Clipboard Manager

CNET Editors' review

by: CNET staff on February 08, 2013

Forgetting what you've copied to your clipboard is such a common occurrence that it's become a joke on forums. This download wants to help you never forget again. Free Clipboard Manger will display dozens of items that you've recently copied to your clipboard in one place.

Free Clipboard Manger doesn't need any installation; you can run it right after you unzip it. It sits neatly on the bottom of your screen. If you move the program into your line of sight, it's actually nice to look at. This program not only displays any text you clip, but images, too. Unfortunately, if you snip text from the Web, most of the coding and HTML come with it in the preview. Thankfully, recopying the text from the program doesn't fill your document with HTML. It does keep its original formatting, though. Any time you have something saved in your clipboard, you can move it to your favorites or save it to your computer. However, the program doesn't let you choose a destination folder for the things you save. When you finally need to clean out your clipboard, you can do it one by one or all at once with a simple right-click.

Though a few weird hiccups hold the program back from being perfect, it's still a useful tool. If you frequently complain that you can't copy multiple things at once, this tiny download will help you out. Free Clipboard Manager is a treat to multitaskers, students, and anyone else who has to keep a lot of balls in the air at once.