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There is no option to turn off the one-hour clipboard time limit, which automatically deletes clipboard items older than one hour, even after users have asked for it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://support.google.com/android/thread/209187528/adjust-gboard-clipboard-timeout?hl=en |title=Adjust Gboard clipboard timeout - Android Community |date=2023-04-03 |access-date=2026-06-04 }} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260514000953/https://support.google.com:443/android/thread/209187528/adjust-gboard-clipboard-timeout?hl=en archive])</ref>
There is no option to turn off the one-hour clipboard time limit, which automatically deletes clipboard items older than one hour, even after users have asked for it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://support.google.com/android/thread/209187528/adjust-gboard-clipboard-timeout?hl=en |title=Adjust Gboard clipboard timeout - Android Community |date=2023-04-03 |access-date=2026-06-04 }} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260514000953/https://support.google.com:443/android/thread/209187528/adjust-gboard-clipboard-timeout?hl=en archive])</ref>


The clipboard is not intended for long-term storage of course, but that's not an excuse for not giving the user the choice. Why not two hours? Why not one day? Let the user decide.
The clipboard is not intended for long-term storage of course, but that's not an excuse for not giving the user the choice. Why not two hours? Why not one day? Why not indefinitely until a certain number of items is exceeded? Let the user decide.
 
In comparison, Samsung's and Xiaomi's keyboard applications (before Xiaomi ditched their native keyboard app in favour of GBoard) have no fixed time limit and delete the oldest unpinned clipboard item if a number of items is exceeded.


If special character shortcuts are enabled, there is a shortcut for the backslash (<kbd>\</kbd>), but surprisingly not for the forward slash (<kbd>/</kbd>), a much more commonly used key.
If special character shortcuts are enabled, there is a shortcut for the backslash (<kbd>\</kbd>), but surprisingly not for the forward slash (<kbd>/</kbd>), a much more commonly used key.