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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. | ||