Online Clipboard

Copy and paste between your phone and your computer

Open this page on both devices, read the 6-digit code from one screen to the other, approve, and whatever you paste on one side is a single tap away on the other. It works between an iPhone and a Windows laptop, an Android phone and a Mac, a work desktop and a personal tablet — anything with a browser — because there is no app to install and no ecosystem to belong to.

  • No app to install
  • No account
  • Encrypted in your browser

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Enters automatically once all six digits are in

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Content is encrypted in your browser before upload — the server never sees plaintext. Destroyed after 24 hours of inactivity.

How to send text from your phone to your computer

The same four steps work in the other direction, and for any pair of devices.

  1. Open this page on both devices

    Safari on the iPhone, Chrome on the laptop, whatever you already have. The two devices do not need to be on the same Wi-Fi, or the same operating system, or signed in to anything.

  2. Create a clipboard on one of them

    Tap “Create a new clipboard”. You get a 6-digit code, and that device generates the encryption key — which never leaves it.

  3. Type the six digits on the other device

    The request fires the moment the sixth digit lands. Both screens then show the same 4-character confirmation code, so you know which device is asking.

  4. Approve, then paste

    Approve on the first device and the second one is in. Paste text on either side; on the other, tap the card to copy it straight to your system clipboard.

Why this beats emailing yourself

  • Every combination of devices

    AirDrop only goes Apple to Apple. Nearby Share only goes Android to Android. Universal Clipboard needs one iCloud account. A browser tab has none of those conditions.

  • Nothing to install

    No app store, no browser extension, no driver, no pairing. On a locked-down work machine, a browser tab is often the only thing you are allowed to open.

  • No shared network required

    Your phone can be on cellular while the computer sits behind office Wi-Fi. Nothing has to discover anything on a local network — which is also why it works between two buildings.

  • One tap to copy

    Every saved item is a card. Tap it and it is on your clipboard — no text selection, no long-press-and-drag on a mobile browser, no accidental half-selection of a long URL.

  • Two-way and live

    Both sides can add items, and both see them appear immediately. It is a shared surface for as long as you need it, not a one-shot send.

  • It does not linger

    The content is encrypted in your browser before upload, so the server only ever stores ciphertext — and the whole clipboard is destroyed 24 hours after the last activity.

iPhone to Windows, Android to Mac, and the awkward pairs

Every platform ships a way to move text between its own devices, and none of them help the moment you cross a boundary. Handoff and Universal Clipboard are excellent — between Apple devices signed in to the same iCloud account. Nearby Share solves Android to Android. KDE Connect handles Android to Linux, if you install both halves. The pairs people actually get stuck on are iPhone to Windows, Android to Mac, and any device to a machine they do not administer.

Those are the cases this is built for. The only requirement on either side is a browser that supports WebCrypto, which is every version of Safari, Chrome, Firefox and Edge shipped in the last several years. A shared Apple ID, a common Wi-Fi network, a USB cable and administrator rights are all things you do not need.

The things people actually move

A Wi-Fi password onto a phone with no keyboard worth typing on. A two-factor code from a phone into a form on a desktop. A long signed URL from a laptop to a phone so a QR-less link opens on the right device. An error log off a server console into a chat. An address from a browser into a maps app. A shipping tracking number, a recovery phrase, a snippet of config, an SSH command with forty characters of flags.

All of them are short, all of them are annoying to retype, and most of them are exactly the sort of thing you would rather not leave sitting in a chat history — which is the other half of what this is for.

Questions about moving text between devices

Do both devices need to be on the same Wi-Fi?

No. The two devices only need internet access — your phone can be on cellular while the computer is on a wired office network, and they can be in different countries.

Can I copy and paste between an iPhone and a Windows PC?

Yes, and that is the pair this is most used for. Apple's Universal Clipboard only works between Apple devices signed in to the same iCloud account; this runs in any browser on any operating system, so the combination does not matter.

Does it work between Android and a Mac?

Yes. Same answer in reverse — nothing here is tied to a platform, an account or a store. Open the page in Chrome on the phone and Safari on the Mac and you are done.

Is there a length limit on what I can send?

Each item can be up to 10,000 characters and a clipboard holds up to 200 items, so long URLs, stack traces, configuration blocks and full articles all fit.

Can I send photos or files this way?

No — text only, for now. For a photo or a document you will want a file-transfer tool; this is deliberately scoped to the thing that is most painful to retype.

Do I have to install an app on my phone?

No. There is no app, no extension and no account. If you want it to feel like an app you can add the page to your home screen, but that is just a bookmark.

How long does the text stay available?

24 hours after the last activity, then the clipboard is destroyed automatically. Adding or copying an item resets the clock, so an in-use clipboard stays alive.

Can I keep using the same clipboard all day?

Yes. Keep the tab open on both devices and it behaves like a shared notepad between them — items stay in order, and both sides can delete individual entries.

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