# How to search your clipboard history in NotchStar

> Open the notch, pick Clipboard and type to filter 50 recent copies. Search ignores capitals and accents, and typing image finds copied images.

Canonical: https://www.notchstar.com/help/search-your-clipboard-history/
Last updated: 2026-11-04

Published 2026-11-04.

To search your clipboard history in NotchStar, hover over the notch, pick the Clipboard tab and start typing. The list filters as you type, across the 50 most recent copies. Search ignores capital letters and accents, and typing the word image finds the images you copied.

## Steps

1. Hover over the notch to open it, then pick **Clipboard**.
2. Type a few letters of what you copied. The list narrows to matching rows.
3. Click a row. That item goes back on the clipboard, and a brief checkmark confirms it. Paste it where you need it.

## What the search covers

- Plain text and links, which are stored as plain text.
- Images you copied, which are stored at a reduced size. At most 10 images are kept.
- Files you copied in Finder, which are kept as files and not as their names.

## Limits

- History holds the 50 most recent items and clears when you quit NotchStar. See [why history clears on quit](https://www.notchstar.com/help/clipboard-history-clears-on-quit/).
- Copies from a password manager that marks them as concealed never appear, so you cannot search for them.
- Rich text keeps its words but not its formatting.

For the whole tool, read the [Clipboard feature page](https://www.notchstar.com/features/clipboard/). To see what the Mac does without an app, read [how to see clipboard history on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/see-clipboard-history-on-mac/).

## Quick answers.

### Does search work on images?

Yes. Typing the word image in the search box finds the images you copied.

### Does search ignore accents?

Yes. Search ignores capital letters and accents, so café finds Cafe.

## Keep reading.

- [Clipboard history that lives in your notch](https://www.notchstar.com/features/clipboard/): Searchable clipboard history in the Mac notch: text, links, images and files. Skips password manager copies. Click any item to copy it again.
- [Why your NotchStar clipboard history clears when you quit](https://www.notchstar.com/help/clipboard-history-clears-on-quit/): NotchStar keeps clipboard history in memory only, so quitting the app clears it. Nothing is written to disk, and password manager copies are skipped.
- [How to see your clipboard history on a Mac](https://www.notchstar.com/tips/see-clipboard-history-on-mac/): How to see what you copied on a Mac: Spotlight clipboard history on macOS 27, what Apple says for macOS 26 and 15, and when a clipboard app is worth adding.
- [What is clipboard history?](https://www.notchstar.com/glossary/clipboard-history/): Clipboard history is a list of the things you recently copied, so you can paste an older item again. Learn how it works on a Mac and what to watch for.

## More in Clipboard.

- [How many items NotchStar clipboard history keeps](https://www.notchstar.com/help/clipboard-history-limit-50-items/): NotchStar keeps the 50 most recent clipboard items, at most 10 of them images. Older items drop off, and the list shows the 30 newest matches at a time.
- [Why your NotchStar clipboard history clears when you quit](https://www.notchstar.com/help/clipboard-history-clears-on-quit/): NotchStar keeps clipboard history in memory only, so quitting the app clears it. Nothing is written to disk, and password manager copies are skipped.
- [How to paste an older item from NotchStar clipboard history](https://www.notchstar.com/help/paste-from-notchstar-clipboard-history/): Open the notch, pick Clipboard, click the item you want, then press Command V where you want it. NotchStar copies the item back and does not paste for you.
- [What happens when you copy the same thing twice in NotchStar](https://www.notchstar.com/help/copy-again-moves-clipboard-item-to-top/): Copy the same text, image or file again and NotchStar moves it to the top of the clipboard list instead of adding a duplicate. Here is how it matches.
- [What NotchStar does with files you copy in Finder](https://www.notchstar.com/help/clipboard-history-files-copied-in-finder/): NotchStar records files copied in Finder as files, with their icon, not as text names. Click a row to copy the file again. Search matches name and path.
- [How NotchStar clipboard history handles images](https://www.notchstar.com/help/clipboard-history-images-notchstar/): NotchStar keeps images you copy in clipboard history at a reduced size, shows a thumbnail, and keeps only the 10 newest. Search finds them with the word image.