How to clean the clipboard?

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I am really used to Windows and the problem of the clipboard retaining information which a third party could see, which thing actually happened to me on a link off of BBC.co.uk.

Therefore I found clipboard cleaner on line free. With an icon pushed, the clipboard is cleaned and safe.

So, what about Ubuntu?

score 31 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 12 '19 at 17:10

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You can use xsel. To install it run this command in a terminal:

sudo apt install xsel

Now, when you want to clear your clipboard, enter

xsel -bc

For more information about this command enter man xsel

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edited Sep 12 '19 at 17:10

Pablo Bianchi

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answered Apr 28 '13 at 18:51

Lucio

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score 8 · Answer 2 · edited May 20 '20 at 13:13

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This should work:

xclip -sel clip < /dev/null

edited May 20 '20 at 13:13

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answered May 20 '20 at 11:27

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remember the different clipboards, you might need to replace 'clip' with 'pri' or 'sec' or 'buffer-cut' see: xclip -h – Joe Feb 11 '22 at 16:16

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 12 '19 at 17:12

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I found DIODON app that sets on the menu bar. It is good-looking and works great. I like it better than the one I used in Windows. To install it:

sudo apt install diodon

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Pablo Bianchi

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 22 '20 at 18:24

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If you have xclip:

cat /dev/null|xclip -i

answered Jan 22 '20 at 18:24

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