iPhone Using your clips Updated June 22, 2026

Paste a saved clip from the keyboard

This is the payoff. Any saved clip, pasted into any app, without leaving what you are doing.

This is the payoff. Once the keyboard is on, any saved clip is one tap away inside any app, without leaving what you are doing.

⌨️ First time?

Switch the keyboard on first. See Enable the Clipboard AI keyboard, including the important Allow Full Access step.

Paste a clip

  1. Tap into any text field to bring up the keyboard.
  2. Press and hold the globe key (or tap it) and choose Clipboard AI.
  3. Tap any clip in the list. It drops straight into the field.
A text field with the standard keyboard up and the globe key at the bottom
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Press the globe
In any text field, press the globe key and choose Clipboard AI.
The Clipboard AI keyboard open in Safari, with the category row at the top
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Browse your clips
Clipboard AI opens. Jump to a category, or scroll the list.
The Clipboard AI keyboard with a clip highlighted, ready to tap and paste
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Tap to paste
Tap any clip and it drops straight into the field. No copy, no app switching.

Find the right clip fast

Use the category row at the top of the keyboard to jump to Links, Email, Phone, Address, Codes, or your Saved clips. The keyboard shows your most recent and most useful clips first, so the thing you need is usually right there.

🖼️ Images too

Saved an image? Tap it on the keyboard to copy it, then paste it into your message or note.

Switching back

Tap the globe key again to cycle back to your normal keyboard whenever you want to type.

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