Location of the clipboard history managed by Klipper

Question

Where does Klipper store the clipboard history? I'm using Kubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Answer 1

Let's say you've copied something. Immediately open a terminal and run

find -newerat 2 | grep klipper

You'll get a list of folders and files which klipper has modified looking something like

./.local/share/klipper
./.local/share/klipper/history2.lst

Obviously, history2.lst will be of interest to you.

Unfortunately,

file history2.lst

shows that history2.lst is a data file. You thus need to view it preferably with the application that created it.

To do so and even to edit or delete individual entries in your clipboard, just left-click on the clipboard icon in your plasma panel to access klipper's tools.