klipper-ops

Klipper Operations

Klipper is Plasma's clipboard manager. D-Bus interface: org.kde.klipper /klipper.

Read

# Current clipboard contents
qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper getClipboardContents

# History (newest first)
qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper getClipboardHistoryMenu

# Specific item by index (0 = most recent)
qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper getClipboardHistoryItem 0

Write

qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper setClipboardContents "text to push"

Clear history

qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper clearClipboardHistory
qdbus org.kde.klipper /klipper clearClipboardContents

Notes

• Klipper config: ~/.config/klipperrc — MaxClipItems, IgnoreSelection, KeepClipboardContents.
• For sensitive workflows, add app patterns to the ignore list in klipperrc [General] IgnoreSelection=true plus per-app rules.
• On Wayland, clipboard access requires the source app's window to have been focused at copy time; some apps (password managers) deliberately bypass Klipper history.