How to Clean the Clipboard on Xiaomi Phone: The Complete 2026 Guide

The clipboard on Xiaomi smartphones is a temporary storage for copied text, images and links that many users forget to clean. Meanwhile, confidential data is accumulated here: passwords, bank card numbers, personal correspondence and even screenshots from the site. OTP-If you have never cleaned your copy history, there is a high risk of leakage when you transfer your phone to third parties or use public charging stations.

In this article, we will look at all the ways to clean up the clipboard on Xiaomi, Redmi and POCO devices, from standard MIUI features to hidden settings and third-party applications. We will focus on models with MIUI 12-14, where the logic of the buffer has changed, and you will learn how to disable automatic copy saving and why it is important for security.

Unlike iPhones or pure Androids, Xiaomi smartphones retain a clipboard history for up to 30 days (depending on the firmware version), which is convenient for re-inserting frequently used phrases, but creates a vulnerability. For example, if you copied a Wi-Fi password or code from SMS, this data can remain available for any application with buffer permissions.

Before you get to the instructions, check which version of MIUI is installed on your device, which will affect the cleaning methods available:

1. Standard clipboard cleaning via MIUI menu

The easiest way is to use built-in shell tools. It is suitable for most models, including the Xiaomi 13/14, Redmi Note 12/11 and POCO F5/X5. Importantly, in MIUI 14, the path to buffer settings has changed, so we'll look at both options.

For MIUI 12-13:

1. Open any field to enter text (for example, in Notes or Messages).
2. Touch and hold the empty space until the menu appears.
3. Click on the clipboard icon (the icon with two documents).
4. In the upper right corner, tap three points (⋮) and select the Exchange Buffer Management.
5. Click Clear All or delete individual entries swipe left.

For MIUI 14:

1. Go to Settings → Additional → clipboard.
2. Slip on the clipboard history.
3. Choose to Clean all or remove specific items one at a time.

⚠️ Attention: B MIUI 14 The buffer history can sync with the Xiaomi account. If you clean it on one device, the changes will apply to other gadgets tied to the same profile.

Check the version of MIUI in Settings → About the phone

Close all applications that use the buffer (messenger, browsers)

Take a look at important data if you are afraid of losing it.

Turn off buffer sync in your Xiaomi account (if not necessary)

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2.How to disable clipboard history preservation

If you don’t want Xiaomi to automatically save the copied data, you can completely deactivate this feature, which is especially true for users who often work with sensitive information.

Instructions for MIUI 12-14:

1. Open Settings → Additional → Exchange buffer.
2. Switch the slider Save the history of the clipboard to the off position.
3. Confirm the action in the window that appears.

Once this option is disabled, the copied data will only be stored until the phone is first restarted or the app is closed, which is inconvenient for re-inserting, but greatly improves security.

⚠️ Note: On some models (e.g, POCO X3 Pro) once the buffer history is disabled, the Smart Text function (autofill fields) may stop working. To return it, you will have to turn on the history saving again.

Cleaning the buffer through the "Safety" app

Xiaomi firmware has a built-in Security app (a shield icon) that allows you to manage sensitive data, including the clipboard, which works even if the standard buffer menu is not available.

Step-by-step:

1. Open the Security app (if it isn’t on the home screen, search through search).
2. Go to Clean or Deep Clean (name depends on version).
3. Slip on the clipboard in the list of items to clean.
4. Click Clean and confirm the action.

In the same section, you can configure automatic buffer cleaning when locking the screen:

1. In security, select Settings → Autoclean.
2. Activate the option to Clear the clipboard when blocking.
3. Specify exceptions (e.g., save data from Notes).

⚠️ Note: Autocleaning may conflict with some messengers (such as Telegram or WhatsApp) that use a buffer to temporarily store media files.

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If there is no buffer cleaner section in the Security app, update it via Google Play or App Gallery.

4.Clipboard reset via ADB (for advanced users)

If standard methods don’t work (for example, due to a system failure or remote history), you can clear the clipboard through the ADB debugging bridge. This method requires connecting the phone to the computer and enabling the developer mode.

What you need:

• 🖥️ A computer with installed Xiaomi drivers and ADB Tools.
• 📱 USB-cable (preferably original).
• 🔧 Initiated Debugging Mode USB (How to turn it on - see below).

Instructions:

1. Activate Developer Mode: Go to Settings → About Phone and tap 7 times to the MIUI version.
2. Return to Settings → Additional → For developers and enable USB debugging.
3. Connect your phone to your PC and confirm your trust in your computer.
4. Open the command prompt (cmd) and type: adb shell pm clear com.miui.clipboard
5. Reset the device.

This command will completely reset the clipboard settings, including history and cache, and after execution, all previously stored data will be permanently deleted, even if it was synchronized with the Xiaomi account.

5. Third-party applications for clipboard management

If you don't like the built-in MIUI tools, you can use third-party buffer managers, which offer advanced features: cloud storage, categorization of copied data, and automatic cleaning on a schedule.

Top.-3 apps:

• 📋 Clipboard Manager – saves the history in encrypted form, supports tags and buffer search.
• 🔒 Clip Stack – blocks access to the buffer for other applications, automatically clears the data after a specified period of time.
• ☁️ Clipbrd – syncs the buffer between devices via Google Drive, but requires manual rights settings.

How to install and configure:

1. Download the app from Google Play (such as Clipboard Manager).
2. When you first start, grant permission to access the clipboard.
3. In the application settings, activate the Auto Clean option and specify a period (e.g., every 24 hours).
4. Add to the blacklist applications that do not need to show the history of the buffer (for example, banking programs).

⚠️ Note: Some buffer managers (e.g., Clipbrd) request permission to display over other windows.This is necessary for work, but may conflict with games or applications in full screen.

6. How to protect the clipboard from data leaks

Cleaning up history is only half the battle, and to really secure your data, follow these rules:

Basic security measures:

• 🔐 Disable buffer synchronization with your Xiaomi account if you are not using it, this will prevent data leakage when you hack into cloud storage.
• 📵 Do not copy sensitive information (passwords, PIN-Use password managers instead, 1Password).
• 🔄 Clean the buffer regularly - at least once a week. Set up a reminder in Google Calendar.
• 🛡️ Use two-factor authentication for your Xiaomi account to protect your synchronized data.

Additional settings for advanced users:

• In Settings → Applications → Permissions, check which programs have access to the clipboard. Revoke permissions from unnecessary applications.
• If you use Root access, install the Xposed or Magisk module to block access to the buffer at the system level.
• In Settings → Privacy → Special access disable Show clipboard content for unnecessary applications.

⚠️ Attention: On devices with MIUI Global clipboard history can be transmitted to Xiaomi servers to “improve the user experience.” To avoid this, switch to MIUI China EU-version (but note that this will require unlocking the bootloader).

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The most reliable way to protect is a combination of disabled buffer history, regular cleaning and use of third-party managers with encryption.

FAQ: Frequent questions about the exchange buffer on Xiaomi