PasteBoard
Short answer
Chrome does not have its own built-in clipboard history viewer on Mac. Copying inside Chrome — text from a page, a link, a form field — uses the same single-item macOS clipboard as every other app, with the same limitation: copy something new and the previous item is gone.
What Chrome does support
Chrome supports the standard Cmd+C / Cmd+V shortcuts, right-click copy/paste from the context menu, and "Paste and go" in the address bar (right-click the address bar with a URL on your clipboard). None of this adds history — it's the same one-item clipboard, just accessible from a browser context.
How to get real clipboard history while browsing
Because the limitation lives at the macOS level, not inside Chrome specifically, the fix is the same regardless of which browser you use: install a system-wide clipboard manager such as Maccy. Once it's running, every copy made inside Chrome (or any other app) is saved to its history automatically, searchable the same way as anything else you've copied. There's no Chrome extension that can fully replace this, since browser extensions can't access the system clipboard the way a native Mac app with Accessibility permission can.
Frequently asked questions
Does Chrome have a clipboard manager?
No, Chrome has no built-in clipboard history feature on Mac. It uses the standard macOS clipboard, which only holds one item at a time.
Is there a Chrome extension for clipboard history?
Browser extensions are limited to what happens inside the browser tab and can't fully replicate a system-wide clipboard manager. For clipboard history that covers everything you copy, including outside Chrome, a native Mac app like Maccy is the more complete solution.
