Auto-clearing old entries

[sdragnev]

For security's sake, it'd be good if ClipIt had an option to auto-remove entries older than X seconds/minutes.

Usually any multi copying/pasting is done fairly quickly so there's no need to keep most history for very long.

[CristianHenzel]

It depends on the usage. As a programmer, for example, I find it very useful that I can paste a code snippet I used 3 days ago and reuse that.
If your usage scenario only includes short copy/paste sessions, you could just do a history clear after each session.

[sdragnev]

For sure - that's why it should be an option.
Alternatively, a shortcut to clear the history would be beneficial. Manually doing it is pretty cumbersome.

My motivation is security. Copying logins from a password manager and having them hang around by default is iffy.

[CristianHenzel]

There is already an option for clearing the history. You need to open the "Manage History" dialog and there click the "Remove all" button.

[sdragnev]

Yeah, it's 3 clicks which is what I thought is cumbersome.
Hence the request for an option for timed auto-clearing but that would be a little complicated since each item would have to have an age.

Or just a single shortcut. I can live with that! :)

[Maeda1]

Hi there.

I think it should definitely be an useful option. I think if there is activity in clipit, then old entries deletes (according to existing options), but with no activity, any password is kept in clear, not a good security behavior.

Is it in roadmap ?
There no need to have a high-end option, just that entries deletes after xxx seconds, xxx = user set it.

Thanks :)

[facetoe]

I submitted a PR (#71) to support this feature.

[CristianHenzel]

Merged #71