Clipboard Managers for Arabic, Hebrew and Persian on Windows
For Arabic, Hebrew or Persian, a clipboard manager has two jobs: store and paste right-to-left text exactly as you copied it, and ideally show its own interface in your language. All the common Windows options handle Unicode text. For the interface, Windows clipboard history (Win+V) follows your Windows display language, Edge Drop offers Arabic, Persian and Hebrew with a right-to-left layout, CopyQ has translation files for all three, and Ditto has Hebrew and Persian language files. Test any of them with a mixed-direction string before relying on it.
Edge Drop is made by the team behind this site. It's described from its own source code; the others from their documentation and source repositories, checked in October 2026.
Comparison
| Tool | Interface in Arabic / Hebrew / Persian | Keeps the HTML version of copied text | Search |
|---|---|---|---|
| Win+V (built in) | Follows the Windows display language | Yes (text and HTML items) | No search box |
| Ditto | Hebrew and Persian language files; no Arabic file | Yes (stores HTML) | Type to search |
| CopyQ | Arabic, Persian and Hebrew translation files | Yes (stores HTML) | Filter as you type |
| Edge Drop | Arabic, Persian and Hebrew, with a right-to-left layout | Yes, up to 32,768 characters | Substring search |
Keeping the HTML matters because rich-text copies from browsers and Office can carry dir="rtl" on paragraphs. A manager that pastes back only plain text loses that, and the destination falls back to its own direction. How Windows treats rich text versus plain text explains how the target app chooses between the two.
The options
Windows clipboard history (Win+V)
Clipboard history stores text, HTML and images, up to 25 items, and clears unpinned items on restart. Its labels appear in whatever display language Windows uses, so installing an Arabic, Hebrew or Persian display language changes them too. It stores the characters you copied, invisible direction marks included, but its preview can't show you those marks. If Win+V stopped working after you added a language, see Win+V stopped working after a language pack.
Ditto
Ditto lists full Unicode support, so RTL text is stored and displayed. Its interface uses language files: the project's repository includes Hebrew and Persian files, but not Arabic. Choose a language on the General tab of Ditto's options, then restart Ditto. The wiki explains how to create a new language file, saved as UTF-8, if yours is missing. Ditto's documentation doesn't describe mirroring its layout for right-to-left languages.
CopyQ
CopyQ is translated through the Weblate project, and its repository includes Arabic, Persian and Hebrew translation files. How complete each one is varies, so check the interface after switching. CopyQ stores text, HTML and images, and runs on Windows, Linux and macOS, which helps if you use more than one system.
Edge Drop
Edge Drop's interface comes in 31 languages, including Arabic, Persian and Hebrew. Choosing one of those three switches the whole interface to a right-to-left layout; choose the language under Language on the Behaviour tab of Settings, or leave System Default (Auto) to follow Windows. How to change language and RTL layout has the steps.
For the text itself, Edge Drop keeps a copied item's HTML (up to 32,768 characters) alongside the plain text and writes both back when you click the card to paste, so dir attributes survive. Its search box matches the exact sequence of characters you type, ignoring case, so a search without diacritics won't find text that has them, and long clips are searched only within their first 300 characters. Choosing an RTL language doesn't move the shelf; set its edge separately, such as moving it to the right edge. How to search clipboard history in Edge Drop covers search in detail.
Test a manager with right-to-left text
Run this before trusting any clipboard manager with client or production text:
- In a document that already displays correctly, write a line that mixes directions, such as an Arabic or Hebrew phrase, an English product code and a number.
- Copy it, then check the manager's preview. The preview is its own display, so a different layout there isn't necessarily a problem.
- Paste from the manager into Notepad (plain text), into Word with a right-to-left paragraph, and into the app you actually use, such as a browser form or chat.
- Compare the result in each destination with the original. If Notepad matches but the form doesn't, the destination's direction is the cause, not the manager.
- If you work with files, copy one with an Arabic or Hebrew name in File Explorer and paste or drag it from the manager to check the name survives.
Interface language isn't the same as text direction
The interface language only changes the manager's own labels and layout. What you copy is stored as the same Unicode characters whatever the interface language, and how it displays after pasting is decided by the destination's paragraph direction and any invisible direction marks in the text.
So a pasted line that comes out reordered usually isn't the clipboard manager's fault. Arabic or Hebrew text flips when pasted? explains why mixed lines reorder, how to see the marks on the clipboard with PowerShell, and when to strip them. For removing other invisible characters, see how to remove hidden characters from copied text. If you translate into or out of these languages, a clipboard workflow for translators shows how to keep source and target pairs together.
FAQ
Do clipboard managers change Arabic or Hebrew text?
Not the characters. They store what the source app put on the clipboard, including invisible direction marks. Differences after pasting come from the destination's direction or from pasting plain text instead of HTML.
Does Win+V work with Arabic and Hebrew?
Yes. It stores Unicode text like any other text, and its labels follow your Windows display language. It has no search box, so finding an older clip means scrolling.
Which clipboard manager has an Arabic interface?
Edge Drop includes Arabic with a right-to-left layout, and CopyQ has an Arabic translation. Ditto's repository has Hebrew and Persian language files but no Arabic one. Win+V uses Arabic if Windows does.
Why does my search miss an Arabic word I know I copied?
Most clipboard search matches exact characters. If the stored text has diacritics, a different letter form or invisible marks, a search typed without them won't match. Search for a shorter, distinctive part of the word.
Related reading
- Arabic or Hebrew Text Flips When Pasted? Fix It on Windows
- How to Change Edge Drop's Language (and RTL Layout)
- Win+V Not Working After Adding a Language or IME? Fixes
- Rich Text vs Plain Text on the Windows Clipboard
Sources
- Using the clipboard (Microsoft Support) — clipboard history formats and limits.
- Text directionality (Microsoft Learn) — how right-to-left and mixed text is displayed.
- Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm, UAX #9 (Unicode) — how display order is calculated.
- Ditto project page (SourceForge) — Unicode support and language files.
- Ditto language files (GitHub) — Hebrew and Persian files.
- Translations (Ditto wiki) — choosing and creating a language file.
- CopyQ translations (GitHub) — Arabic, Persian and Hebrew translation files.
- CopyQ — stored formats, platforms and filtering.
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