How to pop entries from clipboard history

Is there a way to pop the latest entry from the clipboard? For example if I copied multiple things, I want to hit some shortcut, and the top item from the clipboard would be poped from the stack.

Welcome to the forum. I am not quite sure what you are trying to do. Let's return to basics to start with and then I'll suggest something based on what I think you might be aiming for.

The terminology surrounding clipboards can be a little confusing (and a little inconsistent). The main clipboard which is used by Mac applications is the system clipboard. It contains only one item. Keyboard Maestro's clipboard history keeps recent items that would otherwise have been overwritten when a new item is copied to the clipboard.

When you ask about "popping" the latest entry from the clipboard, that sounds as though you want to paste the most recently copied item from the system clipboard. That is the default, so nothing extra has to be done. But perhaps when you say "pop" you want to then delete that item from the system clipboard. To do that, use the Delete current system clipboard action.

If that's not the answer you need, please give more details.

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Yeah that's basically it! I meant 'pop' as in the stack data structure. Pasting the most recently entry in the clipboard, and then deleting it.

Good, you should be all set then. Put together a little macro using a Paste action followed by a Delete current system clipboard action.

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