> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.snaply.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Clipboard Behavior

> Choose what Snaply does with your clipboard after dictation.

Snaply tries to insert [dictation](/dictation/overview) directly into the active app. The **Clipboard behavior** setting decides whether that dictated text should also stay in your clipboard afterward.

## Available Modes

### Never save

* Snaply inserts the dictated text into the active app.
* Your previous clipboard contents are restored afterward.
* If insertion cannot be confirmed, Snaply does **not** leave the dictated text on your clipboard.

### If paste fails (Default)

* Snaply tries to insert the dictated text directly.
* If insertion succeeds, your clipboard is restored.
* If insertion cannot be confirmed, Snaply keeps the dictated text on your clipboard so you can paste it yourself.

This is the default because it gives you a fallback without overwriting your clipboard after every successful dictation.

### Always save

* Snaply inserts the dictated text into the active app.
* The dictated text also stays on your clipboard after dictation finishes.

## Which One Should You Use?

* Use **Never save** if you rely on your clipboard constantly and do not want Snaply to touch it after dictation.
* Use **If paste fails** if you want the safest general default.
* Use **Always save** if you often want to paste the same dictated text somewhere else right away.

## Change Clipboard Behavior

1. Go to **Settings -> Dictation**.
2. Find **Clipboard behavior**.
3. Choose **Never save**, **If paste fails**, or **Always save**.

<Note>
  When Snaply uses the clipboard as a fallback, the dictated text still remains local on your Mac.
</Note>

## Related Pages

* [Back to Dictation overview](/dictation/overview)
* [Review dictation history](/dictation/history)
* [Change your dictation shortcut](/dictation/shortcuts)