Spotlight search / clipboard history not working in Tahoe MacOS 26

Hi I upgraded a few days ago and I can't get the clipboard history to work.


I have already enabled it in Settings > Spotlight > Clipboard search enabled. However, when I click Cmd + Space then Cmd + 4, it keeps saying no results found.


I'm not sure how to enable this feature or even use it. Seems like no one else has this problem?




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MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 26.0

Posted on Sep 18, 2025 12:44 AM

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Posted on Oct 5, 2025 10:09 PM

Hey, I had the exact same issue and was able to resolve it by turning on Settings > Spotlight > Results from System > Documents. You don't have to have any of the file types within Documents (hit the info icon) activated but it looks like Clipboard history is saved somewhere in Documents so turning it off cuts off Spotlight's access to it.




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