---
id: junk-yard.what-does-the-junk-yard-capture
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/what-does-the-junk-yard-capture
category: "Junk Yard"
subcategory: "What gets captured"
question: "What does the Junk Yard capture when I copy something?"
alt_questions:
  - "Does Junk Yard save everything I copy?"
  - "What gets saved to the Junk Yard?"
  - "Which kinds of things does Junk Yard catch?"
  - "Does Junk Yard save images and files I copy?"
  - "What types of clipboard content does Junk Yard support?"
  - "Does Junk Yard capture rich text?"
short_answer: "With Watch the clipboard on, everything you copy — text and rich text, images, web links, and files or folders — lands as a card. Passwords and very large multi-file copies are skipped on purpose."
tags: ["capture", "clipboard", "junk yard"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/does-the-junk-yard-save-passwords", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/what-happens-when-i-copy-a-file", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/why-didnt-something-i-copied-show-up"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What does the Junk Yard capture when I copy something?

With **Watch the clipboard** on, each thing you copy with ⌘C becomes a new card: text and rich text (with its formatting), images (shown as a thumbnail), web links, and files or folders (kept as a reference). Several files copied together land as one card.

### What it skips on purpose

- Anything from a password manager, or anything an app marks as secret or temporary.
- A copy that's identical to the last thing you copied, so you don't get duplicates.
- A multi-file copy larger than the limit you set (25 files by default).
- Copies you make *from* the Junk Yard itself.

See [Does the Junk Yard save my passwords?](https://storagestudio.us/faq/junk-yard/does-the-junk-yard-save-passwords)