# Clipboard2File (Upload From Clipboard)

> Instantly upload pictures from your clipboard!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/clipboard2file](https://chrome-stats.com/d/clipboard2file)

## Overview

- **ID:** `clipboard2file`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Clipboard2File
- **Category:** search-tools,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 4,057
- **Weekly downloads:** 117
- **Rating:** 4.77 / 5 (61 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-24
- **First published:** 2021-09-25
- **Size:** 47 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/clipboard2file/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/clipboard2file/clipboard2file/issues](https://github.com/clipboard2file/clipboard2file/issues)

## Description

Clipboard2File is a lightweight Chrome extension that enables instant uploading of images from your clipboard, even on websites that don't natively support pasting images. It eliminates the need to save temporary files or clutter your device with one-time-use images. The extension works by injecting content scripts into websites, allowing seamless integration and quick image uploads.

With permissions to access all website data and clipboard contents, Clipboard2File efficiently reads images from your clipboard and can clear it after pasting if desired. Its compact codebase (<100 lines) ensures minimal impact on browsing performance. The source code is openly available on GitHub for transparency and security verification.

## Rankings

- #1,351 — Overall
- #143 — Social & Communication
- #147 — Search Tools
- #3 — clipboard
- #5 — upload
- #13 — board

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `clipboardRead`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users largely praise Clipboard2File as highly useful, time-saving, and visually native to Firefox, and it helps Opera users switch by providing a familiar clipboard-to-file workflow. However, multiple reviews report reliability problems, particularly on macOS, plus cross-platform inconsistencies and a scrolling UI bug during uploads. Overall it’s valuable when it works, but stability and platform-specific issues are the most frequently mentioned drawbacks.

### Pros

- Very useful and exactly what users searched for
- Saves time and streamlines clipboard-to-file uploads
- Looks native to Firefox and feels like a built-in feature
- Helps users migrate from Opera by providing the similar Upload From Clipboard capability
- Easy and convenient to use

### Cons

- Intermittent or complete non-working behavior reported, especially on macOS
- Inconsistent performance across platforms (Windows vs macOS)
- UI bug where the page scrolls during upload
- Occasional stoppage after working (stability issues)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/clipboard2file)