# Clipboard and global hotkeys · OmniGet Docs

- URL: https://getomniget.com/docs/clipboard-hotkeys
- Updated: 2026-10-02
- OmniGet 1.0.0

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# Clipboard and global hotkeys

OmniGet can watch the clipboard and fill Home with any link you copy, and even start the download by itself. Global hotkeys go one step further: from any app, a key combination downloads the link in your clipboard as a video or as music, without opening OmniGet.

## Where it is

-   **Settings › Downloads › Clipboard & hotkeys**: **Clipboard detection** and **Auto-download on paste**.
-   **Settings › Downloads › Keyboard shortcuts**, under **Show advanced options**: the download and music hotkeys.

## How to use it

### Let OmniGet notice copied links

1.  Turn on **Clipboard detection**.
2.  Copy a link in any app.

OmniGet fills the box on Home with the link, opens Home if you were elsewhere, and shows **Link detected! Paste to download**. Nothing downloads until you confirm on Home.

To skip that step, also turn on **Auto-download on paste**. Then OmniGet shows **Auto-download started** and starts the download about 2 seconds after it recognises the link, with your default choices. **Auto-download on paste** works only while **Clipboard detection** is on.

### Download the clipboard link with a hotkey

1.  Open **Keyboard shortcuts** under **Show advanced options**.
2.  Turn on **Global hotkey**. **Hotkey shortcut** appears, set to `⇧⌘D` (macOS) / `Ctrl+Shift+D`.
3.  Copy a link anywhere, then press `⇧⌘D` (macOS) / `Ctrl+Shift+D`.

OmniGet adds the link to the queue with your default folder and quality and shows **Link from the clipboard added to downloads**. If the clipboard holds no link, it says **The clipboard has no link to download**.

### Download the clipboard link as music

1.  Turn on **Music download hotkey**. **Music hotkey shortcut** appears, set to `⇧⌘M` (macOS) / `Ctrl+Shift+M`.
2.  Copy a link and press `⇧⌘M` (macOS) / `Ctrl+Shift+M`.

The link downloads as audio, in the format chosen in **Music download format** (**Settings › Downloads › Output**). See [Audio only](https://getomniget.com/docs/audio).

### Copy the file when it is done

With **Global hotkey** on, **Copy file to clipboard after hotkey download** appears under it. It is on by default: when a download started by either hotkey finishes, OmniGet copies the file itself to the clipboard and shows **File copied to clipboard**, so you can paste it into a chat or an email.

### Change a hotkey

Next to a hotkey, pick **Record** and click the box, then press the new combination; `esc` (macOS) / `Esc` cancels. Or pick **Type** and write it, for example `CmdOrCtrl+Shift+D`. Then click **Save** in the bar that appears.

### Open the Omni companion

`⇧⌘O` (macOS) / `Ctrl+Shift+O` opens or hides the Omni companion window from anywhere. This hotkey is always on and cannot be changed here. See [Omni, the companion](https://getomniget.com/docs/omni).

## Options

| Option | What it does | Default |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Clipboard detection** | Fills Home with links you copy. | Off |
| **Auto-download on paste** | Starts the download of a detected link by itself. | Off |
| **Global hotkey** | Downloads the clipboard link with a key combination. | Off |
| **Hotkey shortcut** | The combination for **Global hotkey**. | `⇧⌘D` (macOS) / `Ctrl+Shift+D` |
| **Copy file to clipboard after hotkey download** | Copies the finished file to the clipboard. | On |
| **Music download hotkey** | Downloads the clipboard link as audio. | Off |
| **Music hotkey shortcut** | The combination for **Music download hotkey**. | `⇧⌘M` (macOS) / `Ctrl+Shift+M` |

## Shortcuts

| Action | Keys |
| --- | --- |
| Download the link in the clipboard | `⇧⌘D` (macOS) / `Ctrl+Shift+D` |
| Download the link in the clipboard as audio | `⇧⌘M` (macOS) / `Ctrl+Shift+M` |
| Open or hide the Omni companion | `⇧⌘O` (macOS) / `Ctrl+Shift+O` |

## Common problems

### The global hotkey needs Accessibility permission

On macOS, OmniGet shows **The global hotkey needs Accessibility permission** when it cannot register the combination. Open **System Settings › Privacy & Security › Accessibility** and turn on OmniGet.

### The hotkey does nothing on Windows or Linux

Another app probably uses the same combination. Pick a different one with **Record** and click **Save**.

### That link is already in your downloads

The link is already in the queue, so the hotkey did not add it twice.

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