diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/patrickgold/florisboard/app/settings/advanced/RestoreScreen.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/patrickgold/florisboard/app/settings/advanced/RestoreScreen.kt
index c532ffb7..f22445f1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/patrickgold/florisboard/app/settings/advanced/RestoreScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/patrickgold/florisboard/app/settings/advanced/RestoreScreen.kt
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ fun RestoreScreen() = FlorisScreen {
                 }
                 restoreWorkspace = workspace
             }.onFailure { error ->
-                context.showLongToast(R.string.backup_and_restore__restore__failure, "error_message" to error.localizedMessage)
+                context.showLongToast(
+                    R.string.backup_and_restore__restore__failure,
+                    "error_message" to error.localizedMessage
+                )
             }
         },
     )
@@ -176,15 +179,20 @@ fun RestoreScreen() = FlorisScreen {
                 srcDir.copyRecursively(dstDir, overwrite = true)
             }
         }
+        val clipboardManager = context.clipboardManager().value
+        if (shouldReset) {
+            clipboardManager.clearFullHistory()
+            ClipboardFileStorage.resetClipboardFileStorage(context)
+        }
+
         if (restoreFilesSelector.provideClipboardItems()) {
             val clipboardFilesDir = workspace.outputDir.subDir("clipboard")
-            val clipboardManager = context.clipboardManager().value
 
             if (restoreFilesSelector.clipboardTextItems) {
                 val clipboardItems = clipboardFilesDir.subFile(Backup.CLIPBOARD_TEXT_ITEMS_JSON_NAME)
                 if (clipboardItems.exists()) {
                     val clipboardItemsList = clipboardItems.readJson<List<ClipboardItem>>()
-                    clipboardManager.restoreHistory(shouldReset = shouldReset, items = clipboardItemsList.filter { it.type == ItemType.TEXT }, itemType = ItemType.TEXT)
+                    clipboardManager.restoreHistory(items = clipboardItemsList.filter { it.type == ItemType.TEXT })
                 }
             }
             if (restoreFilesSelector.clipboardImageItems) {
@@ -192,14 +200,18 @@ fun RestoreScreen() = FlorisScreen {
                 if (clipboardItems.exists()) {
                     val clipboardItemsList = clipboardItems.readJson<List<ClipboardItem>>()
                     for (item in clipboardItemsList.filter { it.type == ItemType.IMAGE }) {
-                        ClipboardFileStorage.instertFileFromBackup(
+                        ClipboardFileStorage.insertFileFromBackupIfNotExisting(
                             context,
                             clipboardFilesDir.subFile(
-                                relPath = "${ClipboardFileStorage.CLIPBOARD_FILES_PATH}/${item.uri!!.path!!.split('/').last()}"
+                                relPath = "${ClipboardFileStorage.CLIPBOARD_FILES_PATH}/${
+                                    item.uri!!.path!!.split(
+                                        '/'
+                                    ).last()
+                                }"
                             )
                         )
                     }
-                    clipboardManager.restoreHistory(shouldReset = shouldReset, items = clipboardItemsList.filter { it.type == ItemType.IMAGE }, itemType = ItemType.IMAGE)
+                    clipboardManager.restoreHistory(items = clipboardItemsList.filter { it.type == ItemType.IMAGE })
                 }
             }
             if (restoreFilesSelector.clipboardVideoItems) {
@@ -207,14 +219,18 @@ fun RestoreScreen() = FlorisScreen {
                 if (clipboardItems.exists()) {
                     val clipboardItemsList = clipboardItems.readJson<List<ClipboardItem>>()
                     for (item in clipboardItemsList.filter { it.type == ItemType.VIDEO }) {
-                        ClipboardFileStorage.instertFileFromBackup(
+                        ClipboardFileStorage.insertFileFromBackupIfNotExisting(
                             context,
                             clipboardFilesDir.subFile(
-                                relPath = "${ClipboardFileStorage.CLIPBOARD_FILES_PATH}/${item.uri!!.path!!.split('/').last()}"
+                                relPath = "${ClipboardFileStorage.CLIPBOARD_FILES_PATH}/${
+                                    item.uri!!.path!!.split(
+                                        '/'
+                                    ).last()
+                                }"
                             )
                         )
                     }
-                    clipboardManager.restoreHistory(shouldReset = shouldReset, items = clipboardItemsList.filter { it.type == ItemType.VIDEO }, itemType = ItemType.VIDEO)
+                    clipboardManager.restoreHistory(items = clipboardItemsList.filter { it.type == ItemType.VIDEO })
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -238,7 +254,11 @@ fun RestoreScreen() = FlorisScreen {
                             context.showLongToast(R.string.backup_and_restore__restore__success)
                             navController.navigateUp()
                         } catch (e: Throwable) {
-                            context.showLongToast(R.string.backup_and_restore__restore__failure, "error_message" to e.localizedMessage)
+                            e.printStackTrace()
+                            context.showLongToast(
+                                R.string.backup_and_restore__restore__failure,
+                                "error_message" to e.localizedMessage
+                            )
                         }
                     }
                 },
@@ -273,7 +293,10 @@ fun RestoreScreen() = FlorisScreen {
                 runCatching {
                     restoreDataFromFileSystemLauncher.launch("*/*")
                 }.onFailure { error ->
-                    context.showLongToast(R.string.backup_and_restore__restore__failure, "error_message" to error.localizedMessage)
+                    context.showLongToast(
+                        R.string.backup_and_restore__restore__failure,
+                        "error_message" to error.localizedMessage
+                    )
                 }
             },
             modifier = Modifier
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/patrickgold/florisboard/ime/clipboard/ClipboardManager.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/patrickgold/florisboard/ime/clipboard/ClipboardManager.kt
index 7e46bf23..eb833d0b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/patrickgold/florisboard/ime/clipboard/ClipboardManager.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/patrickgold/florisboard/ime/clipboard/ClipboardManager.kt
@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@ import dev.patrickgold.florisboard.ime.clipboard.provider.ClipboardHistoryDao
 import dev.patrickgold.florisboard.ime.clipboard.provider.ClipboardHistoryDatabase
 import dev.patrickgold.florisboard.ime.clipboard.provider.ClipboardItem
 import dev.patrickgold.florisboard.ime.clipboard.provider.ItemType
-import org.florisboard.lib.android.AndroidClipboardManager
-import org.florisboard.lib.android.AndroidClipboardManager_OnPrimaryClipChangedListener
-import org.florisboard.lib.android.setOrClearPrimaryClip
-import org.florisboard.lib.android.showShortToast
-import org.florisboard.lib.android.systemService
 import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
@@ -45,6 +40,11 @@ import kotlinx.coroutines.launch
 import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.Mutex
 import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.withLock
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+import org.florisboard.lib.android.AndroidClipboardManager
+import org.florisboard.lib.android.AndroidClipboardManager_OnPrimaryClipChangedListener
+import org.florisboard.lib.android.setOrClearPrimaryClip
+import org.florisboard.lib.android.showShortToast
+import org.florisboard.lib.android.systemService
 import org.florisboard.lib.kotlin.tryOrNull
 import java.io.Closeable
 
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ class ClipboardManager(
     val primaryClipFlow = _primaryClipFlow.asStateFlow()
     inline var primaryClip
         get() = primaryClipFlow.value
-        private set(v) { _primaryClipFlow.value = v }
+        private set(v) {
+            _primaryClipFlow.value = v
+        }
 
     init {
         systemClipboardManager.addPrimaryClipChangedListener(this)
@@ -278,6 +280,9 @@ class ClipboardManager(
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Clears all unpinned items from the clipboard history
+     */
     fun clearHistory() {
         ioScope.launch {
             for (item in history().all) {
@@ -287,6 +292,9 @@ class ClipboardManager(
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Clears the full clipboard history
+     */
     fun clearFullHistory() {
         ioScope.launch {
             for (item in history().all) {
@@ -300,26 +308,15 @@ class ClipboardManager(
     /**
      * Restore the clipboard history from a [List]
      *
-     * @param shouldReset if the history should be reset
      * @param items the [ClipboardItem] list with the new items
      */
-    fun restoreHistory(items: List<ClipboardItem>, shouldReset: Boolean, itemType: ItemType) {
+    fun restoreHistory(items: List<ClipboardItem>) {
         ioScope.launch {
-            if (shouldReset) {
-                for (item in history().all) {
-                    item.close(appContext)
-                }
-                clipHistoryDao?.deleteAllFromType(itemType)
-                for (item in items) {
+            val currentHistory = this@ClipboardManager.history().all
+            for (item in items) {
+                if (!currentHistory.map { it.copy(id = 0) }.contains(item.copy(id = 0))) {
                     this@ClipboardManager.insertClip(item.copy(id = 0))
                 }
-            } else {
-                val currentHistory = this@ClipboardManager.history().all
-                for (item in items) {
-                    if (!currentHistory.map { it.copy(id = 0) }.contains(item.copy(id = 0))) {
-                        this@ClipboardManager.insertClip(item.copy(id = 0))
-                    }
-                }
             }
         }
     }
@@ -344,7 +341,7 @@ class ClipboardManager(
 
     fun unpinClip(item: ClipboardItem) {
         ioScope.launch {
-            clipHistoryDao?.update(item.copy(isPinned =  false))
+            clipHistoryDao?.update(item.copy(isPinned = false))
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/patrickgold/florisboard/ime/clipboard/provider/ClipboardFileStorage.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/patrickgold/florisboard/ime/clipboard/provider/ClipboardFileStorage.kt
index a5fa20fd..0cbf215e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/patrickgold/florisboard/ime/clipboard/provider/ClipboardFileStorage.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/dev/patrickgold/florisboard/ime/clipboard/provider/ClipboardFileStorage.kt
@@ -61,7 +61,28 @@ object ClipboardFileStorage {
         return context.clipboardFilesDir.subFile(id.toString())
     }
 
-    fun instertFileFromBackup(context: Context, file: FsFile) {
-        file.copyTo(context.clipboardFilesDir.subFile(file.name), overwrite = false)
+
+    /**
+     * Insert file from backup if not existing
+     *
+     * @param context the application context
+     * @param file the file to be inserted
+     */
+    fun insertFileFromBackupIfNotExisting(context: Context, file: FsFile) {
+        if (!context.clipboardFilesDir.subFile(file.name).isFile) {
+            file.copyTo(context.clipboardFilesDir.subFile(file.name), overwrite = false)
+        }
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes all files from the clipboard subdirectory
+     *
+     * @param context the application context
+     */
+    fun resetClipboardFileStorage(context: Context) {
+        context.clipboardFilesDir.listFiles()?.forEach {
+            it.delete()
+        }
+    }
+
 }