Copy and paste from iPhone to Windows — no cable, no app
iPhone and Windows don't share a clipboard, and there's no AirDrop between them. Open a room in any browser on both, type the 6-digit code, and copy on one device to paste on the other.
The iPhone-to-Windows gap is the most common transfer headache there is: AirDrop only talks to other Apple devices, and emailing yourself a screenshot or messaging a link to your own number gets old fast. pastehere closes the gap without asking you to install anything — it runs in Safari on the iPhone and in Edge, Chrome or Firefox on the PC.
Open a room on your iPhone, enter the six-digit code in the same site on your Windows machine, and the two are paired. Anything you add on one side — a paragraph of text, a link, a screenshot, a file up to 15 MB — shows up on the other within a second.
How to do it in three steps
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Open a room on your iPhone
Go to pastehere.app in any browser and create a room. You'll get a six-digit code — no sign-up, nothing to install.
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Enter the code on your Windows PC
Open the same site on your Windows PC and type the six-digit code to join. The two devices agree on a key directly, so the server never sees it.
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Copy on one, paste on the other
Add text, a link, a screenshot or a file on either device and it appears on the other within a second. The room stays open until you destroy it.
Everything is encrypted in your browser with AES-256 before it leaves the device. Devices agree on the room key through a PAKE exchange over the 6-digit code, so the key never reaches the server — it only ever stores ciphertext.
What you can send
Anything that fits in a room moves both ways between your iPhone and your Windows PC:
- TextNotes, passwords, addresses, long passages — no length limit.
- LinksOpen a tab on the other device with one tap.
- ImagesScreenshots and photos, kept at full quality.
- FilesPDFs, archives, any file type — up to 15 MB each, 100 MB per room.
What Windows gives you natively, and where it stops
Microsoft's Phone Link has come a long way with iPhone: since its late-2024 update it can send files and photos between an iPhone and a Windows PC through the share sheet. It still asks a lot for that, though — a Microsoft account, the Link to Windows app installed on your iPhone, a Bluetooth pairing, and a Windows PC specifically. iCloud for Windows can sync Photos and iCloud Drive, but it's an install, it needs your Apple ID, and it's built around syncing whole libraries rather than grabbing one screenshot right now.
Those are fine when you've already set them up and you live in that ecosystem. They're overkill when you just want to get one link or one PDF from the phone in your hand onto the laptop in front of you. That's the moment pastehere is built for: nothing to sign into, nothing to install, and it works even if the PC isn't yours.
Questions
Can I send photos from my iPhone to Windows without iCloud?
Yes. Open a room on both devices, then add the photo from your iPhone — it appears on the Windows PC where you can download it at full quality. Nothing goes through iCloud and no Apple ID is needed. Images and files are capped at 15 MB each, 100 MB per room.
Is there an AirDrop equivalent for iPhone to Windows?
AirDrop itself only works between Apple devices, so there's no true AirDrop to Windows. pastehere fills the same role over the web instead of over a local Apple link: pair the two devices with a code once, then copy on the iPhone and paste on the PC.
Do I need to install anything on the iPhone?
No. It runs in Safari (or any browser) on the iPhone and in any browser on Windows. There's no App Store download and no account to create.
Is it safe to paste a password or 2FA code this way?
Yes. Everything is encrypted in your browser with AES-256 before it leaves the device, and the room key is agreed directly between your devices, so the server only ever stores ciphertext. You can destroy the room the moment you're done.