diff --git a/delphi-backend/Source/PM.Bridge.pas b/delphi-backend/Source/PM.Bridge.pas
index d166fa1..402b730 100644
--- a/delphi-backend/Source/PM.Bridge.pas
+++ b/delphi-backend/Source/PM.Bridge.pas
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ type
   TSecureClipboard = class
   private
     FClearTimer: TTimer;
+    // Clipboard sequence number right after OUR SetText. If it moved, the
+    // user copied something else since — that content is theirs, not ours.
+    FSetSequence: DWORD;
     procedure ClearTimerTick(Sender: TObject);
   public
     constructor Create;
@@ -50,6 +53,10 @@ type
     // AClearAfterMs = 0 disables auto-clear; default is 30 seconds.
     procedure SetText(const AText: string; AClearAfterMs: Integer = 30000);
     procedure Clear;
+    // Clear only if the clipboard still holds what WE put there (sequence
+    // unchanged). Auto-clear timer + minimize-to-tray use this so they never
+    // wipe something the user copied from another app in the meantime.
+    procedure ClearIfOurs;
   end;
 
   // Distinguishes the "fill everything" hotkey (Ctrl+Shift+L) from the
@@ -341,7 +348,7 @@ end;
 procedure TSecureClipboard.ClearTimerTick(Sender: TObject);
 begin
   FClearTimer.Enabled := False;
-  Clear;
+  ClearIfOurs;
 end;
 
 procedure TSecureClipboard.SetText(const AText: string; AClearAfterMs: Integer);
@@ -385,6 +392,10 @@ begin
     CloseClipboard;
   end;
 
+  // Snapshot the sequence AFTER our write — any later copy (ours or another
+  // app's) bumps it, which is exactly the "is it still ours?" signal.
+  FSetSequence := GetClipboardSequenceNumber;
+
   if AClearAfterMs > 0 then
   begin
     FClearTimer.Interval := AClearAfterMs;
@@ -402,6 +413,12 @@ begin
   end;
 end;
 
+procedure TSecureClipboard.ClearIfOurs;
+begin
+  if GetClipboardSequenceNumber = FSetSequence then
+    Clear;
+end;
+
 function TSecureClipboard.ReadText: string;
 var
   H: THandle;
@@ -581,9 +598,10 @@ begin
   // out of sight. SKIPPED when AClearClipboard=False — the quick-search
   // copy-then-hide flow deliberately keeps the password on the clipboard
   // (the 30s auto-clear timer still guards it) so the user can paste it
-  // into their target app after we minimise.
+  // into their target app after we minimise. ClearIfOurs: never wipe
+  // content the user copied from another app since.
   if AClearClipboard then
-    FSecureClipboard.Clear;
+    FSecureClipboard.ClearIfOurs;
 
   LFormHwnd := MainFormHWND(FMainForm);
   LAppHwnd  := FindFMXAppWindow;