# Temporary variables (clipboard)

**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/temporary-variables-clipboard/58024
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [February 16, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/temporary-variables-clipboard/58024 "2023-02-16T10:56:09Z")
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### Author: ![Krivo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/krivo/32/5363_2.png) [@Krivo](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Krivo)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2023, 11:06am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/temporary-variables-clipboard/58024/2 "2023-02-16T11:06:42Z")

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Just use user specific column. Also works when you are not signed in - but will disappear when person e.g. is logged out

Take a look here

> [@My impression of "USCs store data on the user's device only" is inaccurate, and that's good, but](https://community.glideapps.com/t/my-impression-of-uscs-store-data-on-the-users-device-only-is-inaccurate-and-thats-good-but/36041/7):
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> Just a sidebar to help explain User Specific Columns. User Specific columns will be device specific and only store temporarily while the app is open, ONLY if the user is NOT signed in. If a user is not signed in, then the user specific columns are only temporary. If a user IS signed in, then those user specific column values become attached to that user, regardless of device. How I believe they work, is that glide creates a hidden table that’s attached to a normal table. This is why RowID’s…

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