A viral trend is seeing netizens change their profile picture to Clippy, the former paper clip assistant for Microsoft Office. It all began on Thursday, August 7, 2025, when YouTuber and consumer ...

Microsoft's animated paper clip named Clippy has been revived, thanks to the crazy sense of humor of the folks at startup Smore. We discovered the Clippy.js project, through a Google+ post by ...

“Clippy has been trying to get his job back since 2001, and his brief appearance on GitHub was another attempt. While we appreciate the effort, we have no plans to bring Clippy to Teams,” a ...

Microsoft's Clippy, the cartoon paperclip helper, might come back as an emoji, the company said. More than 320,000 users across Twitter and Instagram have said they want to bring Clippy back.

Other Office customers agreed and wondered if Clippy was related to another, much-reviled Microsoft helper. "These guys seem to be a legacy from Microsoft Bob. When they were introduced I thought ...

According to The Verge, the Crocs -- decked out with a smiling Clippy accessory -- are part of Microsoft's 50th anniversary ...

In 2001, Clippy was replaced by other assistant tools, according to Verge. The character made a brief comeback in 2019 as part of a Microsoft Teams sticker pack, before abruptly disappearing again.

Clippy was hated by many users since it interfered with daily tasks on the computer, and it was eventually killed off. But that’s not stopping Smore, a graduate of TechStars Seattle, from ...

Microsoft did away with Clippy in 2001, so people were surprised to see Clippy stickers appear in Microsoft Teams this week. And they were even more surprised when, just a day later, Microsoft ...

Microsoft has sneaked Clippy, one of its most beloved and hated characters, into the latest version of its mobile software. Recently, the Redmond, Wash., tech company unveiled Windows Phone 8.1 ...