You are probably familiar with this iconic Windows function that is used to move data or folders quickly. It has long been impossible to accomplish it on HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite without the help of special software, nevertheless, it is now achievable. And you will find, if you never know it already, that it is going to simplify your life in a lot of ways.

Today we will reveal to you today how to copy / paste on a HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite? To do this, to begin with, we will explain to you what interests you are going to have in using this feature of Android, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite, first of all text directly thanks to the operations internal files of your smartphone, and, finally, folders or data using an external application.

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What is the point of copy paste on a HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite?

We start this article by teaching you all the benefits of the copy / paste functionality on a HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite . This functionality is as we told you originally from computers, and without it it would be extremely complicated to properly manage its files and different folders.

It will actually give you the possibility like the functionality cut and paste select one or more files or folders, create copies in the memory of your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite and drop them anywhere you want. In the event that you perform a copy / paste you keep the original copy in its location, whereas if you ever perform a cut / paste you will move the file and at the end of the procedure there will only be one version where you pasted it.

This feature is really convenient to organize your data in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite to improve your organization.

How to copy / paste on HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite?

We now move on to the practical part of this article, and for that, we will first teach you how to copy paste text directly from your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite, then files or folders using a dedicated application. .

How to copy and paste text on HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite

We therefore start by revealing to you the particularly easy-to-use procedure which is to copy and paste text on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite? Fortunately, the procedure is very simple, and no matter which application you find the procedure is going to be exactly the same. The only difference will be that on some applications the text selection is not always going to be obvious and you will have to select large portions of text even if you only want to copy a sentence (example: Facebook). Let's go:

  • Unlock your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite and find the document / app / text you want to copy or cut and paste
  • Make a long press on one of the words of the text
  • You will then see a dialog window open with different possibilities click on "Copy" or "Cut" if it's ever available and that's what you want to do
  • Now go to the app in which you want to paste this text, make a long press in the destination text area
  • In the dialog box click on paste option

How to copy and paste folders on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite

If you ever want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite you will have to use a file manager. In principle, all smartphones are now equipped by default, however, this is not the case for all, we decided to reveal the procedure to you with Astro, one of the most widespread managers. You should know that the methodology is substantially identical and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:

  • Open your data manager or download and install Astro on your HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite
  • Navigate through the different folders until you find the file or folder you want to copy and paste
  • Make a long press on it or click on the three small vertical dots at the top right of its label
  • Press "Copy to" and select the destination directory of the file or folder

If you ever want a maximum of tutorials to become the king of the HUAWEI Mate 20 Lite, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Mate 20 Lite.