You are probably familiar with this iconic Windows feature of moving data or folders quickly. For a long time it was impossible to accomplish this on HUAWEI Mate X without using special software, however, it is now very easy to do. And you will realize, in the event that you do not already know that it will make your life easier in a lot of ways.

We will suddenly present you in this article how to copy / paste on a HUAWEI Mate X? To do this, first, we will explain to you what interests you will have in using this Android feature, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your HUAWEI Mate X, first of all text directly with internal operations from your phone, and, finally, files or data using an external application.

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What will the copy paste function do on a HUAWEI Mate X?

We therefore start this tutorial by explaining all the benefits of the copy / paste function on a HUAWEI Mate X . This functionality is as we told you originally from computers, and without it it would be extremely complex to organize your files and different folders.

It will actually allow you like the function cut and paste select one or more files or folders, create copies in the memory of your HUAWEI Mate X and drop them anywhere you want. In the event that you copy / paste you keep the original copy in its location, while in the event that you do a cut / paste you will move the file and at the end of the technique it will not. only a version will remain where you pasted it.

This function is really relevant for organizing your data in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your HUAWEI Mate X to better find yourself in your files.

How to copy / paste on HUAWEI Mate X?

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

How to copy and paste text on HUAWEI Mate X

We start suddenly by presenting you the particularly easy-to-use technique which consists of copy and paste text on your HUAWEI Mate X? Fortunately, the technique is very easy, and no matter what application you find the technique is going to be absolutely the same. The only difference will lie in the fact that on some applications the text selection will be problematic and it will be necessary to select large portions of texts even if you only want to copy a sentence (example: Facebook). Let's go:

  • Unlock your HUAWEI Mate X 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" in the event that it is available and that is what you want to achieve
  • Now go to the app in which you want to paste this text, do a long press in the destination text area
  • In the dialog box click on paste option

How to copy and paste files on your HUAWEI Mate X

In the event that you want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your HUAWEI Mate X, you will have to use a file manager. In general, all smartphones are now equipped with it as standard, that said, this is not the case for all, we decided to present the technique with Astro, one of the most used managers. Note 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 X
  • 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
  • Click on "Copy to" and choose the destination directory of the file or folder

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