You certainly know this legendary function of Windows which has the role of moving files or folders quickly. For a long time it was impossible to perform it on Huawei Nova 5i without the help of specific software, however, it is now possible. And you will find yourself, if you do not already know it, that it will make your life easier in a lot of ways.

Today we will introduce you in this guide how to copy / paste on a Huawei Nova 5i? In this context, first of all, we will see what advantages you will have by using this Android feature, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Huawei Nova 5i, first of all text directly thanks to the internal features from your mobile phone, and, finally, folders or files using an external application.

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What is the point of copy paste on a Huawei Nova 5i?

We therefore start this tutorial by teaching you all the benefits of the copy / paste functionality on a Huawei Nova 5i . This functionality is as we told you originally from computers, and without it it would be really complex to organize your 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 Nova 5i and drop them anywhere you want. If you copy / paste you keep the original copy in its location, while if you ever cut / paste you will move the file and at the end of the procedure there will only be one version left. where you pasted it.

This feature is really convenient for organizing files in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Huawei Nova 5i to better navigate your files.

How to copy / paste on a Huawei Nova 5i?

We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, and to do this, we will first teach you how to copy paste text directly from your Huawei Nova 5i, then files or folders using a dedicated application.

How to copy and paste text on Huawei Nova 5i

We therefore begin by presenting you the particularly easy-to-use procedure which consists of copy and paste text on your Huawei Nova 5i? Fortunately, the procedure is very easy, and no matter what application you find the procedure is going to be absolutely the same. The only difference will be that on some applications the text selection will be problematic 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 Nova 5i 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 choose the paste option

How to copy and paste files on your Huawei Nova 5i

If you want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Huawei Nova 5i you will have to use a file manager. In general, all mobile phones are now equipped with it by default, however, this is not the situation for everyone, we have chosen to present the procedure to you with Astro, one of the most widely used managers. You should know that the procedure is appreciably similar and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:

  • Open your file manager or download and install Astro on your Huawei Nova 5i
  • 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 choose the destination directory of the file or folder

If you want a lot of tutorials to become the king of the Huawei Nova 5i, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Huawei Nova 5i.