You are probably familiar with this emblematic Windows function which has the role of moving files or folders very simply. For a long time it was impossible to do this on HUAWEI P20 Pro without the help of specific software, however, it is now possible. And you are going to notice, if you ever don't already know that it is going to make your life easier in a lot of ways.
We will now introduce you in this guide how to copy / paste on a HUAWEI P20 Pro? To do this, to begin with, we will find out what advantages you will have by using this Android feature, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your HUAWEI P20 Pro, first of all text directly thanks to the internal operations of your mobile phone, and finally folders or files using an external application.
What is the point of copy paste on a HUAWEI P20 Pro?
We therefore start this guide by showing you everyone the benefits of the copy / paste functionality on a HUAWEI P20 Pro . This functionality is as we explained to you originally from laptops, and without it it would be particularly complicated to properly manage its files and different folders.
It will actually allow you like the functionality cut and paste select one or more files or folders, create copies in the memory of your HUAWEI P20 Pro and drop them anywhere you want. In the event that you do a copy / paste you keep the original copy in its location, whereas if you ever do a cut / paste you will move the file and at the end of the technique there will only be one version where you pasted it.
This feature is really handy for organizing files in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your HUAWEI P20 Pro to improve your organization.
How to copy / paste on HUAWEI P20 Pro?
We now go to the practical part of this guide, and for that, we will first show you how to copy paste text directly from your HUAWEI P20 Pro, then files or folders using a dedicated application.
How to copy and paste text on HUAWEI P20 Pro
We start by presenting you the particularly simple technique to use which is to to copy and paste text on your HUAWEI P20 Pro? Fortunately, the technique is very simple, and no matter what application you find the technique 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 P20 Pro 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 options 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 P20 Pro
In the event that you want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your HUAWEI P20 Pro, you will need to use a file manager. In principle, all mobile phones are now equipped with it by default, in spite of everything, this is not the situation for everyone, we have decided to present the technique to you with Astro, one of the most widely used managers. Note that the technique is substantially identical and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:
- Open your file manager or download and install Astro on your HUAWEI P20 Pro
- 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
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