You surely know this legendary function of Windows which has the role of moving files or folders in a very simple way. It has long been impossible to accomplish this on Huawei Y5 without the help of special software, however, it is now achievable. And you will find, if you never know it already, that it will simplify your life in a lot of ways.

We are going to expose you in this article how to copy / paste on a Huawei Y5? To do this, first of all, we'll find out what interests you will benefit from this Android functionality, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Huawei Y5, first text directly through the internal operations of your phone , and, finally, folders or files using an external application.

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What is the point of copy paste on a Huawei Y5?

So we start this tutorial by teaching you all the benefits of the copy / paste function on a Huawei Y5 . This functionality is as we told you originally from laptops, and without it it would be particularly complex to properly manage its files and different folders.

It will actually give you the possibility like the function cut and paste select one or more files or folders, create copies in the memory of your Huawei Y5 and drop them anywhere you want. If you ever 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 left. where you pasted it.

This function is really relevant for organizing files in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Huawei Y5 to better navigate your files.

How to copy / paste on a Huawei Y5?

We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, and for that, we will first teach you how to copy paste text directly from your Huawei Y5, then files or folders using a dedicated application. .

How to copy and paste text on Huawei Y5

We start by showing you the particularly easy-to-use technique which is to copy and paste text on your Huawei Y5? Fortunately, the technique is very simple, and whatever application you find the technique is going to be exactly the same. The only difference will be 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 Y5 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 appear with different alternatives click on "Copy" or "Cut" if it's ever available and that's what you want to achieve
  • 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 Y5

If you want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Huawei Y5, you will have to use a file manager. In principle all cell phones are now equipped by default, that said, this is not the case for all, we have decided to show you the technique with Astro, one of the most used managers. You should know that the procedure is essentially the same and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:

  • Open your file manager or download and install Astro on your Huawei Y5
  • 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

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