You are probably familiar with this legendary Windows feature of moving files or folders quickly. For a long time it was impossible to perform this on Samsung Galaxy A3 2017 without the help of specific software, however, it is now possible. And you will find yourself, if you do not already know it, that this will make your life easier in many ways.

We will now reveal to you today how to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy A3 2017? To do this, first of all, we will see what interests you will have in using this Android feature, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Samsung Galaxy A3 2017, first of all text directly thanks to the internal features of your phone, and, finally, folders or files using an external application.

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What will the copy paste function do on a Samsung Galaxy A3 2017?

We therefore start this guide by teaching you all the advantages of the copy / paste functionality on a Samsung Galaxy A3 2017 . This feature is as we told you originally from laptops, and without it it would be really complicated to properly manage your 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 Samsung Galaxy A3 2017 and drop them anywhere you want. In the event that you do a copy / paste you keep the original copy in its location, while if you do a 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 handy for organizing files in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Samsung Galaxy A3 2017 to better navigate your files.

How to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy A3 2017?

We now move on to the practical part of this guide, and for that, we will first teach you how to copy paste text directly from your Samsung Galaxy A3 2017, then files or folders using a dedicated application.

How to copy and paste text on Samsung Galaxy A3 2017

We start suddenly by revealing to you the particularly easy-to-use procedure which is to to copy and paste text on your Samsung Galaxy A3 2017? Fortunately, the procedure is very easy, and no matter which application you find the procedure is going to be exactly similar. 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 Samsung Galaxy A3 2017 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 available and that's 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 folders on your Samsung Galaxy A3 2017

If you want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Samsung Galaxy A3 2017 you will have to go through a file manager. In the majority of cases all phones are now equipped by default, however, this is not the case for all, we have chosen to reveal the procedure to you with Astro, one of the most used managers. Note 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 Samsung Galaxy A3 2017
  • 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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