You surely know this iconic function of Windows which is used to move data or folders very simply. It has long been impossible to accomplish this on Samsung Galaxy A40s without the help of specific software, however, it is now achievable. 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.

Today we will show you today how to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy A40s? To do this, first of all, we'll find out what interests you are going to have in using this Android feature, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Samsung Galaxy A40s, first text directly with the internal operations of your smartphone , and, finally, folders or data using an external application.

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What is the point of copy paste on a Samsung Galaxy A40s?

We therefore start this tutorial by showing you everyone the benefits of the copy / paste functionality on a Samsung Galaxy A40s . This feature is as we explained to you originally from laptops, and without it it would be particularly difficult to manage files and different folders.

It will actually give you the option like the functionality cut and paste select one or more files or folders, create copies in the memory of your Samsung Galaxy A40s and drop them anywhere you want. If you ever do a copy / paste you keep the original copy in its location, while in the event that you perform a cut / paste you will move the file and at the end of the procedure there will only be one version where you pasted it.

This feature is really relevant to organize your data in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Samsung Galaxy A40s to improve your organization.

How to copy / paste on Samsung Galaxy A40s?

We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, and to do this, we will first show you how to copy paste text directly from your Samsung Galaxy A40s, then files or folders using a dedicated application.

How to copy and paste text on Samsung Galaxy A40s

We start by showing you the particularly easy-to-use procedure which is to to copy and paste text on your Samsung Galaxy A40s? Fortunately, the procedure is very simple, and no matter which application you find the procedure is going to be exactly similar. The only difference will be that on a number of 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 Samsung Galaxy A40s 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, make a long press in the destination text area
  • In the dialog box click on paste option

How to copy and paste files on your Samsung Galaxy A40s

If you want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Samsung Galaxy A40s you will have to use a file manager. In the majority of cases all smartphones are now equipped with it as standard, despite everything, this is not the situation for everyone, we have decided to show you the procedure with Astro, one of the most famous managers. Note that the technique is substantially similar and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:

  • Open your data manager or download and install Astro on your Samsung Galaxy A40s
  • 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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