You surely know this legendary function of Windows which consists of moving files or folders in a very easy way. It has long been impossible to accomplish this on Samsung Galaxy A7 without resorting to special software, however, it is now achievable. And you will find yourself, if you do not already know it, that it will simplify your life in many ways.

We will now show you in this article how to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy A7? To do this, first of all, we'll explain what advantages this Android feature will bring to you, then how to copy paste or cut paste on your Samsung Galaxy A7, first text directly with internal operations 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 Samsung Galaxy A7?

So we start this tutorial by teaching you everyone the advantages of the copy / paste functionality on a Samsung Galaxy A7 . This feature is as we explained to you originally from laptops, and without it it would be extremely difficult 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 Samsung Galaxy A7 and drop them anywhere you want. In the event that you copy / paste you keep the original copy in its location, while if you cut / paste you will move the file and at the end of the process there will only be one version left. where you pasted it.

This feature is really relevant to organize files in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Samsung Galaxy A7 to improve your organization.

How to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy A7?

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 Samsung Galaxy A7, then files or folders using a dedicated application.

How to copy and paste text on Samsung Galaxy A7

We start by showing you the particularly easy-to-use process which consists of to copy and paste text on your Samsung Galaxy A7? Fortunately, the process is very easy, and whatever application you find the process will be exactly the same. The only difference will lie in the fact that on a certain number of 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 A7 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 therefore see a dialog window appear with different alternatives click on "Copy" or "Cut" if it's 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 select the paste option

How to copy and paste folders on your Samsung Galaxy A7

If you want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Samsung Galaxy A7 you will need to use a file manager. Generally all smartphones are now equipped by default, that said, this is not the situation for everyone, we have chosen to show you the process with Astro, one of the most used managers. You should know that the technique 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 Samsung Galaxy A7
  • 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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