You probably know this legendary function of Windows which consists of moving files or folders in a very easy way. For a long time it was impossible to do this on Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 without the help of special software, however, it is now possible. And you will realize, in the event that you do not already know that this will make your life easier in a lot of ways.

We will suddenly expose you in this guide how to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy J5 2017? To do this, first of all, we will explain to you what advantages this Android functionality will bring you, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017, first of all text directly with the internal functions 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 J5 2017?

We start by therefore this tutorial by explaining all the benefits of the copy / paste functionality on a Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 . This functionality is as we explained to you originally from laptops, and without it it would be extremely complex 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 Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 and drop them anywhere you want. In the event that you copy / paste you keep the original copy in its location, while in the event that you do a cut / paste you will move the file and at the end of the process it will not remain. than a version where you pasted it.

This feature is really useful for organizing files in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017 to improve your organization.

How to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy J5 2017?

We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, and for that, we will first explain to you how to copy paste text directly from your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017, then files or folders using a dedicated application.

How to copy and paste text on Samsung Galaxy J5 2017

We start suddenly by showing you the particularly easy-to-use process which consists of to copy and paste text on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017? Fortunately, the process is very easy, and whatever application you find the process will 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 J5 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 options click on "Copy" or "Cut" assuming 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 choose the paste option

How to copy and paste folders on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017

In the event that you want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Samsung Galaxy J5 2017, you will need to use a file manager. In most cases, all phones are now equipped with it as standard, however, this is not the case for all, we have decided to explain the process to you with Astro, one of the most famous managers. You should know that the procedure 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 J5 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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