You certainly know this legendary Windows feature whose role is to move data or folders very simply. It has long been impossible to do this on Samsung Galaxy M12 without using special software, that said, it is now possible. And you will realize, in the event that you do not already know that it will simplify your life on many points.

Today we will reveal to you in this guide how to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy M12? To do this, first, we will find out what interests this Android feature will bring you, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Samsung Galaxy M12, 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 copying and pasting on a Samsung Galaxy M12?

We therefore start this tutorial by teaching you all the benefits of the copy/paste feature on a Samsung Galaxy M12 . This functionality is as you were told originally from laptops, and without it it would be extremely difficult to properly manage its files and different folders.

It will actually let you like the feature cut and paste select one or more files or folders, create copies of them in the memory of your Samsung Galaxy M12 and drop them anywhere you want. If you copy/paste you keep the original copy in its location, whereas if you perform a cut/paste you will move the file and at the end of the technique there will only be one left. version where you pasted it.

This feature is really useful for organizing your data in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Samsung Galaxy M12 to improve your organization.

How to copy / paste on Samsung Galaxy M12?

We are moving on to the practical part of this tutorial, and in this context, we will first teach you how to copy and paste text directly from your Samsung Galaxy M12, then files or folders using a dedicated application.

How to copy and paste text on Samsung Galaxy M12

We begin by revealing the particularly easy-to-use technique which is to to copy and paste text on your Samsung Galaxy M12? The technique is fortunately very easy, and no matter what app you find the technique is going to be exactly the same. The only difference will reside 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 M12 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 is available and that is 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 choose the paste option

How to copy and paste folders on your Samsung Galaxy M12

If you ever want to copy and paste photos, folders or files on your Samsung Galaxy M12, you will have to use a file manager. In the majority of cases, all phones are now equipped with it, despite everything, this is not the case for all, we have chosen to reveal the technique to you with Astro, one of the most famous managers. Be aware that the procedure 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 M12
  • 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 select the destination directory of the file or folder

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