You surely know this legendary function of Windows which is used to move files or folders very simply. It has long been impossible to accomplish this on Samsung Galaxy M40 without the help of specific software, however, it is now achievable. And you will notice, in the event that you don't already know it will make your life easier in a lot of ways.

We will suddenly expose you today how to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy M40? In this context, first of all, we will explain to you what interests you are going to have in using this feature of Android, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Samsung Galaxy M40, first of all text directly thanks to internal operations of your mobile phone, and, finally, folders or files through an external application.

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What is the point of copy paste on a Samsung Galaxy M40?

We therefore start this guide by teaching you everyone the Benefits of the copy / paste function on a Samsung Galaxy M40 . This functionality is as we told you originally from computers, and without it it would be particularly complicated to properly manage its files and different folders.

It will actually give you the option like the function cut and paste select one or more files or folders, create copies in the memory of your Samsung Galaxy M40 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 technique it will not remain. than a version where you pasted it.

This function is really useful for organizing files in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Samsung Galaxy M40 to improve your organization.

How to copy / paste on Samsung Galaxy M40?

We now move on to the practical part of this guide, and in this context, we will first teach you how to copy paste text directly from your Samsung Galaxy M40, then files or folders using a dedicated application.

How to copy and paste text on Samsung Galaxy M40

We start suddenly by showing you the particularly easy-to-use technique which consists of to copy and paste text on your Samsung Galaxy M40? Fortunately, the technique is very simple, and no matter what application you find the technique is going to be absolutely the same. The only difference will lie in the fact that on some 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 M40 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 alternatives click on "Copy" or "Cut" assuming it's available and that's what you want to do
  • 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 M40

If you want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Samsung Galaxy M40, you will have to go through a file manager. In principle, all phones are now equipped by default, however, this is not the situation for everyone, we have chosen to explain the technique to you with Astro, one of the most famous managers. You should know that the methodology 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 M40
  • 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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