You probably know this legendary function of Windows which is used to move files or folders quickly. It has long been impossible to do this on Samsung Galaxy S21 without the help of special software, that said, it is now possible. And you will realize, if you don't already know it, that it will make your life easier on many points.
Today we will show you today how to copy/paste on a Samsung Galaxy S21? To do this, first of all, we will 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 S21, first of all text directly thanks to the internal features from your mobile phone, and, finally, folders or files using an external application.
What is the point of copy paste on a Samsung Galaxy S21?
We start by therefore this guide by explaining to you everyone the advantages of the copy / paste functionality on a Samsung Galaxy S21 . This feature is as we explained to you originally from laptops, and without it it would be particularly complicated to properly manage your 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 of them in the memory of your Samsung Galaxy S21 and drop them anywhere you want. In the event that you perform a copy/paste you keep the original copy in its location, whereas if you ever do a cut/paste you will move the file and at the end of the process there will only be one version where you pasted it.
This feature is really convenient for organizing your files in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Samsung Galaxy S21 to better find yourself in your files.
How to copy/paste on a Samsung Galaxy S21?
We are moving on to the practical part of this guide, and for that, we will first explain to you how to copy and paste text directly from your Samsung Galaxy S21, then files or folders using an application. dedicated.
How to copy and paste text on Samsung Galaxy S21
We therefore begin by showing you the particularly easy-to-use approach which consists of copy-paste text on your Samsung Galaxy S21? The process is fortunately very easy, and regardless of the application on which you find the process will be absolutely similar. The only difference will reside in the fact that on a certain 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 S21 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 open with different possibilities click on "Copy" or "Cut" if it's ever 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 box click on paste option
How to copy and paste folders on your Samsung Galaxy S21
In the event that you want to copy and paste photos, folders or files on your Samsung Galaxy S21, you will need to use a file manager. In principle, all phones are now equipped with it by default, despite everything, this is not the situation for everyone, we have chosen to show you the process with Astro, one of the most famous managers. You should know that the procedure is substantially the same and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:
- Open your file manager or download and install Astro on your Samsung Galaxy S21
- 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 select the destination directory of the file or folder
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