You surely know this emblematic Windows feature which has the role of moving data or folders very simply. For a long time it was impossible to do it on Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 without the help of special software, however, it is now very easy to do. And you will find, if you never know it already, that it is going to simplify your life in a lot of ways.

We will now reveal to you in this guide how to copy / paste on a Samsung Galaxy Tab A6? To do this, to begin with, we will explain to you what interests this Android functionality will bring you, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6, first of all text directly thanks to internal operations from your mobile phone, and, finally, files or data using an external application.

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What is the point of copy paste on a Samsung Galaxy Tab A6?

We start by therefore this guide by explaining to you everyone the advantages of the copy / paste functionality on a Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 . This functionality is as you were told originally from computers, and without it it would be extremely complex 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 in the memory of your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 and drop them anywhere you want. In the event that you do 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 procedure there will only be left a version where you pasted it.

This feature is really relevant to organize your data in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6 to improve your organization.

How to copy / paste on Samsung Galaxy Tab A6?

We now move on to the practical part of this guide, and to do this, we will first explain how to copy paste text directly from your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6, then files or folders using a dedicated application.

How to copy and paste text on Samsung Galaxy Tab A6

We start suddenly by revealing to you the particularly easy-to-use procedure which consists of to copy and paste text on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6? Fortunately, the procedure is very simple, and no matter which application you find the procedure is going to be exactly the same. The only difference will be 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 Tab A6 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 options 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, 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 Tab A6

If you want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6, you will have to use a file manager. In most cases all phones are now equipped by default, however, this is not the case for all, we have decided to reveal the procedure to you with Astro, one of the most famous managers. Note that the procedure is essentially the same and that only certain terms or organization of the application differ:

  • Open your data manager or download and install Astro on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A6
  • 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 choose the destination directory of the file or folder

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