You are no doubt familiar with this legendary feature of Windows which consists in moving data or folders very simply. It has long been impossible to accomplish this on Samsung W20 without resorting to special software, however, it is now achievable. And you're going to notice, if you don't already know it is going to make your life easier in a lot of ways.
Today we will show you in this guide how to copy / paste on a Samsung W20? To do this, to begin with, we will see what interests this Android functionality will bring you, then, how to copy paste or cut paste on your Samsung W20, first text directly with the internal functions of your smartphone, and, to conclude, files or data using an external application.
What is the point of copy paste on a Samsung W20?
We start this article by showing you all the benefits of the copy / paste functionality on a Samsung W20 . This feature is as we told you originally from laptops, and without it it would be extremely complex to properly manage your 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 W20 and drop them anywhere you want. In the event that you copy / paste you keep the original copy in its location, whereas if you 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 useful for organizing your data in different folders, you may need to create a folder on your Samsung W20 to better navigate your files.
How to copy / paste on Samsung W20?
We now move on to the practical part of this article, and to do this, we will first show you how to copy paste text directly from your Samsung W20, then files or folders using a dedicated application.
How to copy and paste text on Samsung W20
We start suddenly by showing you the particularly easy-to-use process which is to to copy and paste text on your Samsung W20? Fortunately, the process is very simple, and whatever application you find the process will be absolutely similar. 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 W20 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 appear with different alternatives click on "Copy" or "Cut" if it's 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 box click on paste option
How to copy and paste files on your Samsung W20
If you ever want to copy paste photos, folders or files on your Samsung W20 you will need to use a file manager. In general, all mobile phones are now equipped by default, that said, this is not the case for all, we decided to show you the process with Astro, one of the most used managers. Note that the methodology 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 W20
- 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
If you want a lot of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Samsung W20, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Samsung W20.
