Quick Answer: How to Copy and Paste in Android?
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How do I copy and paste on my phone?

How to copy and paste text

  • Find the text you want to copy and paste.
  • Tap and hold on the text.
  • Tap and drag the highlight handles to highlight all the text you want to copy and paste.
  • Tap Copy in the menu that appears.
  • Tap and hold in the space where you’d like to paste the text.
  • Tap Paste in the menu that appears.

How do you copy and paste on a Samsung phone?

Not all text fields support cut/copy.

  1. Touch and hold the text field then slide the blue markers left/right/up/down then tap COPY. To select all text, tap SELECT ALL.
  2. Touch and hold the target text field (location where copied text is pasted) then tap Paste once it appears on the screen. Samsung.
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