Typing's for suckers. Game the system and just copypasta.
If you think about which device you type the most on in a day, it's likely your phone, and that's fine. But sometimes typing on a phone can be a bit of a pain in the keister and if you've typed out a long tirade of a text and want to share it with someone else, typing it out all over again sucks.
Like on a computer, you can just copy and paste text on your Android phone or tablet. It's easy peasy and here's how to do it!
Note: This is generally how you copy and paste in Android versions Lollipop to Pie. Some phones may have slightly different implementations.
How to copy and paste text
- Find the text you want to copy and paste. It can be from a website, a text message, whatever.
- 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.
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Tap Paste in the menu that appears. You can alternatively choose to "Paste as plain text."
How to copy and paste a link
If you want to share a link with someone, you can copy the link from the address bar in your browser, or copy the link address from linked text. Here's how:
- Find the link you want to copy and paste.
- Tap and hold the link.
- Tap Copy link address.
- Tap and hold in the space where you want to paste the link.
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Tap Paste in the menu that appears.
You can also share a link by copying its text from the address bar, like the section above.
Some phones may have a clipboard option, which lets you select from a few of your most recent copies and paste them again. If that's the case, the pasting steps are the same.
Questions?
Sound off in the comments below!
Updated February 2019: Added screenshots from the latest version of Android and some information about the clipboard you can find on some phones.
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