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When the keyboard is open on pixel, find the three-dot menu near the top.All of your recent copies are stored safely for you to find and paste again. Gboard has a built-in feature called Clipboard, which allows you to keep recently copied text for up to an hour.

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This method relies on Google’s software recognizing basic text on the screen, rather than what is formatted correctly. That’s it! This tool can be used in a lot of different ways.

Drag the blue tabs to define what you want to copy.

Tap any of the text that you want to copy.

You’ll notice all of the text in that window highlights.

At the bottom of the screen, tap Select.

This will bring you into the Recents menu.

Swipe up and hold from the bottom of the screen.

For instance, button text on web pages sometimes can’t be copied using the traditional method. The major reason is that this method can copy text that is under normal circumstances highlight-resistant.

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In Android 12, another feature has come to the top as one of the most convenient ways to copy text. Note: An alternative method to pasting text is to simply tap the copied text on the top of Gboard since your copied text appears there the next time your keyboard is in use. Tap Paste to paste whatever you most recently copied. To paste text, simply long-press in the text field when typing something. Alternatively, you can tap Select all to highlight everything on the web page. Once you’ve defined the area by dragging the little blue tabs to highlight the desired text, tap Copy in the menu that appears. If you’re browsing the internet on Chrome, this method will initiate a highlighted area, which you can adjust to define exactly which text needs to be copied. On those apps, tapping the copy icon (which looks like two little pieces of paper back to back) will copy the text. On messaging apps like Google Messages and Telegram, doing this will highlight the whole message - more on highlighting certain words in the next section. To copy text from just about any app on the Pixel, simply long-press on the text to start defining what you want to copy. In fact, most smartphones on the market, no matter which OS, make use of this method. While there are a few ways to copy text on the Google Pixel, there’s one that most users will be familiar with.

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