How to Copy a WhatsApp Message

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This wikiHow teaches you how to select and copy a chat message in WhatsApp Messenger to your phone's clipboard, using an iPhone or Android. Once you copy a message, you can paste it to another chat or any other text field on your phone.

How to Copy and Paste Messages on Whatsapp

For both Android and iPhones, click on WhatsApp and locate the message you want to copy. Tap and hold the message to highlight it and bring up an options menu. Click “Copy” to copy the message to your clipboard. Now, you can paste the message to another chat or text field on your phone.

Method 1
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Using Android

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    The WhatsApp icon looks like a white telephone in a green speech bubble. You can find it on your Apps tray.
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    Scroll down your Chats list, and tap the conversation you want to open.
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    This will highlight the message in blue, and show your options on a toolbar at the top of your screen. [1]
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    This icon looks like a square in front of another square next to the white
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    icon near the upper-right corner. It will copy the selected chat message to your Android's clipboard. [2]
    • You can now paste the copied message to another chat or any other text field on your phone.
    • To paste the copied message, tap and hold any text field, and select PASTE on the pop-up menu.
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Using iPhone

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    The WhatsApp icon looks like a white telephone in a green speech bubble. You can find it on your home screen or in an app folder.
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    Scroll down your Chats list, and tap a chat to open the conversation.
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    This will highlight the message, and your options will pop up on a menu. [3]
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    This will copy the selected chat message to your iPhone's clipboard. [4]
    • You can now paste the copied message to another chat or any other text field, such as your Notes app or a web page.
    • To paste the copied message, tap and hold any text field on your iPhone, and select Paste on the pop-up menu.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://youtu.be/CIJVGWdMfYQ?t=7
      2. ↑ https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-access-clipboard-in-android-and-clear-it/
      3. ↑ https://youtu.be/CIJVGWdMfYQ?t=7
      4. ↑ https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/select-and-edit-text-iph1a9cae52c/ios

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      1. Open WhatsApp.
      2. Tap a chat on the Chats list.
      3. Tap and hold a chat message.
      4. Tap Copy in the pop-up (iPhone).
      4. Tap the square icon on the top-right (Android).

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