These apps ask you to take a screenshot of the page you would like to copy the text from and then share that screenshot with the app. Also, most of the other apps include a fairly lengthy process to copy text from restricted apps. Moreover, these apps do incorporate ads in their trial version, which can result in an annoying experience.Ģ. Other alternative apps available in the Play Store are mostly available as trial versions, with the pro versions priced around $2.9 to $4.99. There are various apps in the Play Store, which let you copy restricted text on Android but here are a couple of reasons to support Universal Copy’s superiority:ġ. Firstly, Universal Copy is free to download & use, without any restrictions and there are no ads in the app to hinder your copy/paste experience.

However, since the app works on OCR technology, you might get some false detection but chances of that are minimal and it only happens when special characters and emoticons are involved. Now, open the app you would like to paste the text in and long tap on the text field and tap the paste option to paste the text. It’s important to note that you can select multiple snippets from the same screen and copy them to the clipboard. Once done, the selected text will be instantly copied to the clipboard. When the selection is done, tap on the Copy option that’s on the top right corner of the screen. Then, you will get an option to select the text you’d like to copy. Whenever you want to copy a text that’s restricted by Android, just pull down the notification drawer from the top and tap on the Universal Copy option.

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