Windows 10: Your Phone app now supports File drag and drop in Windows 10

Brink · Apr 13, 2020

Save yourself an email by seamlessly dragging and dropping files between your Android phone and PC. We are excited to announce that the new File drag and drop feature is available to our Windows Insider Community.

What are the minimum requirements to use File drag and drop?
File drag and drop requires a Samsung device running Link To Windows version 1.5 or higher. Your phone and PC must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. A cable connection between devices is not required.

What types of files can I drag and drop?
Drag and drop supports the transfer of all file types apart from folders.

You can transfer up to 100 files at a time, of any type. No single file can be larger than 512MB in size.

How do I use File drag and drop?
Whether you're transferring content from your phone to PC, or your PC to phone, you'll first need to open the Your Phone app on your PC and go to Phone screen.
Dragging files from your phone to your PC
Note: You can currently drag from your phoneâs Gallery app or from the Samsung My Files app only.

To drag from My Files:

Once you've opened Phone screen in the Your Phone app, use your mouse to navigate to a folder in My Files.

Long press on the file until a checkmark appears, then release. If you'd like to select additional files, you can do so by tapping on them.

Use your mouse to long press again on the file(s) you've selected, and a thumbnail will appear. Drag the files to your desired location on your PC. The cursor will change to indicate when you're able to drop the file(s).

To drag from the Gallery app:

Once you've opened Phone screen in the Your Phone app, use your mouse to navigate to your Albums and select one.

Long press on a photo until a checkmark appears, then release. If you'd like to select additional photos, you can do so by tapping on them.

Use your mouse to long press on the photo(s) you've selected, and a thumbnail will appear. Drag the photo(s) to your desired location on your PC. The cursor will change to say Copy when you are able to drop.

Dragging files from your PC to your phone

Once you've opened Phone screen in the Your Phone app, use your mouse to select the file(s) you'd like to transfer and drag them to the Your Phone app window. The cursor will change to say Copy when you're able to drop.

Release the mouse and your file(s) will start transferring. A progress indicator will show for a few seconds.

When a successful file transfer is made, you can either tap the notification that appears on your Android device, or navigate to your Internal Storage > Download folder to view your files.

If you drag and drop the same file again, a duplicate copy will be transferred to your device.

If you have an app open that supports receiving files, the app will prompt you where to drop the file(s), and where they will be stored.

Iâm having problems dragging files from PC to phone
You may see a red circle when attempting to drag files â this indicates a drag operation cannot be started.

This could happen for several reasons, some of which include:

There is already a drag operation taking place. Presently, only one drag operation at any given time is supported.

The item being transferred is not supported. For example, if youâre dragging more than 100 files or if even just one of the items you are dragging is a folder and not a file, the phone will not allow you to initiate a transfer.

Note: Minimizing the Your Phone app during drag and drop will cancel the transfer process and youâll have to start over.
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Source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...2-f4e0abb8e557

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Brink · Apr 13, 2020

Your Phone app now supports File drag and drop in Windows 10

Save yourself an email by seamlessly dragging and dropping files between your Android phone and PC. We are excited to announce that the new File drag and drop feature is available to our Windows Insider Community.

What are the minimum requirements to use File drag and drop?
File drag and drop requires a Samsung device running Link To Windows version 1.5 or higher. Your phone and PC must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. A cable connection between devices is not required.

What types of files can I drag and drop?
Drag and drop supports the transfer of all file types apart from folders.

You can transfer up to 100 files at a time, of any type. No single file can be larger than 512MB in size.

How do I use File drag and drop?
Whether you're transferring content from your phone to PC, or your PC to phone, you'll first need to open the Your Phone app on your PC and go to Phone screen.
Dragging files from your phone to your PC
Note: You can currently drag from your phone’s Gallery app or from the Samsung My Files app only.

To drag from My Files:

Once you've opened Phone screen in the Your Phone app, use your mouse to navigate to a folder in My Files.

Long press on the file until a checkmark appears, then release. If you'd like to select additional files, you can do so by tapping on them.

Use your mouse to long press again on the file(s) you've selected, and a thumbnail will appear. Drag the files to your desired location on your PC. The cursor will change to indicate when you're able to drop the file(s).

To drag from the Gallery app:

Once you've opened Phone screen in the Your Phone app, use your mouse to navigate to your Albums and select one.

Long press on a photo until a checkmark appears, then release. If you'd like to select additional photos, you can do so by tapping on them.

Use your mouse to long press on the photo(s) you've selected, and a thumbnail will appear. Drag the photo(s) to your desired location on your PC. The cursor will change to say Copy when you are able to drop.

Dragging files from your PC to your phone

Once you've opened Phone screen in the Your Phone app, use your mouse to select the file(s) you'd like to transfer and drag them to the Your Phone app window. The cursor will change to say Copy when you're able to drop.

Release the mouse and your file(s) will start transferring. A progress indicator will show for a few seconds.

When a successful file transfer is made, you can either tap the notification that appears on your Android device, or navigate to your Internal Storage > Download folder to view your files.

If you drag and drop the same file again, a duplicate copy will be transferred to your device.

If you have an app open that supports receiving files, the app will prompt you where to drop the file(s), and where they will be stored.

I’m having problems dragging files from PC to phone
You may see a red circle when attempting to drag files – this indicates a drag operation cannot be started.

This could happen for several reasons, some of which include:

There is already a drag operation taking place. Presently, only one drag operation at any given time is supported.

The item being transferred is not supported. For example, if you’re dragging more than 100 files or if even just one of the items you are dragging is a folder and not a file, the phone will not allow you to initiate a transfer.

Note: Minimizing the Your Phone app during drag and drop will cancel the transfer process and you’ll have to start over.
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Source: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...2-f4e0abb8e557

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DericStain · Apr 13, 2020

Drag and Drop

Hi Charles,

the steps you suggested didn't work for me but, when pressing the escape key it somehow expanded the drive and by using drag and drop to the single file in the list worked.

In the past I could drag and drop multiple folders onto the drive on the network computer(s). Doing it on individual folders will take far too long and time consuming and is not an option.

Microsoft should be able to identify what is blocking it and issue a fix.

My machine is multi boot so tomorrow I will try with Windows 7.

Many thanks for your help,

Deric

Len Gilbert BOTW · Apr 13, 2020

Cannot Drag and Drop into Edge

I just upgraded to Windows 10 and am using Edge. Only problem is I cannot drag and drop. Whether it's OneDrive/Office 365, uploading to YouTube, or any email app that uses drag and drop (for like attaching files and photos), it won't work using Edge. It's
no problem on other browsers like Firefox, even Internet Explorer; but not on Edge.

Hopefully there's a fix or an update resolving this.
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I have been on Win 10 and Edge since June 2016.

I was able to drag and drop files in a SP2013 document library until today.

I tried it with OneDrive with the same result. I can no longer drag and drop to upload files.

Repeat: Drag and drop worked in my SharePoint 2013 libraries and OneDrive until today.

Was there a recent Win 10 or Edge update that may have broken drag and drop?

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