How to Drag and Drop on iPhone or iPad

This How.com.vn teaches you how to select and drag items like apps, text, and files around your iPhone's or iPad's screen. You must have updated your iPhone or iPad to iOS 11 to use this feature.

Method 1

Method 1 of 3:

Dragging Apps

After about a second, all of the apps on the screen will begin shaking, and the app beneath your finger will become draggable.
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Drag the app around the screen. You can drag the app anywhere on the current screen, or you can move the app to the right-most side of the screen to move the app to another page.
- If you're on a page other than the Home Screen, you can also drag your app to the left side of the screen to move it to a page left of your current one.
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Select another app to drag. While still holding the first app, tap another app with a different finger. This will add the second app to the drag list. You should now be able to drag both apps with the same finger.
- You can do this with as many apps as you like.
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Drop the apps. Release your finger from the screen to "drop" the apps in their current location. They will be placed from right to left in the order in which you selected them.
- For example: if you selected Gmail, Google Drive, and Twitter in that order, dropping them would result in Gmail on the far-right, Google Drive to its left, and Twitter left of that.
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Method 2

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Dragging Notes Text

It's a yellow and white notepad-shaped icon that's typically on the Home Screen.
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Select a note. Tap a note that you want to open.
- If Notes opens to a note that you don't want to have open, tap the "Back" button in the top-left corner of the screen first.
This will put your cursor on the note.
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Select text to drag. Tap and hold a piece of text, then tap Select and drag the selection left and/or right.
- You can also tap Select All to select the whole note.
After a second or so, the text will lift up from the page, meaning that it is now draggable.
Simply move your finger to move the text. When you have the text in the place where you want to put it, you can remove your finger.
While still holding the text, tap the "Back" button with a different finger, then tap a different note in which to drop the text. Once the note opens, you can release your finger to place the text in the note
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Method 3

Method 3 of 3:

Dragging Files

Tap the blue, folder-shaped app icon to do so.
It's in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
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Tap
iCloud Drive. It should be in the list of options in the middle of the page. Doing so opens your iCloud Drive folder.
- If you don't see iCloud Drive here, first tap Locations to display a list of cloud storage options.
After about a second, it will enlarge, signifying that you now have it selected.
Move your finger around the screen to move the selected file or folder with it.
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Tap another file with a different finger. This will select the file and add it to the file beneath your finger, creating a group of files. You can drag these around as you would with one file.
- If you tap a folder instead, the folder will open. You'll keep dragging your selected file or folder, so you can select additional files inside of the folder in question if you like.
Release your finger when your files are in a place in which you want to drop them. For example, doing this over a folder will add them to the folder.
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