Copy and paste from a phone to a tablet — even across brands
Same brand or not, a quick room beats hunting through cloud apps. Open one in the browser on both, type the 6-digit code, and copy on the phone to paste on the tablet.
If your phone and tablet are the same brand and signed into the same account, the built-in tools often handle this — Apple's Universal Clipboard between an iPhone and iPad, or Samsung/Google sharing within their ecosystems. The friction shows up across brands: an Android phone and an iPad, an iPhone and an Android tablet, or any pair where you're not signed into the same account on both.
pastehere ignores the brand split. Open a room on the phone, type the six-digit code into the tablet's browser, and copy on one to paste on the other — a link to read on the bigger screen, a photo to edit, a PDF to annotate. No account, no install, end-to-end encrypted.
How to do it in three steps
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Open a room on your phone
Go to pastehere.app in any browser and create a room. You'll get a six-digit code — no sign-up, nothing to install.
- 2
Enter the code on your tablet
Open the same site on your tablet and type the six-digit code to join. The two devices agree on a key directly, so the server never sees it.
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Copy on one, paste on the other
Add text, a link, a screenshot or a file on either device and it appears on the other within a second. The room stays open until you destroy it.
Everything is encrypted in your browser with AES-256 before it leaves the device. Devices agree on the room key through a PAKE exchange over the 6-digit code, so the key never reaches the server — it only ever stores ciphertext.
What you can send
Anything that fits in a room moves both ways between your phone and your tablet:
- TextNotes, passwords, addresses, long passages — no length limit.
- LinksOpen a tab on the other device with one tap.
- ImagesScreenshots and photos, kept at full quality.
- FilesPDFs, archives, any file type — up to 15 MB each, 100 MB per room.
When the built-in option already covers you
Within one ecosystem, use what's built in: an iPhone and iPad on the same Apple ID get Universal Clipboard and AirDrop for free, and they're seamless. There's no reason to open a room for that.
The moment the two devices are different brands, or not on the same account, those built-ins stop and pastehere is the simplest bridge. It also carries files and keeps a short history, which clipboard-only hand-offs don't — handy when you're moving several things from the phone to the tablet in one sitting.
Questions
How do I move photos from my phone to a tablet of a different brand?
Open a room on both devices and add the photo on the phone — it appears on the tablet to download at full quality, regardless of brand. Up to 15 MB per image.
Can I share a clipboard between an Android phone and an iPad?
Yes. There's no native path between Android and iPadOS, so open a pastehere room in the browser on both, pair with the 6-digit code, and copy on one to paste on the other.
Do both devices need the same account?
No. pastehere has no accounts at all — the only thing the two devices share is the 6-digit room code you type in to pair them.