The multi-path copying and pasting method provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: detecting a selection operation made on a to-be-copied content in a first file; outputting a first prompt box in accordance with the selection operation, a first option indicating the addition of the to-be-copied content into a pasting source list and a second option indicating the addition of the to-be-copied content into a target file in a pasting destination list being included in the first prompt box; receiving a first selection operation made on at least one of the first option and the second option; and in response to the first selection operation, adding the to-be-copied content into the pasting source list as a to-be-pasted content, and/or pasting the to-be-copied content to the selected target file.