A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a touchscreen; a memory; and a controller configured to display a clipboard including copied content on the touchscreen, receive a paste selection signal indicating a pasting of the copied content from the clipboard to another location on the touchscreen, determine a property of the other location of the touchscreen, and modify a type of the copied content to correspond to the determined property of the other location when the content is pasted to the other location.