How To Move Apps To The Sd Storage

You can insert an SD card in your phone and use it as one of two formats: portable storage or internal storage. Be sure to buy the right type of card, depending on how you're going to format it.

Benefits include:

Immediate access to your files
No cellular data or Internet connection required to access files
More control over privacy

Move photos, videos, music to SD card

To free up internal storage on your phone:

Be sure you've inserted and set up your SD card.
Open the Files app and touch Clean.
Or, go to Settings > Storage > Internal shared storage > FREE UP SPACE.
If there are media files to move, touch the option to free up space.
Select items to move.
Touch Move to SD card > Move.

Move apps to SD card

To move apps to your SD card:

Make sure it is formatted as internal storage.
Go to Settings > Apps & notifications and touch the app to move.
Touch Storage.
Touch CHANGE. If you don't see this option, the developer does not allow the app to be stored on an SD card.
Select your SD card, then touch Move.

Move apps from SD card to phone

When you install an SD card as internal storage, it is part of your phone. If you want to change the SD card to portable storage or remove it from the phone to reformat and use in another device, first move the apps from SD card storage to your phone's internal storage:

Go to Settings > Storage.
Select your SD card.
Touch Apps and select an app.
Touch CHANGE > Internal shared storage > Move.

Eject SD card

Internal storage

Move apps from the card back to phone internal storage before you eject the card. If you remove the card without moving the apps:
- You will lose access to the apps/games on card and will need to reinstall them.
- Your apps and phone's performance will degrade.
Go to Settings > Storage.
Touch the SD card name.
Touch > Eject.
Remove the card from the phone.

Portable storage

To eject the card, drag the SD card notification down, and touch Eject.
If you don't see the notification:

Go to Settings > Storage.
Next to your SD card name, touch

It's now safe to remove the card from the phone.
To insert the card into another device (computer, projector, etc.) that uses different card dimensions, you may need the adapter that came with your card. See device manufacturer's instructions for the type of adapter required and insertion instructions.

Erase SD card

Go to Settings > Storage.
Select your SD card.
Touch > Storage settings > Format.
Follow onscreen instructions to format the card.

Format SD card

You'll need to choose one of two formats for your SD card:

Use as portable storage if you want to move the card to other devices to access your media.
Use as internal storage if you need more device storage to install large apps and games and plan to use the card only in your phone.

	Portable storage	Internal storage
Store media (photos, videos, music)	yes	yes
Store apps	no	yes
Content encrypted	no	yes
Read card in other devices	yes	no

To format the inserted card:

Go to Settings > Storage.
Touch the SD card's name.
Touch > Storage settings.
Touch Format as internal or Format as portable.
If you don't see Format as internal, then your phone only supports SD cards formatted as portable storage.

If you formatted as portable storage, be sure to update settings in media apps (like camera, music, and podcast apps), so they use the card to store content you create or download.