Smartphones these days are usually available with a large amount of base storage, but there are times when you may need more storage than what is currently available. MicroSD cards are external memory storage cards that are going to be obsolete in the future, however, some OEMs are preserving the external memory slot in their devices. Usually, high-quality videos eat up a lot of storage that can be moved to external storage, but the games and apps of the future are getting bigger day by day. Moving these heavy apps and games to your SD card can free up a lot of internal memory. Here below are some steps that can help you move an app to microSD card.
move to move apps to microSD card
Open your phone and go to the ‘Settings’ app
Scroll down and look for ‘Apps’ option
Select the apps you want to move to SD card and tap on those apps
Then click on ‘Storage Options’
If that app supports the feature then you will get ‘Storage Used’ option and to move that app from internal memory to external memory card, click ‘Select’.
Then select ‘MicroSD card’ option
Then click on ‘Move’
Now, the file(s) will be moved to your SD card
Most apps will keep storing some files in the main storage and will not move completely to the microSD card. This is a universal method and if an app follows it, you will only be able to move a large part of it to the SD card. The exact steps may vary depending on the operating system and the UI of your phone. These steps are from a Samsung device that runs on OneUI 3 based on Android 11.
Steps to merge SD card with phone’s internal memory
You can expand the internal memory of your phone by using any other method. This does not mean that you have to manually move all the apps to your SD card. If you have a blank SD card, insert it into the SD card slot of your smartphone. If the phone supports that option, a notification will pop up asking about your preference for using the SD card. Select the option that reads ‘Adopt external storage’. However, not all phones have this merged storage option enabled. Here are the steps if you want to perform this action in any other way.
insert sd card in phone
Look for and access the ‘Settings’ app
Locate ‘Storage’ and click on it
Then tap on the option showing your SD card which you inserted earlier
Select the Menu button and select ‘Storage Settings’
Here you will find an option that says ‘Format as internal’
Hit ‘Erase and Format’
Then confirm it by tapping ‘OK’
Now, you can transfer data or choose to do it later
There are a few things to consider in this particular method. Firstly, you won’t be able to exchange your SD card or use it to transfer files to other devices. Secondly, the internal memory of any smartphone is faster than any normal SD card. To balance this your phone will work in the slow speed of the SD card instead of using the faster transfer speed available on its internal memory.
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