How to transfer applications to SD card

Convert apps to SD

Over time they have been gaining enough weight due to the increase in space in mobile devices that required extra space by falling short of storage. SD card was needed at the beginning to generate more space for Android and the installation of applications from the Play Store.

Today phones have increased ROM memory, some device models already exclude the slot for this type of card. Despite this, the cards are used for more than just storing information, for example to transfer applications to the SD card.

Transfer apps to Huawei SD card

Huawei P40

The manufacturer Huawei has wanted over time to distinguish itself from the rest, all this by installing their own services and setting up their own store. The Asian firm, like the rest of the companies, allows applications to be transferred to an SD card in an easy and intuitive way.

To transfer applications to a Huawei SD card, it is done as follows:

  • On the Huawei phone, click on «Settings» and then access the "Applications" option
  • Once inside Applications click on «Advanced» - Application permissions and finally on «Storage»
  • Choose the application you want to send to the SD card
  • Of wanting move data from internal memory to SD go to «Tools» - Files - Local - SD Card

Transfer apps to Xiaomi SD card

Xiaomi

Xiaomi like other phones Android lets apps pass from internal storage to an SD card inserted in the device slot. As with others, this involves a process that, despite not being very tedious, changes with respect to some also recognized brands.

As with other smartphones, some system applications cannot be moved from the internal memory to the SD, which is why you go through those that do allow it. Freeing up space will give extra storage, especially by taking weight off those apps that you use often.

In Xiaomi to transfer applications to the SD card, the following must be done:

  • Click on Settings of your Xiaomi / Redmi device
  • Once inside, click on "Application", click on those you want to go to the SD, it will show you a button that says "Move to SD card", click on it and wait for the process to be done in a few minutes

If this does not work for you, you must use an external application to move from internal storage to the SD card, one that is perfect for this is Déplacer Apps vers carte SD. The operation is easy, choose the app you want to pass and click the send to SD arrow and that's it.

Transfer apps to Samsung SD card

Samsung Android

By default the applications are installed in the internal memory, the only ones that will not be able to move are those that the system has to make use of them internally. Many of those downloaded from the Internet can be moved to an SD card on any Samsung phone without any problem.

Each application may or may not be supported, For this reason, it is important before doing so, try each one of them to free up memory. With the transfer of different applications, all the information will be released, both the cache and that stored at that precise moment.

To transfer applications to SD cards on Samsung devices do the following:

  • Access the Settings of your Samsung phone
  • Click on "Applications" and then select an application
  • Once the application is selected, click on Storage, click on «Change», select the SD card and finally click on «Move»

Transfer apps to SD BQ card

BQ Aquaris

From having many applications installed on the internal storage it causes the phone to run out of memory over time. The best in many cases is to pass those that make great use, including for example Facebook, Twitter or Google Chrome itself.

The BQ terminals also allow you to transfer the applications to the SD card, it is a task that is quite simple and is done with a few steps. The first and fundamental thing is to see which ones are occupying more space, see if they can be passed and thus avoid overloading the main ROM.

To transfer the applications to the SD card in BQ devices, it is done as follows:

  • Access the BQ device Settings
  • Inside Settings look for "Applications" and click on it to access
  • Swipe left across the panel to find "All", click on the application you want to move and click "Move to SD card" and you're done

Why can't I move apps to the SD card

AndroidSD

There are different reasons why apps cannot be moved to the SD cardThese depend largely on the developer or company that created the tool. If it appears in gray, the option means that the possibility that it can be moved from internal to external memory has been suppressed.

Developers have to use the 'Android InstallLocation attribute, many of them dispense with this so that it can be installed normally on the system. The applications that arrive by default on the phone and they cannot move they come with this attribute disabled by default.

There are applications in the Play Store that usually work quite well at the time of wanting to pass applications in a fast and above all safe way. One of the best valued when it comes to going from internal storage to SD is ApptoSD, but you cannot move those of the system as it happens from Settings.


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