You may find that you do not have the option to move apps to your SD card.

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact (up to 128GB micro SD).

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Edge (up to 128GB micro SD).

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (up to 128GB micro SD).

Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini (up to 64GB micro SD).

Samsung Galaxy S5 (up to 64GB micro SD).

It is important to ensure that the SD card storage size is supported by the phone.īelow is a list of recent Android phones that have SD card slots, and their maximum supported storage size. Many Android phones do have expandable storage. Is This Micro SD Card Compatible?Įnsure you check your phone specifications for the maximum supported SD card storage size. Even though SanDisk has an Ultra 200GB Micro SD card in its range which can hold a huge amount of data, your phone may not support it. Some apps will allow you to move the whole app to the SD card whereas some apps will keep the majority of their files on the internal storage. If you find the app has significantly lost performance it would be advisable to move the app back to the phone internal storage. It is also important to note that it depends on the app how much can be moved to the SD card.

If at any time you would like to move the app back to the internal storage, select Move to Device Storage.

If this option is not available either the app cannot be moved to the SD card or the phone itself does not support this feature.

Head to Settings > Apps (or Application Manager in some phones).

If after moving files from the internal storage space is still limited, moving apps to a SD card is another technique to free up space. By moving photos, videos, music and documents to a SD card more space will be available on the phone’s internal storage. SD cards can and do fail from time to time.Ī cheap and convenient way to free up storage space is with a SD card.

Regularly backup your files to another medium. You may find webpages and files take longer than normal to load, and that the phone’s interface is slow and at times unresponsive. This has a detrimental effect on the performance of the phone.

Storage space on a phone can be used up very quickly: the operating system, apps, photos, videos, and music all take up space. Finding your phone storage filling up fast?

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