How to transfer apps to SD card in Android. How to transfer applications to an SD card in Android How to transfer applications to a memory card
There are two ways to transfer Android applications and games from the device’s memory to an external card: internal means and software.
Through Android OS up to version 4.4, as well as in some new firmware, you can transfer data to an SD card as follows:
Settings - Applications. Select the desired software or game to transfer. Then click on the menu item or immediately the “Transfer to SD” button.
* the method indicated above will not work for system applications, and their stable operation is not guaranteed after transfer.
How to transfer applications from memory to an external card: system method No. 2
For version Android 6.0, a new method has appeared for transferring data, or rather connecting an SD card to the internal memory of the device. Adoptable Storage combines memory and makes it unified and encrypted, i.e. if you try to remove the flash drive and copy any data to your computer, it won’t work!
* the method above is ideal for those who started using a smartphone/tablet for the first time or after formatting.
To use the Adoptable Storage feature, go to your phone settings and select “Storage”, then SD card and “Settings”. Click "Format as internal memory", then "Erase and Format". Select "Use as internal storage" after "Next". Don't forget to reboot your gadget.
* Enter Menu - Applications and Memory tab. The action of transferring data to the card will appear here.
How to transfer applications to SD card using third-party programs
Let's note the 3 most popular applications for transferring data to an external card:
Thanks to any program above, you can easily and quickly transfer installed Android applications from the internal memory of the device to an external SD card.
Many owners of modern gadgets are trying their best to expand the memory in their device. Unfortunately, 4-8 GB of internal memory is not enough for users to work comfortably. An SD card allows you to expand these boundaries. You can transfer music, videos or text documents to it. But what can you do with games? How to move applications to a memory card? Now there are many ways to help you do this.
Standard means
As we have already found out, built-in memory plays an important role in using the device. As a rule, about 1 gigabyte is allocated for the operating system, 2 GB for multimedia files. So what remains? Only 1 gigabyte is allocated for various applications. Of course, by modern standards this is very little. Nowadays there are Android applications that take up more than 2 GB. It doesn’t matter how powerful your mobile phone is, because without memory you won’t be able to install normal applications. It is because of this that many users are looking for a way out of this situation. Let's look at how, using standard tools, you can move applications to a memory card from Samsung, Asus and other well-known brands. Unfortunately, this method will not work for owners of Chinese phones.
The fact is that in Chinese models, developers separate internal memory for general use and memory for multimedia. When transferring, the files will simply move to the second half.
On more expensive models, the developers have provided the ability to transfer applications to an external drive. This method does not require any third-party utilities. If your phone supports this feature, then you can easily move the necessary programs. How to move applications to an Android memory card?
First, let's go to the settings of your device.
Go to the “Applications” item.
In the list, find the application that needs to be moved and click on it.
In the new window, click on the “Move to USB drive” button.
Unfortunately, not all programs can be moved. If the developers have provided such an option, then you will move the application in a few minutes. You also need to remember that not all files are moved to the SD card. Only large files are transferred, while others that are responsible for launching the application remain on the internal memory.
Additional software
How to move an application to a Lenovo memory card? This can be done automatically using additional programs. The most common is App Mgr III. This utility is available to everyone. It's free and you can download it from Google Play. The program is quite simple, anyone can understand the functionality. When installing a new program, it will warn you that you can install the game on the SD card. Agree with it and wait for the game to install.
Using the App Mgr III program
How can I move applications to a memory card using additional software? If the game or program is already installed on the device, then you should follow the instructions to transfer the utility.
1. Open the required application and select “Moveable” from the top. This will show you all the games that can be moved to the SD card. You can also view games and programs that have already been moved by selecting “On SD card”, and utilities that cannot be transferred.
3. Confirm the selected actions and wait for the set goal to be achieved.
Using FolderMount
FolderMount is a special program that performs its functions perfectly. It will help you move the application. Using this program, the Android memory card will be used as the main memory, since it allows you to move almost all files to an external drive. Unfortunately, FolderMount has a significant drawback: it requires ROOT rights. If you get superuser rights, then this utility will help you a lot. It transfers not only game files, but also their cache. It's great for gaming. You can also transfer applications not only to an SD card, but also to any other external storage device.
FolderMount operation
Transferring files using this utility is quite simple, but some users may encounter certain problems. How to move applications to a memory card?
Download the program from Google Play and install it.
Click on the button in the form of a plus sign, which is located in the upper right corner.
In the new window, first select “Name” and write the name of the game you want to move.
After this, select “Destination” where you want to move the game.
Confirm the action by clicking on the checkmark in the upper right corner. We wait for the application to move to the memory card. Then you can move on to other games.
Conclusion
How to move applications to a memory card? As you may have noticed, there is nothing complicated about this. If using standard tools you were unable to move the game or program, then you should install additional software. Of course, these programs will not be able to transfer all applications to the SD card, but this way you will still free up memory. The most effective utility is FolderMount, but it requires ROOT rights. When you get superuser rights, you take a risk, but it greatly expands the functionality of the phone as a whole and gives you many new features.
Sooner or later, every user of Android devices is faced with a situation where the internal memory of the device is about to run out. When you try to update existing applications or install new applications, a notification pops up in the Play Market stating that there is not enough free space; to complete the operation, you need to delete media files or some applications.
Most applications are installed in internal memory by default. But it all depends on what installation location the program developer specified. It also determines whether it will be possible to transfer application data to an external memory card in the future or not.
Not all applications can be transferred to a memory card. Those that were preinstalled and are system applications cannot be moved, at least if you do not have root rights. But most downloaded applications tolerate the “move” well.
Before you start transferring, make sure there is enough free space on your memory card. If you remove the memory card, the applications that were transferred to it will not work. Also, you should not expect that applications will work in another device, even if you insert the same memory card into it.
It is worth remembering that programs are not completely transferred to the memory card; some of them remain in the internal memory. But the bulk is moved, freeing up the necessary megabytes. The size of the portable part of the application is different in each case.
Method 1: AppMgr III
The free AppMgr III (App 2 SD) has proven itself to be the best tool for moving and uninstalling programs. The application itself can also be moved to the card. It's very easy to master. There are only three tabs displayed on the screen: "Relocatable", "On the SD card", "In phone".
After downloading, do the following:
Another useful feature is automatic application cache clearing. This technique also helps free up space. 
Method 2: FolderMount
FolderMount is a program designed to completely transfer applications along with the cache. To work with it you will need ROOT rights. If you have them, you can even work with system applications, so you need to select folders very carefully.
To use the application, follow these instructions:
Method 3: Move to SDCard
The easiest way is to use the Move to SDCard program. It is very easy to use and takes up only 2.68 MB. The app icon on your phone may be called "Delete".
Using the program looks like this:
Method 4: Standard means
In addition to all of the above, try to transfer using the built-in tools of the operating system. This feature is only available for devices with Android version 2.2 and higher installed. In this case, you need to do the following:
But what to do if the Android version is lower than 2.2 or the developer did not provide the ability to move? In such cases, third-party software, which we talked about earlier, can help.
Using the instructions in this article, you can easily move apps to and from your storage card. And having ROOT rights provides even more opportunities.
This article will tell you how to transfer applications to an Android memory card. I can say with confidence that this question is asked by a large number of Android device users. And most often these are users of devices whose internal memory capacity is 4–8 gigabytes. To help them, there are many ways to transfer programs to SD.
Using standard tools
As mentioned above, in devices with a small amount of memory, approximately 1 GB is occupied by the Android system itself, about 2 gigabytes are allocated for multimedia files, and only 1 GB is allocated for installing programs, which is, of course, very little today. Now there are games on Google Play that are more than two gigabytes in size, and no matter how powerful your device is: it may happen that you will not be able to install them due to the small amount of space allocated for the software. Therefore, I will tell you how you can save applications to an Android memory card.
This option does not require any intervention from third-party programs, but is performed using standard tools of the system itself. The fact is that it can only partially solve the problem on some devices.
In this case, when transferring applications to an SD card, in practice we get a transfer to memory for multimedia, that is, to the second half of the same device, but not to the flash drive itself.
This can often be seen on gadgets of Chinese origin.
Execution order
Note: Not all programs can be moved, but only those whose developers have provided this possibility.
Also, not absolutely everything is moved to SD; however, some files remain in their original location, and large files are moved to SD.
We use AppMgr III
I also want to tell you how to transfer applications to a memory card automatically on Android. To do this, I would like to recommend a software called AppMgr III, which is available for free on Google Play. It has a very simple interface that is immediately understandable to everyone. This product only slightly complements the standard transfer functionality, and when installing a new game, for example, it will warn you that it can be installed on SD: you just have to agree or not.
How to use AppMgr III
After launching this program, your device will immediately display Android applications that can be moved to the memory card. To perform this task, click on the icon with the name and confirm the action.
You can also select the “On the SD card” tab, where you will see the programs that have already been moved, or the “In the phone” tab to display programs that cannot be transferred to the Android memory card.
How to get ROOT rights: Video
Using FolderMount
There is also another option for transferring applications to an Android memory card: it requires ROOT rights, but is very effective. With this method, it is not the application itself that is transferred to the Android SD card, but its cache and the largest files. The procedure works with absolutely all games, since they most often have a cache. I would like to note that you can move cache applications not only to an Android memory card, but to any drive connected to it, to a USB flash drive or HDD hard drive.
So, in order to transfer the application cache on Android, for example, to a memory card, follow these steps:
After this, the application cache will be physically moved to the memory card, and the device itself will “think” that that folder is located along the path Android/data or Android/obb.
This is the entire manual on how to transfer applications to a memory card on Android. We hope you can handle this without difficulty.
Transferring applications to a memory card in Android: Video
Team V-ANDROIDE 06.10.2016 22:12
Hello. I strongly do not recommend opening root rights, because this is fraught with consequences. Often, phones start to glitch terribly and then you simply won’t have any problems. It gets to the point where you have to reflash the phone. So, think again before giving full access. Believe my experience, it is better not to open Root. Personally, I have a Samsung S4 and I don’t even try to open root rights, because I know what it can mean. Regarding your question, I don’t remember all the models anymore, how the root opens. But, I know that on Samsung the developers (manufacturer) have closed root rights completely, and in order to open root, you need to install a new custom firmware with already open rights. This applies to phone and tablet models released in 2013 and newer models. Most likely, you will not be able to open the root without a computer.
Team V-ANDROIDE 06.10.2016 22:12
Hello. I can not know. Maybe the flash drive is formatted to some kind of file system that the phone does not support. Maybe there is not enough space on the memory card. There might be some kind of glitch. The application may not be able to be migrated. Most likely there is some kind of system glitch. Try formatting the memory card at a low level using a PC (this will require the HDD low level format program), then again format the memory card on the PC to the FAT32 file system. Then you insert it into the phone and format it again in the phone using Android. To transfer applications, try using Clean Master. You can download the program for free on the Play Market.
Team V-ANDROIDE 10/19/2016 20:08
Hello. I know - opening root rights gives free access to all applications, including malicious ones, to system files and records. Here is one of the installed applications or a virus can simply damage records, change the system configuration, steal personal data and transfer it to the owner, and so on. In addition, many phones begin to glitch terribly due to open root rights. Honestly, I don't see the point in opening them. Phones and tablets work just fine. Route does absolutely nothing, it only makes it worse, because because of it everything starts to glitch and there are serious risks of picking up a virus or malware that will simply disable your device. Return everything to its original state and DO NOT OPEN Root at all. Forget that this is even possible. Believe my experience, you should not open the root.
Vova Stadnitsky 12/22/2015 19:28
I don’t have a function for moving to an SD card at all, you can only move it to the system memory and phone memory. I tried various programs, but they were moved to the system and phone memory. That is, we are not talking about sd at all, as if sd is not installed, although all the files that were there are played. Help me solve the problem, please
Team V-ANDROIDE 12/30/2015 15:53
Hello. Apparently, your device simply does not support such functions. In general, the best application is Clean Master. But, you need to buy it in order to use the program fully. The paid version also allows you to transfer files to an SD card. Other methods are described in the article. If you can’t do it, then I can’t tell you other ways, since I don’t know myself.
Timur 01/19/2016 07:26
A small number of phones have a bug in the firmware, there is no possibility of transferring to an SD card. (Example Lenovo A850) this phone has a factory firmware with a jamb that simply blocks the possibility of transfer.
Solution to the problem: we say goodbye to the warranty on the phone and flash a new firmware. (Please note, with some phones, flashing the firmware can become a quiet horror, because it causes difficulties because there are a large number of subtleties that may not be described on the forums. As a result, you can just kill your phone with your attempts to reflash)
Gutts 20.03.2016 13:57
I installed root rights on the Lenovo A526, checked it with a checker, the root was installed, but I still can’t move applications. The app manager writes that the device supposedly does not support this function. I also tried to swap the memory, but it stops seeing the flash drive altogether. what to do?
Madya 09.24.2016 14:16
Hello, help me please! I installed root rights through recovery, and then I saw that the applications on the SD card were erased. I think ok, I'll install it again. In the end, I downloaded them, installed them, wanted to transfer them to the SD card, but it says “could not move the application.” I don’t know what to do. I tried absolutely everything, all applications, but nothing helps. I don’t want to remove root rights, perhaps you know what the problem is?
Hello. Who did you try to switch places? You don't need to open root to transfer apps. To transfer applications to a memory card, just install the Clean Master application. This application has a lot of useful functions, among which the most useful function is cleaning memory from garbage, as well as transferring applications to a memory card. It's quite simple. Open the application, go to the “Tools” section (there is a corresponding button at the bottom center). ;Next go to the “Application Manager” section, and then open the “Move” tab. After this, check the boxes of the applications that you want to transfer to the SD card and confirm the operation. Next, I think you’ll figure it out, it’s all very simple.
On some Android phones, it is not possible to transfer applications, various files, personal data, games to a memory card.
If your device is on this list, then I recommend downloading a program for transferring files to a memory card in your Android phone.
There are many of them, but the best program for transferring applications and everything else to an Android memory card is like AppMgr III (App 2 SD) for me.
It works perfectly on both older versions of Android and the latest ones: Android 6.0 and Android 7.0.
You can download the program for transferring files to a SD card “AppMgr III” on the play market or right here on this page (download link at the end of the post).
You can update it to the PRO version, but personally I don’t see any reason for this. The tools in the free version are quite sufficient.
How to use a program to transfer data to an SD card
Immediately after downloading and installing, the process of scanning the contents of your phone will begin for programs, files, data....
Then click on the three stripes at the top left.
A menu will open. Select Move Applications.
A section will open showing which applications you can move to the memory card.
This is an opportunity to disable and hide applications that you do not use. To do this, go to the menu again, but now select the item: “Hide applications”.
The hiding procedure is very simple and there is no point in describing it, but AppMgr III (App 2 SD) can do something else.
This is to clear the cache in one click, remove applications even in batches, sort files, adjust sound, vibration and notification backlight.
Other programs for transferring applications or games to an SD card
If, due to some circumstances, AppMgr III (App 2 SD) does not suit you, then there are other similar programs.
For example: Linr2SD, Files To SD Card, SD Maid, App2SD Tool, Install Apps On, App2SD &AppM and others. You can download it for free on the play market.
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