Are you slowly running out of system storage space on your Android device? Don’t worry, I got your back. If you have an SD card slot built into your Android device, here is what you need to move your downloaded apps to your SD card, to make up some free space for the system. The methods described below will slightly vary depending on your manufacturer. However, either one of the two will do the trick for you.
Use Android settings to move apps to your SD card
First, before downloading any kind of third-party app to relocate your apps, try your native settings first.
- Go to your Settings
- Application Manager (sometimes called “Apps”)
- Select the app that you want to move to your SD card
- Tap on “Move to SD card”
Simple as that! By the way, it also works the other way around (from SD card to system storage).
Using third-party apps to move Android apps to your SD card
In case the method above didn’t work for you, this one should do the trick.
There is a multitude of apps , which can relocate Android apps from your system storage to your SD card.
One of them is AppMgr III (former App 2 SD). Simply select the apps you wan to have on your SD card, and the app will give you a quick option to move them.
Check out this review to see what the app does and how it works:
Moving Spotify music to your Android SD card
Many of you will probably be reading this post, simply because you are running out of system storage, the majority of which is taken over by your offline Spotify playlist.
To move your Spotify music to your SD card (and make this the default option), simply moving the Spotify app ist not enough. This is what you need to do:
- Move your Spotify app to your SD card
- Inside the app, go to “Settings”
- In the “Other” section, tap on “Delete cache and saved data” (which will delete all your offline playlists from your device first, so make sure to remember which ones you have downloaded)
- After that, re-sync your playlists, and they will be automatically synced to your SD card
Did it work?
If the above methods didn’t work for you, please leave us a comment, and we will make sure to include alternative methods in the guide. If you receive an error message when writing to your SD card, check out our post on how to fix the SD card write restriction.
Also, I’d appreciate it, if you could share YOUR OWN tips and tricks on how you manage your Android apps.
