Tap on the app you want to move to SD card and look for “Storage.”Īfter tapping on “Storage,” you’ll be able to see the storage location of the app and how much space it is taking. (If you have the latest Android version, step 2 will be skipped.) If you see “Application manager” and “Default applications,” tap on “Application manager,” and now you will be able to see the list of all the installed applications. If you are using Android 10 or above, it will be just “Apps.” In the settings menu, look for Applications and tap on it. You should be able to find the settings icon in the app drawer. If you have a model that does not allow you to change the default storage location, you can move your apps to SD card and save storage for pictures, videos, and more apps. Most Samsung tablets allow you to change the storage location of installed applications.

How to Move Apps From Internal Storage to SD Card (Galaxy Tab A and other models) Now your current storage location will be displayed as SD card.

You can also search for settings in the search bar if you can’t find it.Īfter opening the settings, you have to open storage preferences, tap on “Change default storage,” and change it to SD card from internal storage. Look for the settings icon in your notification panel or the app drawer and tap on it. And if your model does not allow you to change the default storage, you can use Android apps like Link2SD, but you’ll have to root your Samsung tablet, which can be risky thus, we have also mentioned how you can manually move your data and installed apps from internal storage to SD card. Note: There are multiple Samsung tablet models with different Android versions thus, the steps can be slightly different for some models. The latest Samsung tablets support SD cards up to 1 TB, so if you want to switch storage to an SD card for both installed applications and file storage, you can easily do that by following the steps below. Samsung tablets like Galaxy Tab S7+ LTE come with 256 GB internal storage, which is sufficient for most people, but old models like Samsung Galaxy Tab E and A series have only 8 to 32 GB inbuilt storage.Įven 256 GB internal storage is not enough for some people that’s why they prefer to store their data in SD cards.

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