Moto E Guide

How to move apps to SD card in Moto E?

All Moto E phones support a micro SD card to alleviate the impact of low storage. You can use the micro SD card to save your media files, or use it for apps.

In Android Marshmallow (Android 6.0), Google introduced adoptable storage, which allows you to use the micro SD card as internal storage. This is a great relief for Moto E owners.

Depending on the generation of the Moto E phones, you have slightly different choices.

  • For  Moto E 1st gen and Moto E 2nd Gen with Android Lollipop, you can only move apps to the micro SD card as detailed in this guide.
  • For Moto G 2nd Gen with Android Marshmallow, and all later Moto E phones  (from Moto E3 to Moto E 2020), you have the choice to use it as portable storage or as adoptable storage. You can also switch them at any time.

So, if you are using Moto E 1st Gen, or Moto E 2nd Gen with Android Lollipop, you can continue this guide if you want to free up some internal storage.

If you are using Moto E 2nd Gen with Android Marshmallow, or Moto E3, or Moto E4, or Moto E5, or Moto E6, or Moto E 2020, you should follow this guide to decide whether you want to use the micro SD card as portable storage or adoptable storage.

The following sections of this guide apply to Moto E 1st Gen, and Moto E 2nd Gen with Android Lollipop.

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1) Why do you need to move apps to SD card in Moto E?
2) You cannot move all apps to SD card
3) How to move apps to SD card on Moto E?
3.1) Step 1: Find apps that can be moved to SD card
3.2) Step 2: Move the apps to SD card
3.3) Step 3: Verify apps are moved to SD card
4) How to save all Moto E photos and videos to SD card, not phone storage?

Why do you need to move apps to SD card in Moto E?

Because your Moto E only has 4GB internal storage (about 2.2GB usable for users), Motorola added external SD card support in Moto E. In other words, you can move some contents to SD card.

In addition to media files, Moto E also allows you to move some apps to the SD card so that you can install more apps.

The purpose of this guide is illustrating how to move apps from internal storage to  SD card. This will free up some precious internal storage for the system.

In addition, this guide also shows you how to set the SD card as the default location for photos and videos taken by Moto E camera.

You cannot move all apps to SD card

Please note, some apps cannot be moved to SD card. These include:

  • Any pre-installed apps. Motorola installed some essential apps on Moto E. Your carrier or local distributor may “bundle” some apps. You cannot uninstall these apps, and you cannot move them to SD card either. You can only disable them if you don’t want to use them.
  • System apps.  For apps that perform some system management functions, e.g., Motorola Alert, Google Maps, you cannot move them to SD card. This is due to reliability considerations.
  • Some apps that failed to follow the Android installation location guidelines.

Some apps, e,g., camera, Google Play Music, Google Play Movies, cannot be moved to SD card, but the media files corresponding to these apps can be saved in SD card by default. You can find the corresponding settings inside individual apps.

How to move apps to SD card on Moto E?

Step 1: Find apps that can be moved to SD card

You can go to Settings–Apps. Then flick right to switch to On SD card tab as shown below.

Alternatively, you can tap apps individually to find out whether there is a moving app to SD card option.

In the “ON SD CARD” tab, all apps that can be moved to SD card are listed. In other words, you can only move these apps to the SD card. Other apps cannot be moved to SD card (but for some of them, you can use SD card as the default storage location).

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Step 2: Move the apps to SD card

In the list of apps that can be moved to SD card, you check any of them to start to move the apps to SD card if it is not checked.

For example, as shown in the screenshot below, 3 of my apps can be moved to SD card.  None of them is checked. This means I haven’t moved them to SD card yet. If you already moved the apps to SD card, it will be shown as checked (read on).

So, in this tutorial, tap ES File Explorer or tap the checkbox.  The app info of this app is shown.

Tap Move to SD card to move the app to SD card immediately. It may take from a few seconds to a few mins depending on the size of the app data.

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Step 3: Verify apps are moved to SD card

Once Moto E finishes moving apps to SD card, the app info will be shown as “Move to phone” as shown below.

In the ON SD CARD tab, if the app is checked, it means the app was moved to SD card already.

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How to save all Moto E photos and videos to SD card, not phone storage?

Moto E also allows you to save all photos and videos to SD card automatically.

Start the camera app. Swipe from the left side of the screen to the right side to get the options window. Tap the SD card (storage) icon, and you can choose the storage location to the SD card.

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Once you set the camera app storage location as SD card, all new photos and videos taken from your Moto E camera will be automatically saved to SD card, not in phone storage.

For more details on Moto E  camera settings, using Moto E camera, please check our Moto E camera guide (coming soon!).

Do you have any questions or problems in moving apps to SD card in Moto E, or save photos to SD card?

Please leave your questions or problems in the comment box below.

More how-to guides, tips and tricks for using Moto E are available at Moto E how-to guides page.

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  4. muneer says

    How can I connect my moto e with laptop ?? So that I can transfer media from laptop to moto e…..please help me out from this

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  6. Praveen says

    I Installed GT Racing 2: The Real Car Exp from Play Store. capacity is 850 mb around, this game running in SD Card only but downloaded data of 850mb is in Internal Storage in the following path home/antroid/obb/game. I tried to move this 850 mb file to SD card manually by using file manager. After that when i opened game i again started to download 850mb, How to rectify this problem?

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  8. Deep Agrawal says

    I m not able to play games like NFS most wanted, asphalt 8, FIFA 14, because of internal storage problem in moto e , please help…….

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  10. harshit says

    i tried to move apps to sd but “couldn’t move” dialogue box appears.. what to do.. and sd card is half empty

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  11. ankur says

    I followed your procedure of moving apps from phone to sdcard as mentioned…. But as I click on move to sdcard it says ‘ couldn’t move app to sdcard’
    What do I do?

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  12. ankur says

    Hello sir
    In response to my problem regarding moving app from phone to SD card , you asked me to force stop and then to move .
    But the problem still not solved , it still displays the same mgs ‘couldn’t move app’
    Please sir help me !!

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  13. ankur says

    Hello sir!
    My phone or SD card is not encrypted.
    I tried using other sdcard also but didn’t work.
    I was guided to install FILE MANAGER by customer care but according to their online service my device was not showing internal memory.
    Help sir..

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  15. ankur says

    Hello sir
    ‘ likely caused by other apps ‘ means some apps r preventing my other apps to move? But I have installed basic apps like adobe, chrome and all.
    Is there any problem in my device?
    Should I get it replaced?

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  16. Ajinkya Kolhar says

    I installed Dead Trigger 2 on my moto e and when I say move to SD card only 15 mb of the game gets transferred though the game is of 43 mb.

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  18. anand says

    How to move images and videos from Bluetooth to SD card.and how to set the path in order to store the files which are received from blue tooth to SD
    card.please replay..thank you

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  22. Mazhar says

    Hi,
    What settings I need to make to receive the media files from other device DIRECTLY TO EXTERNAL MEMORY. My device remaining memory is around 500mb, am trying to receive a movie file of 1gb from another android device. When I transfer the file, I get a warning for low memory and transfer stops at halfway around 500 mb.

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  23. Aditi says

    hello Simon,
    i have installed only the basic apps on my phone. the games are all on the sd card but my internal memory is still full. i am quite confused. i am not able to install new apps on my phone and the apps on the internal memory are only those which cannot be moved to sd card. please help.

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  24. Vignesh says

    Hi I am having Mot E. As i download the songs from UC browser and stored in SD card. The Files are available in ES File Explorer File Manager but it is not available in Music Player. Once I switch off and ON the mobile i can find the newly downloaded songs in Music player. Once I download some songs I keep on doing the Process. Please let me how to get the Songs in music player without switch off the mobile.

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  28. reo says

    I downloaded Fifa 14 in moto e it was 1.31gb but after playing little while it stopped and then i the size of the file became 1.25gb and now its not working

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  31. ashish says

    If supposed i had taken vedio song from another mobile before fixed SD external memory card n now my internal memory get full so could i transfer all song to sd external memory card n release my internal memory. Pl reply….

    Reply

  33. suman saurabh says

    I moved approx 20 application to SD card and after that I reset my phone.Now I am unable to open App.Plz solve this problem

    Reply

  34. RGN SAGAR says

    I downloaded one game application from play store, I planned to send that game application to other phone, please tell me, where I’ll find out the applications downloaded from play store?

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  36. Gnaneswar says

    Hi Mr. Simon,
    When i try to copy few videos from laptop i am unable to see SDCard memory. But my moto e device have SDCard and it contains some data.
    How can i see memory of SDCard from laptop?

    Reply

  37. amit says

    Hello,
    My all apps shows in phone memory like candy
    Crush, free flow etc. But same apps in Samsung mobile are able to move to Sd card. What might be the problem??? It’s getting difficult to add any more app. Also phone is getting on slower side.

    Reply

  38. neil says

    All my photos and videos are stored to sd card aswell as all available apps. Is it possible to download apps directly to sd card because i have no more room on internal memory. I only have 10 apps, but apps such as facebook are massive, and now cant be updated any further. Would can i do

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  39. Rudransh Srivastava says

    I have about 350 mb of space left in internal storage but still it shows me the message that -cannot download app/update . not enough memory. Can I download apps directly to SD card? If yes then how?
    The other thing is that can I set default storage of Bluetooth/Downloads to SD card?

    Thanks

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  40. Sarath says

    When I send a text message, it is stored phone memory.

    But when I receive an reply, the message is saved on my sim card.

    How to receive text messages from friends directly to my phone memory.

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  41. Samip says

    Hello,
    I am facing problem in moving some apps to SD card.
    Apps like English Dictionary, File Manager, ShareIt, Subway Surf are already in SD card.
    But Some other apps like Clash of Clans, FreeCharge, Paytm, TempleRun, Truecaller are not able to move.
    These all apps are listed in “ON SD CARD” and when I click on these apps “Move to SD Card” option is disabled.
    Because of this every time I am facing issue like “Internal Storage is Full”
    Please help me.

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  43. Shinjoon Kang says

    I can’t move apps to SD Card. it just shows [Couldn’t move app.] popup. What can I do to move apps to SD Card or check whether there are some problems?

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  44. BADaL MALLIK says

    Sir,
    How to download additional file of game directly in sdcard???
    I hv installed fifa 15 but cant download additional file due to less memory.

    Reply

  47. Rishabh Hasija says

    My moto e says insufficient storage, but storage available is 273 mb, also u said internal is 4GB of which 2.2 GB is available, in me phone, storage used is 1.9 GB out of the 2.2 available, but the apps installed don’ sum up, and it says insufficient storage even for the smallest of apps.

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  48. R Singh says

    I have external sd card inserted still getting sign of storage space running out. All possible applications already moved to SD card. Whats the solution now?

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  50. Sathishkumar says

    I tried to move my app into SD card. But the move to SD card option is hidden. How I move the app into SD card.

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  51. kamal lochan says

    Can’t move my downloaded files to SD card, while doing so ( settings-aaps-on SD card) the move to SD card icon doesn’t work , kindly help me in this as I can’t download any other aapplicatios.
    Thank you

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  52. Laalitya says

    Hi Simon,

    My moto e is throwing the below message when I tried to open the gallery.

    Error note : No external storage available.

    But I am able to see my pics through Photos. I have checked the internal memory and sd memory card as well..they is still sufficient space in both of them.Please help me out

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  54. parveen says

    I don’t want some pre installed app in moto e phone memory please give the solution because some google apps are useless for me.

    Reply

  55. Ishitha says

    How can I transfer my what’s app files I.e. photos and videos from my phone to SD card? It’s getting stored as misc. (Miscellinous)

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  56. rehman says

    Hello I have a 2gb SD card and I have 1.23gb free space and when I download a movie using utorrent it starts downloading the movie but when 80mb file is downloaded my SD card shows 213mb space available or sometimes it shows 48.56mb free space plz help me i already restarted my phone and my device is not rooted plzz answer me at my email address: [email protected] thank u!

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  57. Abhigyan Kakoti says

    I did transfer my apps to SD card and in ‘settings/apps’ they are found to be in SD card…BUT still then I found no free space in my internal storage as the space are taken by the apps which I moved to SD card…I moved them but they still keep taking their space on my internal storage and not on my SD card..plz help as I am unable to install any more apps on my phone

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  61. Jitendra says

    From 2 days when i open gallery, there is a meessage that there is no external storage. Then gallery closes automatically. Gallery does not opens. When i take a photo i camera it says unfortunately gallery stopped. Please suggest me what to do.

    Reply

  63. Sergio Kenay O. says

    Okay! I think I have a issue with my New Moto E. I got this cellphone 1 month ago and I have detected some issues. e.g. I can´t move some apps like WhatsApp to my SD card. I read the guide above and I followed the steps, however I saw on the App Info from WhatsApp the Move to SD Card option available, I mean it seems blurred and not take action.

    What I want to know WhatsApp is possible to move to SD Card or not? I have another apps instaled and I can´t move too. I have the ES File Explorer and is possible do it following the steps indicated above.

    I hope would somebody share some comments about it.

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  64. ashok says

    I have bought Moto e 3months ago.I installed Asphalt 8 for 1gb and moved it to SD card.App has been moved to SD card but memory has not been released from phone memory and 1gb has been occupied in phone memory too…how can I resolve this.

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  66. mac says

    hi, looks like the ‘move to SD card’ feature is not very useful for installing big games and apps. Only a small part is transferred to SD card. Quite frustrating as i can’t install more than one racing game as they are quite big. Is there any way move whole part of these games to sd card? does rooting help? Thanks

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  68. Zlaja says

    I tried to move some apps (namely Sygic) on external sdcard (SDcard1 at my Moto E). I used your tutorial and app was transferd but I cann’t see it on SDcard1. I think that everything is working on internal sdcard. Is necessary to format new SD card with Moto E? File managers can see my external card. Thanks!

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  69. Zlaja says

    Sorry, now i checked the memory size on SD card and part of Sygic is there , but problem is that ES File Explorer cann’t see the Sygic file on SD card. I don’t know why.

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  71. DB says

    I cannot play music that’s stored on the SD card using Google Play Music and have to play them from the file manager. The same is the case for pictures stored on the SD card (in this case they can’t be accessed from the Gallery). How do I rectify this?

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  76. bhag says

    WHER is the setting ?
    wer my all downloaded files can automaticlyy move to sd card or by default it store on sd card after download.

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  83. Maanasa K says

    I followed the same procedure and only 220MB internal memory is left..Few more apps other than built-in apps are still in the internal memory which I was unable to move to SD card(16GB).,example 360 anti virus app, this one i installed long back so it is not a built in app.
    Even few apps’ updates are not being accepted as there is no sufficient space n couldn’t download the new ones..Please help..

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  84. Koushik.A says

    I am unable to move my whatsapp to my SD Card i tried unistalling the app and again installing them but it is no tmoving

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  86. Rishabh chopra says

    How to move the already the media which is in phone memory to SD card? Also I want that the files I receive on WhatsApp and other apps automatically gets stored in SD card and not in phone memory

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  87. Dnyanesh says

    Hello Moto.

    I have a moto E and its upgraded to 4.4.4. Before this upgrade i had moved some apps on SD card.

    Now the issue pops up after I have done the upgrade to 4.4.4. Neither I can move the apps on the SD card nor I can move the apps that are moved on SD card back to the Phone. They option is greyed out. I feel there is some bug. Can you please let me know how can I backup my phone? I am using Ubuntu laptop. How can I backup my phone on a laptop with Ubuntu OS.

    Any inputs from your side will be helpful

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  88. leciane says

    no meu moto e nenhum cartao sd instala
    so fala cartao removido subtamente , como faço para arrumar ja formatei meu cartao sd achando qe era virus e o celular tambem , e ate agora nada de conectar meu cartao sd

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  90. harshad says

    dear simmon,
    i have gotta a new transcend pen drive which can be readily connected to android phones through its slot,however its not recognised in moto e & its been recognised on other android phones.

    Reply

  94. Abhayashree says

    I changed the camera settings from phone memory to sd card… since i had storage issues. But after taking photos i couldnt see the thumbnail image in gallery and also i was not able to set the picture as wallpaper or profile picture! i want to store all my pictures and videos in sd card! what can i do for it???

    Reply

  98. mano says

    How can I move music to my SD card because in settings-storage-media-picture check box are available remaining like as music and videos check boxes are hidden wat can I do????…

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  101. Lokesh says

    I have a Moto E. After I restart the phone all the applications installed on SD card are gone with the message “App is not installed”. The only solution then is to reinstall the application. This has happened to me a couple of times
    Please help

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  102. janani says

    hi,
    even after i move the apps to sd card, it is seen in the phone memory and its still consuming phone memory. But it says its moved to sd card. I can view it in the ‘on sd card’ tab too. How to tackle this??

    Reply

  103. shahid says

    Fender is not working in my moto e whenever I open fender it shows service launch failure. How to solve this problem? please help me..

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  104. Andrew Dafoe says

    Please help, I have a 16 gig SD card in my phone. I move some apps onto my SD card. It shows up saying that the app is on my SD card, but when I look back at my phone storage it still has the same amount of gigs it had before when I put the app on my SD card! What should I do?

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  105. Mohammad Ahmed says

    i cant play the game need for speed rivals in my mote e 1st but my mobile is compatible for this game i move this game in sd acrd and also the data of this game in memory card.. but when i try to start this game it shows me a message that the data is unavailable plz download it.. but the data is available and i extract in sd card but still shows me no data pls download it.. when i try to download it shows me there is no space in ur device to download it.. plzz help me and guide me

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  107. Jim R says

    Hi, I have added an SD card to my Moto E. I have loaded some photos and music from my Windows PC to the phone’s SD card via USB. My problem is I can’t access the data on the Card. I can see the picture files using the ES File Explorer but they won’t open. I still can’t locate the music files. Any suggestions?

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  108. Jim R says

    Simon, I did download VLC for Android. I do see the songs now in this app, but when tapping them nothing happens – no audio. Off to the right of each song are menu dots, and when tapping on those, I select “Play All”, both nothing changes – still no audio.

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  110. Manjunath K says

    Hi,

    I moved most of my apps in Moto E to SD card. And also verified that it is moved. But still my internal memory is’nt freed. I don’t have any other files also like photos or videos. Please help.

    Reply

  112. Prajot says

    How can change default setting that all whatsapp Audio & Video data download or save in SD Card Automatically.

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  113. JimR says

    Is there some way to transfer pictures from a PC to the Moto E SD card in a particular order? I am able to transfer the pictures, but they seem to transfer in some random order. Any help appreciated

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  114. JimR says

    Simon, if I understand your initial reply, I should probably copy them to the sd card manually, one by one, rather than try to transfer the whole folder at one time. Is that correct?

    Reply

  115. Chris Howard says

    I need to know how to transfer details of phone numbers , mobile numbers and addresses from my phone to computer. I have bought a SD and a micro SD for this purpose. Can’t make it work.

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  116. Mohit Gupta says

    I have installed ES File Explorer File Manager i my MOTO E.
    1) How to transfer the images and videos of WHATSAPP to SD card which are in phone memory.
    2) Setting for default saving of upcoming WHATSAPP images and videos in SD card

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  117. Hiten Sarvaiya says

    My whats app and Google Chorme are not getting transferred to SD card, kindly guide how i can do it

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  119. pooja says

    I want to download new app on my moto e phone,I am also having 8 GB SD card but app did not install on my mobile.it gives error here is no space available.

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  123. Madhan kumar says

    i was tried to moving video files into sd card via supereem app,but i cant do it beacuse its storing only in the internal memory only.but alredy im moved super beem app into sd card,then y cant move video file into sdcard?

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  124. madhan kumar says

    but alredy im moved super beem app into sd card,then y cant move video file into sdcard?–In the sense
    My superbeem application moved into sdcard

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  125. steventorrey says

    I added a 16 Gb micro SD card. Yet, when I access the storage, it reads the internal SD card and tells me that is where my photos are, but not the added 16 Gb micro SD card that I added. Why doesn’t the phone read the added on 16 Gb micro SD card? And how can I get my photos, mp3, etc. placed on the added 16 Gb micro SD card?

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  126. Praneeth says

    I am not able to click the button “move to SD card ” even in the SD card tab in “apps ” menu. It isn’t clickable.
    Please tell me what to do!

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  127. daniel says

    “Start the camera app. Swipe from left side of the screen to tight side to get the option window. tap the SD card (storage) icon, you can choose storage location to SD card.”— how to do?

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  128. dishant hassija says

    my mooto e is showing 134 mb of space available in phone but when i’m downloading an app it is showing unsufficient space in phone storage..

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  129. Rajasekar says

    Sorry i can’t move by your statement,All apps is in default phone memory & In case new apps I install means i can store to memory card Please tell any other suggestion

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  130. Akshata says

    Recently My phone got updated to 5.1 version. Though I have moved some apps to SD Card which is of 16GB, I am not able to download any new apps and also not able to update the remaining apps that I have as it pops the message of “Insufficient Data Storage”. What’s the solution?

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  131. Jayant P Abhyankar says

    The app, though shown ” on sd card” when tried to move to SD card, message is ” couldn’t move app”

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  132. roselyn says

    1. internal storage space is running out.. some system functions may not work.. ” Apps ( apps data and media content ) ” occupies more space. what is the solution.
    2. can I delete the ” cached data , Misc ” in the Storage. what happens if i do it??
    3. in the storage – apps – on sd card , one app is unable to move to sd card.why?solution?
    please respond immedieately..

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  134. Ganesh B Varakale says

    I’m not able to move some apps to SD card after upgrading my phone to lollipop from KitKat, those all apps initially were stored in SD card in KitKat version.. Please help me out..

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  135. shravan says

    i moved some apps to sd card to get some free space but after moving actually only little amount of data is moved ?i have only 200 mb free space help me is there any other way to move whole app to sd card

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  137. Nathan says

    I can not move the music from Spotify to the SD card. Anyone figure this out? i hooked up my phone to my laptop and I tried moving the file to the SD card and it wouldn’t work. The app Spotify will not be moved to the SD card because it won’t work, the external files can’t be moved either, the music.

    PS: I am majoring in computer science and I know what I’m doing. So selected the right file, the size fits the description.

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  139. Mohamed sikkandar says

    i have moved 2 apps from phone to SD card. However, it shows as if they are in phone (although they show that they are in SD card) blocking the space in phone. Please help

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  140. Rajaram says

    In spite of having atleast 30GB in my SD card,i am unable to move apps like ‘Photos’ or ‘File Manager’, even after selecting them from ‘ON SD CARD’. After selecting ‘Move to SD Card’, i get a message that ‘ Couldn’t move app. Not enough storage space.’

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  142. MAYANK says

    WHEN I CHOOSE SD CARD FOR STORING PICTURE & VIDEO. ITS SHOWING HELPING ICON………#?. WHAT SHOULD I DO AFTER THAT?????

    Reply

  143. Franco says

    Hello,

    I am hoping you can help me.

    Background: I have a new Motorola. The model is moto e. **I do not have an SD memory card.** My computer is a Macbook (2008). For my smart phone, I do talk and text (using a flip phone sim card) and do not have a data plan. I get on to the Internet at home and at wifi hotspots around town. So far it works out fine.

    I downloaded Android File Transfer and transferred two things to the phone: one photograph and a drug book for medical professionals. On my smart phone, I was easily able to locate the photograph. However, I cannot find the drug book for medical professionals. (The drug book was originally transferred onto my Mac via a CD that came with the book.) In the Android file transfer box on my Mac, it was under “data.” However, I do not have an option called “data” to look for on my smart phone. How do I find the drug book on my phone? I know it’s there, because I noticed I lost space after the transfer. I just can’t find it.

    I need to be able to pull up this drug book ANYTIME. In other words, I shouldn’t need to be connected to the Internet. The book was on my Mac, and not Internet-dependent, so I’m hoping the same will be true for the smart phone.

    Thank you.

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  144. xander says

    Hi,I have issues with moto e, File transfer from internal memory to SD card,that’s show message like” third party android 4.4 cannot allowed move the file to SD card.

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  146. S.V.Rao says

    how to move WhatsApp photos&videos to move to SD card and setup future WhatsApp downloads ro be stored on SD card?

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  148. nikhil raj says

    whille am moving apps to sd card its showing like not enough memory but memory card is empty???
    plz let me knw the answer

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  150. chetan says

    i have installed MX player codec from playstore however when i am trying to install codec in MX player i cannot locate one. Also i cannot move facebook and other apps from internal memory to sd card

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  151. Mohan says

    i have a moto e phone having songs in sd card .it is playing well in mobile phone.when i connect mobile to other divice like exchample dvd player supporting usb port, car deck music player it is not connecting.but other mobiles (lenova) connecting.
    let me know how to play songs from moto e to other divices. pls kindly advise

    Regards,
    Mohan

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  152. Mohan says

    i am connected with 3.5 mm audio cable only but it is not playing .it is playing only in mobile but not able play connected divices
    pls give me some sugession

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  153. Sharad says

    Hi
    I am trying to move app from internal storage to SD card but am not able get option in settings
    App – move on SD card option plz help

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  154. Steve P says

    So I just updated my Moto E to the most recent version of Marshmallow excited that I could use my 32GB SD card and integrate it into my internal storage. So I hooked up my Moto E to my computer via USB, copy and pasted all the data (music, pictures and videos) I had on my SD card (I knew it would be erased when reformatting my SD card for internal storage) onto my computer. I completed the update with the SD card essentially wiped and integrated into my internal storage. Now it will not allow me to transfer the files back onto my Moto E from my computer. I get an error message. Help!

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  155. Jim Richardson says

    How can I move photos from my computer to QuickPic on the Moto E 2nd Gen? Also when I take phots with the phone, how can I move them from “Camera Roll” to QuickPic? When I connect my phone to the computer, I can see it identified on the “My Computer ” display. When I click on the Phone, I see both “Internal Storage” and “SD Storage”. I cannot see QuickPic identified and when I drag a folder to SD Storage, when I check on the phone the folder is not in QuickPic but is in the Gallery App. What am I doing wrong? Thanks

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  156. Jim Richardson says

    Relative to the above comment, I should say that the QuickPic app has been moved to the SD Card, but I do not see it listed when clicking on the SD Storage icon. So I don’t see anything to drag the photo folder to from my computer. Sorry for the earlier omission.

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  158. Vinod Negi says

    I am user of Moto-E and unable to transfer below Apps to SD Card

    WhatsApp
    Google Drive
    Google Play Store
    Google Maps
    Tomi File Manager

    Kindly suggest.

    Thanks
    Vinod Negi

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  159. Kshitij says

    Hi
    I am using Moto E 1st Generation and I am facing a lot of storage issues since all the apps are stored in the internal memory. It is currently working on Android 4.4. I do not see any option for moving apps to SD Card. Do I need to update to Android Lollipop 5.1 for moving apps and media to Sd Card.
    Appreciate your quick response. Thanks

    Kshitij

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  160. Michelle Valdez says

    On Moto E, I am trying to save photos and wallpapers to my SD card through ES File Manager and it tells me each time this operation is not supported. Also, I have lost many pics and music because I go through the process of saving items and putting them on the SD card only for them to disappear, it reads empty folder. I do not have a computer, but why do I have the option of it to save to sd card, if I never a computer..!!!???? So confused.

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  161. Skittles says

    I put the sd card from an old phone into the moto e 2nd generation and now it is asking for a password but I never created one

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  162. david schechter says

    is it possible to move music files from one sdcard file to another. i would like to combine the two music files into one, if possible

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  164. Sarah Swift says

    Hi, I installed the latest update on my moto e and have installed a new San disk 16mb card as internal storage. When I try to take a photo using the camera app it says there is not enough storage. The phone has 1.5 gb and the sd card has 15+ gb. Any suggestions?

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  165. Sarah says

    Thanks for responding. Unfortunately the camera app does not give me any option to save to SD or internal storage. It did before an upgrade but nothing now. There is nothing on the camera when I swipe L-R for me to see an SD card there either although all the other options are eg HDR, panorama etc. I have configured the SD card as internal storage. There’s plenty there but the app doesn’t recognise it. Any other thoughts?
    Thanks!

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  166. Colin R Isaacs says

    i have a MotoE3 however when I try to see what apps I can transfer to my SD card I go to settings, click on apps, flick right
    but no SD card tab is shown, this also applies when I try to set the SD card as the default for photos. Would appreciate
    your help. Colin R Isaacs.

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  167. David A says

    I’m using a Moto E phone with android 4.4.4

    I’ve recently downloaded an app that I would like to have on my SD card, and from the information in this tutorial it looks like it’s possible. That is, the app shows up in the “ON SD CARD” tab as described in step 1. Furthermore the app is check-marked and when I view the app info the option I’m given is “Move to phone”, so going by this tutorial it would appear that this app is already on my SD card.

    My problem is that it that when I look at my phone’s storage (by going to settings from home), my SD card is still empty, why my internal storage is almost full.

    Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

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  169. robin decker says

    I installed a 16Gb SD card and when I open the camera app then open the settings there is no SD storage icon. Any ideas?

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  170. Pradeep Kumar Gautam says

    I own a Moto e first generation mobile phone in which the internal storage is of 2.2 GB but when I started using it showed around 700 MB after updating all the factory apps . After which I have installed Watsapp, ES file manager, paytm & u c browser only.
    After which I installed clash of clans and the phone memory showed an indicator on top of screen that the phone is running low on storage & I cannot install any app further.
    I want a solution of this problem like how to convert my external storage into internal storage so that I can even install any large size games.

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  171. Don Andersen says

    I have the MOTOROLA MOTO E LTE. I installed the SD Card. I was able, using your instructions, to move many Apps to the SD Storage. But, when I Swipe from left side of the screen to tight side in the Camera App, there is no “Storage Location” Icon. There are several others, but not that one. (I was able to learn more about taking pictures though) HDR; Control Focus & Exposure; Movie; Widescreen/Normal; Timer. These are all the Icons listed.
    Under Storage in Settings, it shows 149KB of Pictures, videos. Under SD card, When I tap “Move Media” Move your pictures etc. to SD card to free internal memory, I get the message “No Files to Move.” I have lots of pictures in my Gallery.

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  172. Sagar says

    Hi! I recently bought a Moto e4 plus. Can you please tell me how to move apps to the SD card. I’m unable to find any option in the app settings. It does not show the option at all!

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  173. Sarah says

    i want to move my apps from the internal storage to my micro-sd, I have looked on app settings and there is no option that says move to sd. I have a moto E4 is there any way I can move my apps?????

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  174. Shobika says

    I have a moto e 2nd generation phone with 4gb internal space which is almost full now. I got an sd card of 16gb and want to move some apps to it. As instructed I went to apps and flicked to right and can’t find any apps to move.. WhatsApp is also not showing the option of move to sd card.. Pls help

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  177. TOMOTO says

    Is this moto e 2020? Because the settings menu does not even look the same as the pics here, nor does it give any options for moving to sd for any app!

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  178. Honore says

    I have a moto E 2020 and I can’t follow your instruction on how to move apps to SD card because my phone is not the same when I go to settings and apps I can’t find a way to move apps to SD card

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