

Now type the following command:Īdb shell pm set-install-location 0 If the above command does not work, you may need to completely format your SD card in your PC, re-insert it into your Android phone, and select it as a Portable storage, rather than Internal. Once you have ADB all set up, connect your phone to your PC via USB, and launch the ADB terminal on your computer. First read “ How to install ADB on Windows” if you’re not familiar with the ADB terminal. This is a bit more technical, but forces your phone to always install apps to the SD card, so you don’t need to use an app to move them from internal to SD. You want to press the “Move to SD card” button under the “Android App2SD” menu. If you’re on Marshmallow, ignore the message about “Second partition not found” – this is because in Marshmallow and higher, Android treats the SD card as an expansion of the internal storage, not as a separate device.

Now press the first button in the top right corner, and filter your apps by Internal storage.įind an app you want to move to your SD card and press it. Once you’re done with that, install Link2SD from the Play Store, and launch it. If your phone does not have init.d support, you can toggle the “Off/On” button in Universal Init.d to emulate the support you need. Reboot your phone and launch Universal Init.D again, and it will tell if you the test was successful for checking init.d support. So go ahead first install Universal Init.D, launch it, and press the “Test” button. To check if you have init.d support, you can install Universal Init.D from Play Store. However, Link2SD requires that your phone has init.d support.

What you want is an app that actually does the entire job – for this you need Link2SD. They are very similar to simply going into Settings > Storage > Apps and tapping the “Move to SD Card” button – in fact, those apps are just a shortcut to that button wrapped in a GUI.

Some have better success than others – for example, some apps may only move the /cache folder to your SD card, leaving the rest of the app in internal. There are a handful of apps that can forcibly move your apps from internal storage to SD card. Search Appuals for a guide on how to root your Android phone.
