How to Install and Move Android Apps to the SD Card. How to Move Android Apps to an SD Card? By default, Android apps install to your phone's internal storage, which can be quite small. If you have an SD card, you can set it as the default install location for some apps–thus freeing up space for more apps than you would have otherwise been able to install.
How to Move Android Apps to an SD Card
Navigate to Settings on your phone. You can find the settings menu in the app drawer.
Tap Apps.
Select an app you want to move to the microSD card.
Tap Storage.
Tap Change if it's there. If you don't see the Change option, the app cannot be moved. ...
Tap Move.
Here are the steps :
Go To Phone Settings.
Tap on Storage.
Tap on SD Card (External Storage).
And Tap on Ok to set it Default Write Disk.
Done… You have successful set External Storage as Default Storage.
Steps To Store Apps On SD Card
Head into the Settings menu.
Scroll down to find “Apps“. Tap on it.
Now, you will observe the list of applications installed on your device.
Tap on any of the apps that you want to store on SD Card. ...
Scroll down, and you will find “Move to SD Card” option.
How to Move Apps to an SD Card on Android
Open Settings.
Tap on Apps.
Locate the Android app you want to move to the SD card and tap on its name from the list.
Tap on Storage.
Beneath the text that reads Storage used. Tap on Change.
Tap on your SD card from the list of storage locations.
Reason 1.
Developers of Android apps need to explicitly make their apps available to move to the SD card using the “android:installLocation” attribute in the <manifest> element of their app. If they don't, the option to “Move to SD card” is grayed out.