How To Clean Sd Card Storage In Android



  1. Change Storage To Sd Card
  2. How To Remove Sd Card As Internal Storage
Android set sd card as default storage

Sometimes your SD card in your Android phone may become corrupted. This can cause may different issues, usually resulting in the PC sync being unable to perform properly or start at all. Follow the steps below to repair or reformat your SD card.

The same goes for SD cards used in Android phones and tablets. When I first got an Android phone, I thought the only safe way to remove the SD card was by first turning off the device. Clear out all cached app data. Clearing out cache won't save a ton of space at once but it will add.

So, i inserted the card in the phone, it got detected, copied the files, went to settings/storage, clicked “eject”, phone told me its safe to remove the card, removed it, put it back in my other phone (OnePlus X), and now the phone tells me “Corrupted SD Card. Touch to fix”, and wants me to format it. Clean cache for individual apps, receive recommendations for removal of rarely used apps and move 1apps to your SD memory card. Reclaim storage space on your Android phone or tablet by cleaning junk, removing residual files and optimizing device memory.

Format your SD card

Back up your data

  1. Connect your Android device to your PC and mount it as a disk drive (i.e. mass storage mode).
  2. On your PC, open Computer or My Computer and find your SD card/removable drive
  3. In the Windows Control Panel, in Folder Options, in the view tab, make sure it is set to show hidden files/folders
  4. Select Ctrl-A to select all files and folders in this drive and then right click and select Copy
  5. Paste all of these files into a new folder you your Desktop

Format your SD card

Change Storage To Sd Card

  1. Right click on your SD card drive in Computer or My Computer and select 'Format...'
  2. Leave all default settings and select 'Start'
  3. When the format completes, copy all of your data (previously backed up above) back on to your SD card

How To Remove Sd Card As Internal Storage

Perform a chkdsk

  1. Connect your Android device to your PC and mount it as a disk drive (i.e. mass storage mode).
  2. On your PC, open My Computer and take note of the drive letter that's assigned to your Android device's sd card.
  3. On your PC, click on Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt.
  4. Enter the following command: chkdsk [sd card drive letter]: /r


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