Although the storage of Android devices is increasing and the number of applications, photos and videos is enough for many, in some cases the need to gain space is unavoidable. with knowing how to transfer photos from android to sd card, (also applies to videos) we could optimize the internal storage of the phone or tablet.
This is a function that used to be used even more when the devices came with little space. Back then you could not only set the camera to automatically send photos to external memory but also some applications passed as much information as possible to make themselves lighter.
In this article we will see the methods offered by the latest versions of Android to send photos or videos from the internal memory to an SD card (external memory), in a few simple steps and without affecting or corrupting the files.
Transfer photos from Android to SD card with Google Files
This is a Google family application that may or may not come installed by default on your device. The objective of it is optimize the performance of apps, keep operating system clean, manage storage, etc. It is for this reason that from its functions we can transfer photos to sd card quickly.
Download and install the Google Files app, when you launch it it will start scanning your device for junk files, duplicates, media, etc. When it finishes loading, you will see the data type categories presented to you, which include photos or videos from different places in the internal memory.
What to do if the SD card is not detected
In case the device's SD card is not recognized by Google Files, try the following:
- Unlock the device.
- Find the settings app.
- Touch, within it, the “Storage” section.
- Check if the SD card is recognized in this part.
- If it doesn't appear, remove the card from the device and reinsert it.
- If in that part of the configuration the card is recognized but it still does not appear in Google Files, check what format the SD is in.
How to Move Android Photos from Google Files Category Section
You just have to do the following to get this step:
- Unlock the device.
- Open the Google Files app.
- Tap the "Explore" option in the bottom bar.
- You will see a list of "Categories", you have to select images in the case of passing photos.
- Touch and hold the image you want to move or copy to the SD card.
- Touch the three vertical dots that are in the upper right, to display the options.
- Tap on “Move to” or “Copy to”, it depends on what you want to do.
- Now you can select between the internal storage of the device and the SD card, tap on the latter.
- You can choose which folder on your SD card the image(s) you have selected will be saved to. In case you want to create a new folder for them, you just have to tap on “Add new folder” and write a name for it.
- When you have selected a place to save the photos, just press the blue button at the bottom of the screen.
How to Transfer Android Photos from Google Files Storage Devices Section
You just have to do the following to get this step:
- Unlock the device.
- Open the Google Files app.
- Tap the "Explore" option in the bottom bar.
- Scroll down to the "Storage Devices" section.
- Tap the "Internal Storage" option.
- Touch and hold the image you want to move or copy to the SD card.
- Touch the three vertical dots that are in the upper right, to display the options.
- Tap on “Move to” or “Copy to”, it depends on what you want to do.
- Now you can select between the internal storage of the device and the SD card, tap on the latter.
- You can choose which folder on your SD card the image(s) you have selected will be saved to. In case you want to create a new folder for them, you just have to tap on “Add new folder” and write a name for it.
- When you have selected a place to save the photos, just press the blue button at the bottom of the screen.
How to Transfer Android Photos from the Clean Section of Google Files
You just have to do the following to get this step:
- Unlock the device.
- Open the Google Files app.
- Tap the "Clean" option on the bottom bar.
- You will see a note that says “Move to SD card”, tap on it so you can select the files you want to move.
- Tap the “move to SD card” button.
How to move a specific photo folder on Android with Google Files
If you have a very large number of images to move to the SD card, you can also take advantage of the Files feature to move an entire folder from internal to external storage (or viceversa).
To do this, simply navigate to the folder to be moved and choose its new destination location. It can also be copied, so that it remains in both memories. The procedure to do this is as follows:
- Unlock the device.
- Open the Google Files app.
- Tap the "Explore" option in the bottom bar.
- Scroll down to the "Storage Devices" section.
- Tap the "Internal Storage" option.
- Touch and hold the folder you want to move or copy to the SD card.
- Touch the three vertical dots that are in the upper right, to display the options.
- Tap on “Move to” or “Copy to”, it depends on what you want to do.
- Now you just need to browse to the destination folder and the job would be done.
Conclusion
The information in this article comes from the official Google support for Android, where they recommend using the Google Files application because it is optimized for these cleaning, management and data transfer tasks that are commonly performed on Android devices. Being a Google-branded app, it is safe.