One of the best use of smartphone is to have some smart apps and amazing games on your device. But with the rise of the better phone screen display quality, better processors with more numbers of cores and more gigabytes of RAM, the smartphone apps and games are getting bigger and bigger as well both in terms of quality and file size. Due to this any smartphone starts running out of the in-built storage space pretty soon.
If you are having the idea of Android OS then you should be knowing that Android used to provide the option of moving apps and games data to the SD card in Android smartphone to free some space in the phone memory. Though this option was removed recently in the Android KitKat version.
Earlier lots of Windows Phone users were facing issue of running out of the phone memory on their devices as well. The reason behind this was that Windows Phone 8 and previous versions of Windows Phone were not having the option to move apps and games to the SD card even if they were having an SD card slot on their device.
But the good news is that Windows Phone 8.1 provides the option of moving apps and games to SD card now. You can easily move all the apps and games to the memory card in Windows Phone 8.1 and free some space in the phone memory of your device. It is really a nice update for the users because if you are having a budget Windows Phone with small amount of phone memory then, you can easily install huge apps and games on the SD card without having any problem.
Have a look on the below tutorial how you can move apps and games to SD card in Windows Phone 8.1 devices. This tutorial also guides you about how to perform this task for multiple apps and games simultaneously.
There is also a video tutorial at the end of the article which will guide you through the step-by-step procedure visually.
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1. On your Windows Phone 8.1 device, go to the list of application and scroll down to the Storage Sense. Tap on it to open.
2. It will show you how memory consumption status of your phone and SD card. Tap on the "phone" now.
3. On the next screen, you will find the type of files which are taking space in the phone memory. Tap on the "apps and games" to open the list of all apps and games installed on the phone memory.
4. Now tap on any app or game which you would like to move to the memory card or SD card.
5. After you tap on the app or game name, a new screen will appear showing the option "move to SD". Just tap on the "move to SD" option to move that particular app or game to the SD card.
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1. Follow the first three steps of the above tutorial.
2. Once the list of all apps and games installed on your phone memory is on your screen, tap on the "Select" button given in the bottom center.
3. Now, select all of the apps and games which you would like to move to SD card on your Windows Phone 8.1 phone.
4. Once all apps and games are selected, tap on the "move" button.
5. A confirmation message will appear on screen, as shown in the first image of this article above, asking if you really want to move all these apps and games to memory card on your Windows Phone 8.1 device. Tap on the "Yes" option and all of the selected apps and games will start moving to the SD card.
If you are having the idea of Android OS then you should be knowing that Android used to provide the option of moving apps and games data to the SD card in Android smartphone to free some space in the phone memory. Though this option was removed recently in the Android KitKat version.
Earlier lots of Windows Phone users were facing issue of running out of the phone memory on their devices as well. The reason behind this was that Windows Phone 8 and previous versions of Windows Phone were not having the option to move apps and games to the SD card even if they were having an SD card slot on their device.
But the good news is that Windows Phone 8.1 provides the option of moving apps and games to SD card now. You can easily move all the apps and games to the memory card in Windows Phone 8.1 and free some space in the phone memory of your device. It is really a nice update for the users because if you are having a budget Windows Phone with small amount of phone memory then, you can easily install huge apps and games on the SD card without having any problem.
Have a look on the below tutorial how you can move apps and games to SD card in Windows Phone 8.1 devices. This tutorial also guides you about how to perform this task for multiple apps and games simultaneously.
There is also a video tutorial at the end of the article which will guide you through the step-by-step procedure visually.
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HOW TO : Move Apps and Games to SD Card in Windows Phone 8.1
1. On your Windows Phone 8.1 device, go to the list of application and scroll down to the Storage Sense. Tap on it to open.
2. It will show you how memory consumption status of your phone and SD card. Tap on the "phone" now.
3. On the next screen, you will find the type of files which are taking space in the phone memory. Tap on the "apps and games" to open the list of all apps and games installed on the phone memory.
4. Now tap on any app or game which you would like to move to the memory card or SD card.
5. After you tap on the app or game name, a new screen will appear showing the option "move to SD". Just tap on the "move to SD" option to move that particular app or game to the SD card.
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HOW TO : Take Screenshot on Windows Phone 8.1
HOW TO : Move Multiple Apps and Games Simultaneously to SD Card in Windows Phone 8.1
1. Follow the first three steps of the above tutorial.
2. Once the list of all apps and games installed on your phone memory is on your screen, tap on the "Select" button given in the bottom center.
3. Now, select all of the apps and games which you would like to move to SD card on your Windows Phone 8.1 phone.
4. Once all apps and games are selected, tap on the "move" button.
5. A confirmation message will appear on screen, as shown in the first image of this article above, asking if you really want to move all these apps and games to memory card on your Windows Phone 8.1 device. Tap on the "Yes" option and all of the selected apps and games will start moving to the SD card.