[Can't Miss] 3 Methods to Move WhatsApp to SD Card

How to move WhatsApp from internal storage to SD Card? In This guide, we will show you 3 easy ways to do it and free up space for your Android device.

Move WhatsApp to SD Card on Computer

Once you have an SD card ready, one of the simplest ways to move WhatsApp media is by using a computer. This route works well when you want to copy the WhatsApp folder in one pass with a USB cable instead of moving files one by one on the phone.

1. Begin by connecting the device to the computer using USB cables. Wait for the computer to detect the device. In some devices, you may have to enable USB debugging before the computer can detect the device.


2. Open the Android device’s internal memory folder on your device then locate the WhatsApp folder from the list of folders on the device’s internal storage. Copy the WhatsApp folder.


3. Paste the WhatsApp folder into your SD card folder and just like that, all your WhatsApp data will be moved to the SD card.

Move WhatsApp Media to SD Card without Computer

You can also alternatively move the WhatsApp folder to the SD card without connecting the device to the computer. To do this, you need a file manager app on your device. Follow these simple steps to do it:

1. Open the file manager on your phone. If your device does not have one, install a trusted file manager from the Play Store first.


2. Once the app is installed on your device, open it, and click on “Internal Storage files”.
3. You should see all the files and folders that are stored in the device’s internal storage. Find “WhatsApp” then click on it to open the files in the folder.


4. Locate the folder named “Media” located within the WhatsApp folder and cut it.
5. Now, go to the “SD” section and create a new folder that you can name “WhatsApp” and then paste the media files in the newly created folder.

How to Set SD Card as WhatsApp’s Default Storage

The methods above move the WhatsApp files that already exist on the phone. If you want future files to use the SD card by default, that becomes a different setup question and it is much more limited on modern Android devices.

To do this, you will need an app like XInternalSD. These apps only work on rooted Android devices. Here’s how to do it:

1. Download a secure copy of the XInternalSD apk on to your device. The app may not be available in the Play Store, but you can find it in the top developer websites.
2. Install the app then open it. Go to the “Settings” and tap on “Path to Internal SD card” to change it to an external SD card.
3. Now tap on “Enable for Apps” and select “WhatsApp” from the list of apps that you can save to your SD card.

Once WhatsApp is enabled, all WhatsApp data will be saved to your SD card by default.