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How to Transfer Photos from Android Gallery to SD Card

-- Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Wish to transfer photos from Android Gallery to SD card? Please check it on this article. For most of the photos, they would be saved to phone storage by default, which would eat up much of the storage space. In this way, people would like to move some media contents to SD card if you own one.

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  • This article will talk about how to transfer photos from Android phone storage to SD card. You can choose to move photos from Android to SD card manually, or use a photos transferring and managing tool to effectively.

    Method 1: Move Photos to SD Card Manually

    You can move photos from Android Gallery to SD card on your device manually. Now please head to Gallery App on your Android and select the ones you want to transfer by long-pressing the thumbnail. Then tap on the menu button(three dots) and choose "Move to album" option. Now you can see different locations available to transfer. Just choose "SD card".

    Move Photos to SD Card

    This method works but it can be time-consuming. If you want to transfer Android photos to SD card in batch, you are recommended to try method 2 below.

    Method 2: Transfer Photos from Android Gallery to SD Card in Batch

    To move Android photos to SD card in batch, you should try TunesGo program, which allows users to effectively transfer and manage data. Now, please follow the steps below to work it out.

    Step 1 Download TunesGo program
    To begin with, you should download and install TunesGo program on your computer and then launch it.

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    Step 2 Plug Android to PC
    Now, please plug your Android with SD card into computer using a USB cable. And don't forget to enable the USB debugging on it.

    Homepage of TunesGo

    Step 3 Export Photos to PC
    Head to "Photos" option on the top pane and choose the photos you want to move to SD card from the phone storage(the program would show you all of the phones on the interface). Click on "Export > Export to PC".

    Note: If you get many photos to transfer, you are recommended to create a folder on your computer to save the exported photos. In this way, you can import the entire folder to SD card in the next step.

    Export Photos to PC

    Step 4 Import Photos to SD Card
    On the TunesGo program, please choose your SD card on the left pane and click on "Add > Add File/Add Folder" and you can import the photos you exported in step 3 to SD card.

    Import Photos to SD Card

    Tips: You can also go to "Explore" option and copy the photos to SD card. But it requires you to locate the files and some of you may have no ideas where to find it among so many contents. In this way, if you familiar with your Android, you can try this tips.

    That's it. If you have any issue when try to transfer photos from Android Gallery to SD card, please feel free to let us know. You can leave us a comment in the below area.

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    Ivy Bruce

    Ivy Bruce is the Founder and Editorial Director at Recovery-Android Studio. You can also find her on Google+ and Twitter.