How to save maps to microsd cards in windows 10 mobile

One of the best features of Windows 10 Mobile is the possibility of downloading maps to a micro SD card, thus achieving that these maps can be consulted even if there is no internet connection.

Save maps to microSD cards in Windows 10 Mobile step by step

Now, with Windows 10 Mobile, it is possible to move downloaded maps, and various other types of files to the external memory of the devices.

First, it will be necessary to delete the maps you have downloaded, so be ready to download everything again. To do this, open the Settings menu and slide to the Applications part. There look for the Maps section, select the downloaded maps and delete all.

Now that your smartphone is clean of the maps in the internal memory, you can continue to the settings that will make them stored on the microSD card.

1. Go to Settings.

1. Access System.

1. Select the Offline Maps> Storage Location option.

1. Click where the Telephone option is and change to SD Card.

1. Download the maps again, they will now be in your external memory.

Ready! Now every time a map of a locality is downloaded, it will be saved on your micro SD card, allowing more free space in the internal memory for apps, games, and for the entire operating system.

In this way, you can use the micro SD card to save the maps and save space, and also in case you reset the phone so that these maps are not erased, being able to use them when you have the operating phone again.

This was work that could be done on Windows Phone, as long as you hadn't previously downloaded a map . Now, thanks to Windows 10 Mobile, you will be able to move the downloaded maps to the micro SD card and vice versa.

And you can also have automatic map updates. In this way, when you are ready to charge your mobile and it is connected to wi-fi, it will check to see if there are updated maps. If it is this way, it will automatically download and replace the old ones.

Until now, when there were updates, you had to find out through different means and also by going to the “settings” and performing a search so that the new maps were downloaded. I mean, you had to do a manual update. Now, with Windows 10 Mobile, no action is required on your part, since you will always have the maps updated.

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