How to Format an SD Card on Galaxy S20, S10, S9, Note 10

An external SD card is great for storing your camera photos and videos while the apps should be installed on internal storage of your Android phone or tablet.

When you insert a new SD card into your phone and even more the used one, you’d better format it.

Your phone won’t prompt you to erase your SD card. That’s why you need to format it manually using the Android Settings app.

This is highly recommended to prevent glitches of the file system. Besides that this will erase all unnecessary information stored by previous device and delete all possible malware.

If you just inserted your memory card into the phone or tablet it may work fine but it will likely contain folders created by the operating system itself and apps that were installed there.

Here is how to manually format an SD card on Galaxy S20, S10, S9 and their sub models under Android 8, 9 and 10 with One UI. Also here you will learn how to unmount and eject your external storage.

Format an SD Card on Galaxy S20, S10 with One UI 2.0 (Android 10)

• Go to Settings.
• Scroll down and select Device Care.
• Select the Storage item:
• Tap Advanced at the very bottom:
• Tap on SD Card (on the words but not on the eject icon):
• Tap Format:
• Confirm:

Now you need to wait for the process to finish and you will have your external storage erased and ready to go.

Format an SD Card on a Galaxy Phone with Android 9 or 8

• Open Settings: 
• Scroll down and tap on Device Maintenance (Device Care on Android 9 Pie): 
• Select Storage: 
• tap on SD card:
• Now tap the tripple dot and select Storage Settings: 
• Here select SD card: 
• And finally tap Format: 

Wait until formatting is completed: 

When done you will see the following message:

That’s it. Enjoy using your memory card with your current Android phone.