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Realme: Save Photos and Videos Automatically to SD Card

On many Realme phones, the camera keeps saving new photos and videos to internal storage even after you insert an SD card. This fills up your internal memory fast and can slow down the camera once space runs low. A setting inside the camera app lets you switch the default save location to the SD card.

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Save Photos and Videos Automatically to SD Card auf Realme

By default, the Camera app on Realme phones saves photos and videos to internal storage, even when an SD card is inserted. This is controlled by a storage preference inside the camera's own advanced settings, separate from the system-wide storage settings used by other apps.

To change the default save location, open CameraSettingsAdvanced settingsSave to SD Card Preferred and set it to Turn On. Once enabled, all newly captured photos and videos go straight to the SD card, which frees up internal memory for apps, updates and cached files.

This setting only affects media captured after you turn it on. Photos and videos already stored in internal memory stay there and need to be moved manually if you want them on the card too.

If you remove the SD card while this preference is active, the camera falls back to internal storage automatically. Make sure the card is formatted as portable storage rather than internal storage, since internal-storage-formatted cards cannot simply be swapped without losing data.

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They stay on the internal storage. Move them to the SD card manually using a file manager app if you want everything in one place.