2 Ways to Fix SD Card Not Showing on Android

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Fix 1: Boot Your Phone Into Safe Mode

At times, interference from a rouge third-party app on your phone can also prevent Android from detecting or showing the SD card. To investigate this possibility, you can boot yourphone into Safe Mode, which allows Android to run solely with system apps.

Press and hold the power button to access the power menu. Long-press thePower offoption and tap thegreen checkmarkto boot your phone into Safe Mode.

Once your device boots into Safe Mode, see if it shows your SD card in the storage menu. If it does, it means one of the apps running on your phone caused the issue. Any third-party apps that you have installed recently may be responsible for this problem. You will need to remove these apps one by one to resolve the issue.

Fix 2: Format the SD Card

If your SD card doesn’t show up even in Safe Mode, there’s a high chance it has become corrupt. In that case, you’ll have to format the SD card. That will erase all data and files stored on it, including the corrupt ones.

As the SD card does not appear in the Settings app, you cannot format it directly on your Android phone. Instead, you will need toformat the SD card using a Windowsor Mac computer. After formatting the SD card, reinsert it into your phone and check if it shows up.

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Last updated on 07 August, 2024

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